These healthy oatmeal cookie bars are naturally sweetened, can be vegan and gluten free and they even have a little protein in them! They're an easy dessert you NEED in your life!
Prep Time15 minutesmins
Cook Time20 minutesmins
Total Time35 minutesmins
Course: Dessert
Cuisine: American
Keyword: brownies and bars, cookies
Servings: 16cookie bars
Ingredients
2.5cupsoats
¼cupunflavoured collagen power see substitutions
1teaspoonbaking soda
¼teaspoonsalt
¼cupmaple syrup
½cupmilk
1medium ripe bananamashed
2tablespooncoconut oilsoftened
1eggsee substitutions for vegan option
½tablespoonvanilla extract
⅓cup chocolate chipsplus more for sprinkling
⅓cupcrushed Oreo crumbsoptional
Instructions
Preheat oven to 350°F and lined a 9x9' square baking dish with parchment paper.
In a high powered blender or food processor, combine oats, collagen, baking soda, salt, maple syrup, milk, mashed bananas, coconut oil, egg and vanilla extract. Blend until a smooth batter forms.
Pour batter into the prepared baking dish, sprinkle with chocolate chips and crushed oreos and gently mix using a spatula.
Top with additional chocolate chips and bake for 20-25 minutes (or until a toothpick inserted into the center of the cookie bars comes out clean). Allow to cool before slicing into 12- 16 equal sized bars.
Notes
*Don't have collagen powder on hand? No worries! Feel free to add an additional ¼ cup of oats!*For a vegan option, you are able to replace the egg with a flax egg. You can make a flax egg by combining 1 tablespoon of ground flaxseed with 3 tablespoon of water and allowing it to sit for about 10 minutes until a thicker, gel-like consistency begins to form!Please Note:*I have included the nutrition information for this recipe below. However, always remember a recipe is so much more than just nutritional content and these numbers do not need to dictate your food choices. Please don't forget both your body and soul need nourishment!
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