Healthy Oatmeal Cookie Bars
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!
Servings: 16 cookie bars
Ingredients
- 2.5 cups oats
- ¼ cup unflavoured collagen power see substitutions
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- ¼ cup maple syrup
- ½ cup milk
- 1 medium ripe banana mashed
- 2 tablespoon coconut oil softened
- 1 egg see substitutions for vegan option
- ½ tablespoon vanilla extract
- ⅓ cup chocolate chips plus more for sprinkling
- ⅓ cup crushed Oreo crumbs optional
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
These are meant to taste similar to oatmeal cookies but do to the oat flour they will be a lighter, fluffier option!
*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!
Nutrition
Serving: 1cookie bar | Calories: 178kcal | Carbohydrates: 25g | Protein: 5g | Fat: 7g | Saturated Fat: 4g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 1g | Trans Fat: 0.004g | Cholesterol: 19mg | Sodium: 171mg | Potassium: 164mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 11g | Vitamin A: 49IU | Vitamin C: 1mg | Calcium: 43mg | Iron: 2mg
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