You’d definitely not take into consideration that these soft-baked Greek yogurt banana oatmeal bars are gluten-free, refined-sugar-free, and made with none butter or oil! The easy banana oat base is topped with a thick and creamy Greek yogurt filling to make one deliciously healthful breakfast or snack bar!
Please inform me I’m not the one one who’ll drive to a grocery retailer that’s barely (research: 10 minutes) additional away merely to purchase pure Pink Woman apples.
Heck, you don’t have to inform me – I do know I’m not! I do know you’ve been driving alongside in your little automotive, utterly intent on going to the nearer retailer after barely managing to affect your self that Galas are okay, if you make the last-minute authorities choice to veer off to the appropriate and go seize that pot of gold ()
It is not going to be Pink Girls for you, nonetheless I do know you’ve acquired your situation… and I really similar to you for it. It makes me really actually really feel like loads a lot much less of a freak over the truth that I’m on a regular basis doing it for ripe bananas too 😆
Nonetheless have you ever ever ever seen my recipes?!? I’m fairly constructive that one issue like 87.2% of them have bananas in some selection, which signifies that momma ain’t acquired the time to sit down spherical and stay up for bananas to ripen… considerably after I’ve acquired factors like Greek yogurt banana oatmeal bars on the ideas…
And since bananas favor to take their candy ass time contained in the winter months, and a wide range of the larger grocers solely inventory the neon inexperienced ones, I have to go on a trek all by means of half the town to the one pure grocer that I can frequently depend on to have spotty bananas obtainable. Likelihood is you may thank them for this recipe exhibiting up at present instead of two weeks from now.
See, I acquired the thought for these bars whereas I used to be contained in the mountains this weekend (I’m fairly constructive I used to be sitting on the chair carry – it’s a protracted journey up), which suggests I wanted ripe bananas yesterday (research: Monday).
It’s no secret that I really identical to the banana, oatand Greek yogurt combo, and I needed to see if I would circuitously incorporate it into bar selection with out really baking the Greek yogurt into the bar. So! I went forward and plopped it on extreme of a banana oat base…
… unfold it out all good and fancy…
… and sprinkled extra of the banana oat combine on extreme to make one issue like an oatmeal crumble bar…
Nonetheless correct proper right here’s the simplest half.
The filling isn’t merely Greek yogurt. It’s Greek yogurt sweetened with coconut sugar, thickened with a spoonful of coconut flour, and blended with skinny banana slices. It has a fragile tangy sweetness and a creamy, nearly cheesecake-like consistency after it’s baked.
Pair that with a soft-baked banana oat base that’s made with out flour, butter, oilor refined sugarand as well as you’ve acquired one deliciously healthful breakfast or snack bar. Really, 12. You’ve acquired 12 of them…
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Greek Yogurt Banana Oatmeal Bars
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Creator:
Amanda @ Working with Spoons
Full Time:
55 minutes
Yield:
12 bars 1x
For the banana oat base:
For the Greek yogurt filling:
Directions
Preheat your oven to 325F (163C) and put collectively an 8×8 (20x20cm) baking dish by lining it with a sheet of aluminum foil or parchment paper, leaving varied inches of overhang on the edges to permit for simple elimination. Spray the foil with cooking spray and put aside.
Place 1 cup (80 g) of oats in a meals processor or blender, and course of till they resemble a superb flour. Change the oat flour to an enormous mixing bowl, and add the remaining rolled oats, cinnamon, and baking powder, mixing efficiently.
Add the mashed banana, maple syrup, almond butter, and vanilla extract, and blend till all the points is efficiently blended and a sticky dough is unique.
Reserving 1/2 cup (120 ml), change the remaining oat combine into your ready baking pan, utilizing your fingers or a spatula to ensure that it’s evenly distributed alongside the underside. Put aside.
Make the filling by combining the Greek yogurt, coconut sugar, coconut flour, and vanilla extract in a small mixing bowl. Combine till the coconut sugar has dissolved and your entire substances are efficiently blended prior to gently folding contained in the banana slices.
Spoon the filling over the bottom of the oat combination, and use a spatula or knife to distribute it evenly. Sprinkle remaining oat combination on extreme, utilizing a fork to interrupt up the larger chunks.
Bake for 40-45 minutes till the perfect turns a light-weight golden brown. Take away from oven and permit to utterly cool in pan prior to utilizing a pointy knife to chop into bars. Retailer the bars in a sealed container at room temperature for as loads as 3 days, or contained in the fridge for as loads as every week.
Notes
* Assure to make the most of licensed gluten-free oats for a lot of who want these to be gluten-free. ** You would possibly in all probability merely sub this out for any nut butter you have obtained gotten obtainable, or use a seed or soy nut butter to make it nut-free. *** These bars aren’t overly candy, so add extra sugar to the filling for a lot of who like your bars sweeter. **** You have to use widespread flour in its place of the coconut, nonetheless you’ll ought to up the quantity to 2 Tbsp (14 g) and your bars obtained’t principally be gluten-free.
Prep Time:quarter-hour
Put collectively dinner Time:40 minutes
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