I have said it time and time again, but I love to make bars! They’re a wonderful grab-and-go snack or breakfast. I recently searched the web for a bar that included my favorite nut butter, almond! I came across this recipe and used it as a base. I made a few batches until I settled on my favorite. I used a raw, unsalted, creamy variety, but any almond butter will do. Don’t have any almond butter on hand? Feel free to sub in peanut butter or sun butter. I have some suggestions below on how to make the bars either vegan or gluten free.
Ingredients:
- 1 large banana
- 1/3 cup brown sugar
- 1/4 cup almond butter (or peanut or sun)
- 1/2 cup low fat milk (or almond or soy milk)
- 1 large egg (or a flax egg)
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 1/2 cups rolled oats (not quick cooking, make sure they’re GF if necessary)
- 3/4 cup flour (or ground oats)
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- Additional optional add-ins: 1/4 cup nuts or seeds (I used sunflower seeds) or chocolate chips (to make them sweeter)
Directions:
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F
In the bowl of a stand mixer (or can use a hand mixer or a fork), smash banana completely. Add in brown sugar, almond butter, milk, egg & vanilla and mix until combined.
In a separate bowl, mix together oats, flour, cinnamon, baking powder, and desired add-ins.
Add dry ingredients to wet and mix until combined (batter shouldn’t be watery looking- add additional oats or a little flour if necessary).
Place parchment paper in a 9x13” pan. Spread batter. Bake for ~25 minutes. Cut into bars.
Pre-bake (I apologize, I made this at night so the lighting wasn’t spectacular):
Post (who took that nibble out of the corner…couldn’t have been me):
These are a great light bar! Let me know if you give them a go!
23 comments:
Yum! I'll try them soon and let you know. I have an abundance over over-ripe frozen bananas and need to put them to use.
I love your bar recipes, Erica!!!
wait a sec. what is a flax egg? I better hop on Google. The bars look fantastical. Yet still I will never get over those delicious cookies in your blog header.
I'm trying to weed out some processed foods in my life and these would be a great substitute for the fiber one bars I eat every day. Can't wait to try these!
You're the sweetest!
Yayy! I used to love fiber one bars...until I took a look at the ingredients :(
haha - its 1 tablespoon flax meal plus 3 tablespoons water (vegetarian baking egg!!)
this sounds really good! i have to leave super early two days/week and have been looking for to-go breakfast ideas that aren't smoothies cause it's so cold! haha :)
These looks so delicious!
Oh this is screaming my name! I just need to go buy a banana real quick!! : )
I have NEVER made bars - I must do it!! This looks wonderful!
I love making bars too and these look like a great change-up!
oh these look like a fabulous bar to have around the house!
These do look delicious! And relatively easy.
i love bar recipes and anything with almond butter is a okay in my book. i feel like corner nibbles are just so important - i mean how are you supposed to serve them to people if you don't know what they taste like PLUS there are some people who don't want a whole bar so you've helped them out by removing the corner!
I want to try almond butter...I wonder if they have cashew butter.
hahahah. I adore your comments
They do have cashew butter! Its a little bland...IMO
Those look great Erica! Ha, I would have taken a nibble off the corner too! :D
Love this idea! I've been looking for portable snacks to take to campus-- these would definitely fit the bill!
Mmmm these look fab. Love on-the-go options!
These look great. I have been looking for something to take on the go. Thanks for the modifications as well!
You are the queen of awesomely healthy delicious bar recipes, these sound fabulous!! Perfect for getting my diet back on track after vacay!
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