Description
hese Peanut Butter Banana Baked Oatmeal Bars provide lots of quality ingredients that will keep you full and energized until lunch!
Ingredients
Scale
- 1 ½ cups quick cooking oats (use Gluten Free Oats to make this recipe Gluten Free)
- 1 tsp baking powder
- ½ tsp sea salt
- 1 tsp ground cinnamon
- 2 overripe bananas mashed
- ¼ cup creamy peanut butter
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- ¼ cup pure maple syrup
- 1 large egg lightly beaten
- ¾ cup unsweetened almond milk (vanilla almond milk is great in this recipe)
- Topping:
- ¼ cup creamy peanut butter melted
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees F. Grease a 9×9” square baking pan and set aside.
- In a small bowl mix together the quick cooking oats, baking powder, sea salt and ground cinnamon. Set aside.
- In a large bowl mix mashed banana and peanut butter together until combined.
- Add in the vanilla extract, maple syrup and egg. Mix until combined.
- Add the almond milk and stir until well combined.
- Add dry ingredients to wet ingredients and mix thoroughly.
- Pour the mixture into a lightly greased 9×9” baking pan.
- Bake at 375 degrees for 25 minutes. Or until the top slightly springs back when touched and the edges are just barely brown!
- Melt the extra peanut butter and drizzle on top!
- Cut into squares and enjoy!
- Store in refrigerator, reheat in microwave or enjoy cold!