Wednesday, February 19, 2014

Banana Oat Bars

So I definitely get "into" certain foods and continue to make/eat the same thing each day for a while.  This time it's homemade granola bars.  And after all of the sugar yesterday I thought I'd seek out a slightly less sugary fix.  I found an awesome recipe at Eating from the ground up.  And this time I made sure to cut them into bars before diving into the pan and letting things get too out of hand....

I changed up the recipe slightly.  Banana Oat Bars:

3/4 c whole wheat flour
2 c quick oats
1 1/2 c Rice Krispies
1/4 tsp salt
1/4 tsp nutmeg (optional)
1 tsp cinnamon
3 ripe bananas, peeled and mashed
2 TB honey
1/4 c vanilla yogurt
2TB peanut butter

Preheat oven to 350 degrees and lightly coat a 9x13 pan with cooking spray.
Combine flour, oats, Rice Krispies, salt, nutmeg, and cinnamon in a bowl.  Mix well.  In another bowl combine the bananas, honey, yogurt and peanut butter; stir until fairly uniform.  Combine dry ingredients with wet and mix well.
Pour mixture into prepared pan and flatten out.  Bake for 15-30 minutes depending on how you like your bars.  I went for 15 minutes because I like them soft.  Let cool before cutting into squares.
Makes 12 bars.  (1688 cal/recipe.  141 calories per bar.)




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