Chocolate Banana Bars with Almond Butter
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Recipe Intro From sweeettastebuds
These bars are out of this world – just try them for yourself and thank us later. Did we mention this is a vegan, gluten-free, and refined sugar free recipe?
Snack on this recipe for breakfast, a mid-day snack, or healthy dessert! It's packed with nutritious ingredients like banana, rolled oats, almond butter, and flax. The flavor is so incredible you wouldn't believe that such a sweet treat could be good for you.
Enjoy these bars with a cup of coffee. We love Homemade Cold Brew or the occasional Espresso Martini.
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ingredients
- 2 cups rolled oats
- 3 ripe bananas, mashed
- 1 cup almond butter
- 1/4 cup coconut sugar or maple syrup
- 1 flax egg (1 tbsp ground flax meal + 3 tbsps of water)
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 cup chocolate chips, plus more to top
Method
Step 1
Preheat oven to 350F and line/grease a 8x8 baking dish with parchment paper or coconut oil.
Step 2
Add the 1 tbsp ground flax mmm meal + 3 tbsps water to a small cup and let sit.
Step 3
Meanwhile, add all the ingredients to a bowl literally (2 cups oats, mashed banana, almond butter, your sweetener of choice, vanilla extract, cinnamon, baking powder and salt).
Step 4
Add the flax egg, combine the entire mixture, then fold in the chocolate chips, and mix once more.
Step 5
Add the mixture to the baking dish, smoothing the top with a spatula. You can add a few more chocolate chips to top.
Step 6
Bake for 25 mins, take out of the oven, let cool, slice and try not to devour them all.