On toasted buns with chipotle Cheddar cheese, these hot, grilled beef burgers are served.
| Prep Time: | 10 mins |
| Cook Time: | 25 mins |
| Additional Time: | 15 mins |
| Total Time: | 50 mins |
| Servings: | 25 |
| Yield: | 1 8-inch pan |
Ingredients
- 2 cups gluten-free rolled oats
- 1 cup mashed banana
- ⅔ cup vanilla protein powder (such as Muscletech Whey Protein Plus®)
- ½ cup peanut butter, slightly melted
- ½ cup sweetened dried cranberries (such as Craisins®)
- ½ cup unsweetened flaked coconut (Optional)
- ½ cup chopped raw almonds
- ¼ cup brewed sweet and spicy black tea (such as Good Earth® Sweet&Spicy®
- 2 tablespoons chia seeds
- 1 ½ teaspoons ground cinnamon
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- ¼ cup coconut, or to taste (Optional)
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease an 8-inch square pan.
- Mix oats, banana, protein powder, peanut butter, cranberries, 1/2 cup coconut, almonds, tea, chia seeds, cinnamon, and vanilla together in a large mixing bowl; spread into prepared pan. Top with 1/4 cup coconut.
- Bake bars until lightly browned, 25 to 30 minutes. Set aside to cool until they set completely, at least 15 minutes.
- This is also delicious if you substitute pumpkin for the bananas and add nutmeg, ginger, and allspice.
- It’s also delicious if you leave out the Craisins(R) and instead add 1/2 cup mini chocolate chips.
Nutrition Facts
| Calories | 139 kcal |
| Carbohydrate | 12 g |
| Cholesterol | 3 mg |
| Dietary Fiber | 2 g |
| Protein | 11 g |
| Saturated Fat | 3 g |
| Sodium | 68 mg |
| Sugars | 4 g |
| Fat | 6 g |
| Unsaturated Fat | 0 g |
Reviews
I thought these were great! The only subs I used were raisins instead of cranberries and raw sunflower seeds as that is what I had on hand. I can see where they might be dry if your pnut butter doesn’t melt well, mine is super runny. Easy, quick and delicious!
This tasted good but was a bit dry and under-spiced for my taste. I didn’t have dried cranberries so I subbed dried strawberries, and used natural almond butter instead of peanut butter, since there’s almonds in the bar anyway. It cooked in my oven at the minimum time listed. Next time I may add some applesauce to add a bit of moisture, and more cinnamon. I omitted the optional coconut topping.
A few things to note. When I had all the ingredients together, it was really dry, so I added 1/2 cup more tea. Even with that, they fell apart and tasted really powdery. They were also very bland. I think with the addition of salt and some applesauce they may be better. Here’s the biggie – the nutrition information is wrong. I chose this recipe for the high amount of protein, and after making them I calculated out the ingredients and came up with very different numbers. Here’s what I got – calories: 107, fat: 5, carbs: 12, protein: 5
I made this with quite a bit of modifications. I tripled the protein, doubled the peanut butter and added an egg. Even with the extra protein, it only came up to 12 grams per serving and 24 grams of carbs. (I did add a cup of mini chocolate chips). I don’t believe the nutritional values listed on this recipe is correct which is the reason I chose to make it. As I was adding everything up, that’s when I saw it was way off and I modified.
Just wonderful! A great recipe and so easy to personalize. I used tahini instead of peanut butter and pecans instead of almonds. Family loved them!
really good! kinda like cliff bars but better! I didn’t add the almonds or chia seeds.
Added walnuts in same amount as almonds. Also added 3 cored and pureed honeycrisp apples for moisture. Finally multiplied ingredients by 1.8 to make it in a 9×13 pan. Makes 12 nice portions
Added little differ items as missus went shop lol but mate wholly love it thanks mate
I loved these but made some changes. Amaranth flakes instead of oats, tahini instead of peanut butter, dates instead of craisins and Dairy free strawberry pea protein powder. The main substitution as I had no bananas, was feijoa pulp. As it isn’t as sweet as banana I added one tablespoon coconut sugar and 1/4 cacao nibs. They were delicious so thanks so much for the recipe. I cut them into small bars and because they are thick I got 25. Yum.
Made it without the tea added.
A great recipe with no added fat or processed sugar! Although this probably earned a 4 star with me, the basic ingredients are great. Needs SALT and a tad more sweetness that could be achieved with a touch of Monk Fruit or Stevia. I did the pumpkin version as not enough bananas were on hand. This pumpkin version should have measurements for recommended additional spices. Flavors of baked bars meld better after being refrigerated. So satisfying for a quick breakfast on the go.
I used steel cut oats & upped the amount of tea that I put in. I also added sunflower kernals and cashews. Delicous!
I will add honey next time as it is not sweet enough for my taste. Thanks for the healthy recipe!
Found this kind of bland & dry
taste good and is healthy
Daughter loved them. HOWEVER, the nutrition information seems quite suspect. It says that there are 25 servings, each with over 10 grams of protein. Did a rough calculation and didn’t come close to those numbers. Whoever came up with that information needs to recheck their numbers.
healthy diet .. and love it
I was very pleased with how these came out. I made it with the bananas and nuts (no chocolate chips.) I have only unflavored whey protein powder, so I did add extra vanilla. I found the sweetness OK, but the rest of my family would prefer it a little sweeter, so I will probably add some next time (I don’t know if the vanilla flavored protein powder has any sweetener in it.) This seems like a very customizable recipe. I look forward to trying it with pumpkin. I also think the banana version would be great with some cocoa powder added.
These are easy and delicious. I don’t think they need the coconut on the top as it just basically falls off anyway, even though I patted it down prior to baking.
I made a few substitutions because I was making it for two of my boys and husband: 1 c steel cut oats and regular oats, chocolat whey protein, cacao nibs instead of cranberries and organic cocoa boost pu’erh tea. Also cut it into 24 bars due to square pan.
Easy to make and my hubby loved these! (I used a ginger spice breakfast tea)