One Dish Peanut Butter Banana Oatmeal Bars
Made with pantry staples, these peanut butter banana oatmeal bars are full of whole grains, healthy fats and chocolate goodness. It's a simple meal prep snack to kick the 3pm energy slump all week long.
Servings: 12 bars
Ingredients
- 3 ripe bananas mashed (bananas should be brown or very spotty for the sweetest flavour)!
- ⅓ cup milk
- ½ cup natural peanut butter
- 2 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2.5 cups oats quick or rolled
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- ½ cup chocolate chips or chunks
- Flakey sea salt for sprinkling
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350 F and grease a 6x9 inch rectangular pan.
- Directly in the pan, mash your bananas using a potato masher or fork until a smooth paste forms. Add in peanut butter, milk and vanilla extract (if using) mix until smooth.
- Once smooth, pour in oats, salt, baking soda, cinnamon and chocolate (if using) mix well. Bake for about 17-24 minutes or until the top begins to brown a toothpick inserted into the center of the baking tray comes out clean. Slice into 12 bars. Drizzle with additional peanut butter if you desire, sprinkle with flakey sea salt and enjoy.
Notes
*I have included an estimation of 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 that both your body and soul need nourishment! The owner of this website is not liable for this estimation.
Nutrition
Serving: 1bar | Calories: 198kcal | Carbohydrates: 26g | Protein: 5g | Fat: 9g | Saturated Fat: 3g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 2g | Monounsaturated Fat: 3g | Cholesterol: 1mg | Sodium: 145mg | Potassium: 260mg | Fiber: 3g | Sugar: 10g | Vitamin A: 30IU | Vitamin C: 3mg | Calcium: 31mg | Iron: 1mg
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