Banana Oatmeal Bars

mygnsac

These bars are a healthy, chewy and satisfying grab and go snack. I like to wrap each bar in plastic wrap and then store them in the fridge.

INGREDIENTS

3 ripe (cheetah spotted) bananas
1/3 cup unsweetened applesauce
2 cups uncooked old fashioned oats
1/4 cup raisins
1 tsp. vanilla
1 tsp. cinnamon
1/2 cup of milk, whatever kind you use (I used nonfat cows milk)

DIRECTIONS

Mash the bananas and mix in the rest of the ingredients. Bake at 350 degrees in an 8 x 8 pan for 15 to 20 minutes. Makes 12 servings. If you double the recipe, bake in a 9 x 13 pan and bake an extra 5 or 10 minutes.

These are great as is, or you can other stuff to them as you like. I've been adding 1/2 cup chopped walnuts and a little dark chocolate to my batches. Other add-on ideas...pecans, chocoate or carob chips, ground flax seed, pumpkin/pepita seeds, other kinds of dried fruit (cherry, dates, prunes, cranberries, etc.), coconut, etc.

Pic not too good...the bars are to the left of the tomato soup.

3Alice3

Thanks this is right up my street, will deffo try

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