Oatmeal Breakfast Bars

Oatmeal breakfast bars aren’t simply a healthy breakfast recipe; they create nice afternoon snacks, too. Filling, kid-friendly, and packed with some of my life-long ingredient loves (peanut butter, banana, and honey, I heart you), these simple homespun baked oatmeal bars square measure tasteful, hearty, and certain to keep you power-driven for hours.

Oatmeal Breakfast Bars square measure one in every of the terribly 1st recipes I ever denote on my web site. numerous of you've got written to inform Maine regarding however they’ve enabled you to survive long conferences, oil-fired you when a exercising, and become a favourite of your children. In fact, this formula is thus easy, several of you bake them together with your kiddos too!

The texture of the Banana Honey Oatmeal Breakfast Bars is perceptibly denser than quick bread, however they're not dry or fresh sort of a biscuit either. they're somewhere in between, that it seems could be a excellent place for associate oatmeal bar to be.

While these oatmeal bars square measure fine on their own, my favorite thanks to eat them is warm up for breakfast with further sliced bananas and spread.

I conjointly like having these bars accessible to induce Maine through that last 2 hours before dinner, once it’s still too early to eat a full meal, however I’m hungry anyway.

Ingredients

•  2 cups old fashioned oats
•  1 cup whole wheat flour
•  2 teaspoons cinnamon
•  1 teaspoon baking powder
•  1/4 teaspoon kosher salt
•  1 1/2 cups milk — I used unsweetened vanilla almond, but any kind will do nicely
•  3 tablespoons honey*
•  2 tablespoons peanut butter — creamy or crunchy—I used natural creamy
•  1/2 cup unsweetened applesauce
•  1 large egg
•  1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
•  1 medium banana — quartered and diced

Instructions

1. Place rack in the center reheat oven to 375 degrees. Lightly coat an 8x8 inch square pan with cooking spray.
2. In a medium bowl, stir together the oats, whole wheat flour, cinnamon, baking powder, and salt. In a separate large bowl, combine the milk, applesauce, egg, honey, peanut butter, and vanilla.
3. Pour the dry ingredients into the wet mixture and stir to combine. The batter will be very wet. Fold in the diced banana, then pour into the prepared baking pan.
4. Bake for 35 minutes or until thickened and golden and a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool, cut into bars, and serve

Recipe From : Well Plated