Carrot Banana Bread Oatmeal Bars
Hello long weekend! No work today means folding the laundry I did 4 days ago, finally cleaning all the dishes from this week, and snacking on these DELISH breakfast bars. Even if it’s past breakfast time. Super moist, crunchy, and fluffy - all at the same time. The PERFECT breakfast for you to cook up this Easter Sunday.
Carrot Banana Bread Oatmeal Bars
🔪 Prep Time: 10 minutes
🍳Cook Time: 20 minutes
🕒Total Time: 30 minutes
🍴Serving Size: Makes 8 Bars
Ingredients:
Wet Ingredients:
1 very ripe Banana
1 Pasture Raised Egg (@vitalfarms) (vegan sub - 1 tbsp ground flax mixed with 2 tbsp water)
1 tbsp Maple Syrup
2 tbsp Creamy Peanut Butter (@traderjoes) (or any favorite nut butter)
1/2 tbsp Coconut Oil (@vitacoco)
2 tbsp Unsweetened Almond Milk (@bluediamond)
1/2 tsp Vanilla Extract (@traderjoes)
Dry Ingredients:
1/3 cup GF Rolled Oats (@bobsredmill)
1/4 cup Oat Flour (ground-up oats)
1 Carrot, shredded (~1/3 cup)
1/2 tsp Baking Powder
1/4 tsp Baking Soda (@traderjoes)
Dash of Cinnamon
Smaller dash of All Spice
Optional Add-ins:
Chocolate Chips (@lilys_sweets)
Chopped Walnuts and Pecans
Instructions:
Add your wet ingredients to a mixing bowl. Use a whisk or hand mixer to evenly mash and mix into a batter.
Use a food processor to ground up 1/4 of your oats to turn into flour. Then add the flour + 1/3 whole oats to your wet ingredients.
Use already shredded carrots or a mandolin slicer/shredder to shred your carrot. You want the pieces to be roughly 1.5”-2” long. Add to wet ingredients.
Add in your baking powder and baking soda. Mix evenly together using a wooden spoon.
Finally, if desired (I highly recommend lol), add in chocolate chips and nuts!
Add to a bread pan lined with a baking sheet. Spread evenly.
Bake at 350° for 20 mins.
Let it cool before cutting into 8 bars.
Notes & Tips:
Highly recommend adding the carrots for a boost of veggies that you can't even taste!
The riper the banana, the better. It will make your bars very naturally sweet!
Store in an airtight container in the fridge for up to a week.
You don't have to enjoy these only for breakfast! Makes for a great healthy dessert as well!
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