Eat this: Banana Bread Oatmeal Bars 🍌

So I got too excited and bought the Costco pack of bananas. I wasn’t going to eat them all in time, so off to find uses for them. Enter, Banana Bread Oatmeal Bars, the perfect quick breakfast meal prep.

🔥Preheat oven to 350F

🍌 Ingredients (makes 6-9 bars)

• 2 cups rolled oats

• 1 1/3 cup mashed banana

• 6 tbsp water

• 1/2 tsp salt

• 3 tbsp pure maple syrup, agave, or honey OR stevia equivalent

• 3 tbsp oil, nut butter, or additional water

• 1 tsp pure vanilla extract

• handful of your fave topping (chocolate chips, nuts, etc.)

👩‍🍳Instructions

1. Line an 8-inch pan with parchment, or grease well.

2. Stir all ingredients, then smooth into the pan.

3. Sprinkle chocolate chips on top if desired.

4. Bake 20 minutes, then do not open the oven door but turn off the heat and let sit in the closed oven an additional 5 minutes.

5. Slice into bars and enjoy!

❄️Leftovers can be refrigerated for 3-4 days or frozen for a few months.

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