Super Banana Oat Bars

Name: Super Banana Oat Bars
Prep time: 40 min
Cook time: 40 min
Total time: 40 min
Yield: 9
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 296 milliliters quick oats (certified gluten-free, if needed); 59 milliliters honey or agave nectar; 2 Tbsps coconut oil, melted or softened (or baking oil); 1 teaspoon vanilla extract; 59 milliliters flour (your choice of flour; I ground more gluten-free oats in my spice grinder to a flour consistency); 1 teaspoons baking soda; 0 teaspoons salt; 1 egg (brought to room temperature if using coconut oil) or 1 Ener-G Egg Replacer; 237 milliliters mashed, ripe banana (about 3 small or 2 large); 118 milliliters shredded unsweetened coconut

Super Bananan Oat Bars might be a good recipe to expand your side dish recipe box. Watching your figure? This gluten free, dairy free, lacto ovo vegetarian, and vegan recipe has 149 calories, 2g of protein, and 7g of fat per serving. This recipe serves 9. This recipe from Go Dairy Free requires salt, coconut, coconut oil, and flour. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes approximately 40 minutes. Super Bananan Oat Bars, Super Cinnamon Raisin Bananan Oat Bars, and No-Bake Super Chewy Chocolate Chip Peanut Butter Oat Bars are very similar to this recipe.

Instructions

Preheat your oven to 350ºF and grease an 8 x 8 baking dish.

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In a medium mixing bowl, combine the oats, agave or honey, oil, and vanilla. Briefly set aside.

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Vanilla

Agave

Honey

Oats

Cooking Oil

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In a small bowl, combine the flour, baking soda, and salt. Briefly set aside.

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Baking Soda

All Purpose Flour

Salt

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Returning to your mixing bowl, stir in the egg, banana, and coconut, until everything is well combined. Stir in the reserved flour mixture (since I was using oat flour without gluten, I wasn’t worried about over-mixing. Be careful not to overmix if you are using a wheat-based flour).

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Oat Flour

Coconut

Banana

All Purpose Flour

Wheat

Egg

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The batter will be a little thick.

Spread it evenly in your greased baking dish, and pop it in the oven for 25 to 30 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.

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