Time
0 min
Serving
12 persons
Calories
169
I came up with this recipe when my doctor told me I needed to eat more fiber, and I was sick of eating store-bought protein bars for breakfast in the car between the gym and work. Ingredients such as wheat germ, flaxseed, protein powder, peanut butter, and oats make this a healthy way to start the day!
Ingredients
- cooking spray:
- ½ cups quick-cooking oats: 1 piece
- wheat germ: 0.25 cup
- ground flax seed: 0.25 cup
- vanilla-flavored hemp protein powder: 2 Tbsp
- ground cinnamon: 1 tsp
- salt: 0.5 tsp
- bananas: 3 piece
- peanut butter (such as Jif®): 0.25 cup
- honey: 2 Tbsp
- vanilla extract: 1 tsp
- natural peanut butter: 0.25 cup (to taste)
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Stages of cooking
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Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Line an 8x8-inch baking dish with aluminum foil, letting foil hang down over the sides of the pan; spray pan with cooking spray.
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Stir oats, wheat germ, flax seed, protein powder, cinnamon, and salt together in a bowl. Mash bananas in a separate large bowl and stir 1/4 cup Jif® peanut butter, honey, and vanilla extract into bananas, mixing well. Stir dry ingredients into banana mixture and spread into the prepared baking dish.
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Bake in the preheated oven for 20 minutes. Spread 1/4 cup natural peanut butter over top.
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Continue baking until lightly browned on the edges and set, 10 more minutes. Let cool in the pan and lift bars onto a work surface using aluminum foil as handles. Cut into bars, wrap in plastic wrap, and store in refrigerator.
