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Cinnamon Banana Chocolate Chip Oat Bars

Soft, chewy oat bars sweetened with ripe banana, warm with cinnamon and studded with melty chocolate chips.

Cinnamon Banana Chocolate Chip Oat Bars

Ingredients

  • 1½ cups120 gOld-fashioned rolled oats
  • 1 medium118 gBananavery ripe, mashed
  • 1 large50 gEggsbeaten
  • 2 tbsp32 gAlmond butter, no salt added
  • 1½ tbsp packed20 gBrown sugarpacked
  • 2½ tbsp (35 ml)40 gMilk, 2%
  • ¼ cup40 gSemisweet chocolate chips
  • 1⅛ tsp3 gGround cinnamon
  • ¾ tsp3 gBaking powder
  • 1 tsp4 gVanilla extract
  • ⅛ tsp1 gSalt
  • ¾ tsp3 gCanola oilfor greasing

Steps

  1. Preheat the oven to 350°F (175°C) and brush a small loaf pan or 8x4-inch baking dish with the canola oil.
  2. In a bowl, stir the oats, cinnamon, baking powder and salt together.
  3. In a second bowl, whisk the mashed banana, beaten egg, almond butter, brown sugar, milk and vanilla until smooth.
  4. Pour the banana mixture into the oat mixture and stir until evenly combined.
  5. Fold in three-quarters of the chocolate chips, then spread the batter in the pan and scatter the remaining quarter of the chocolate chips on top.
  6. Bake 25 to 28 minutes, until the edges are golden, the center is set and a toothpick comes out clean; the bars reach 160°F (71°C) in the center.
  7. Cool in the pan on a rack for about 15 minutes, then cut into 4 bars.

Check labels: Gluten-free when you buy old-fashioned rolled oats labeled gluten-free.

Contains: Milk, Egg, Tree nuts. Some brands contain gluten, soy.

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