Easy 4-Ingredient Banana Oatmeal Bars
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4-Ingredient Banana Oatmeal Bars
Easy, healthy oatmeal bars made with 4 simple ingredients that are vegan, gluten-free, refined sugar-free, and delicious for snack, breakfast, or dessert! Customize these bars to your heart's delight!
Prep Time:5minutes mins
Cook Time:20minutes mins
Total Time:25minutes mins
Equipment
- 9-Inch Square Baking Pan
Ingredients
- ▢3 large ripe bananas 1 ½ cups mashed
- ▢½ cup (120g) creamy almond butter*
- ▢2 cups (200g) rolled oats
- ▢1 cup (170g) chocolate chips
Optional Additions:
- ▢1 tsp pure vanilla extract
- ▢¼ tsp sea salt
- ▢1 tsp ground cinnamon
- ▢2/3 cup (100g) chopped walnuts or pecans
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 180 degrees Celsius and line a 9” x 9” baking pan with parchment paper (you can also use an 8” x 8” cake pan as well).
- Mash the bananas in a bowl until most of the chunks are out and they’re nice and creamy.
- Stir in the almond butter until it is well-combined with the banana and a thick creamy substance results.
- Mix in the rolled oats and chocolate chips and stir until everything is well-combined.
- Transfer the bar mixture to the prepared baking pan and smooth it into an even layer.
- Bake on the center rack of the preheated oven for 18 to 25 minutes, or until the edges of the bars are golden-brown and the bars appear set up. Allow the bars to cool completely before slicing and serving.
Notes
Nutrition facts are calculated without the chocolate chips. With chocolate chips, each slice is 176 per slice and 12 grams of sugar.*Use peanut butter or sunflower seed butter in place of almond butter
Nutrition
Serving: 1Slice (of 16), Calories: 139kcal, Carbohydrates: 16g, Protein: 4g, Fat: 6g, Saturated Fat: 3g, Sodium: 73mg, Potassium: 79mg, Fiber: 3g, Sugar: 3gCourse: Breakfast
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