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Oat Bars Recipe

Learn how to make healthy homemade oat bars using oats, bananas, peanut butter, and seeds. This kid-approved oat bars recipe is crunchy, delicious, and perfect for meal prep.
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Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 20 minutes
Deyhdrating Time (For Crunchy Oat Bars) 4 hours
Total Time 4 hours 30 minutes
Servings: 48
Course: Snack
Cuisine: American
Calories: 63
Ingredients Method Notes

Ingredients
  

  • 5 bananas
  • ¾ cup soy milk
  • 6 tbsp creamy peanut butter
  • 3 tbsp honey
  • 1 tbsp flax seeds
  • 1 tbsp chia seeds
  • 50 g hazelnuts
  • 2 tsp vanilla extract
  • 2 drops stevia extract
  • 4 cups oats

Method
 

  1. Preheat your oven to 350°F (175°C).
  2. In a large bowl, mash the bananas until smooth.
  3. Add the soy milk, peanut butter, honey, vanilla, flax seeds, chia seeds, hazelnuts, and stevia. Mix well.
  4. Stir in the oats until fully combined.
  5. Spread the mixture into a lined baking dish and smooth the top.
  6. Bake for 15–20 minutes, or until set.
  7. Remove from the oven, let cool, and cut into squares.
  8. For chewy oat bars, stop here.
  9. For crunchy oat bars, transfer the cut squares into an air fryer and dehydrate for 4 hours.
  10. Cool completely and store in an airtight container.

Notes

  • These bars yielded 48 small squares, about 63 calories each.
  • Swap half the honey for stevia (like I did) to slightly reduce calories.
  • Add-ins you can try: chocolate chips, shredded coconut, dried fruit, nuts, or seeds.
  • You can replace hazelnuts with almonds, pecans, or peanuts.