Easy Protein Bars
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I love these protein bars! They are quick, easy and cheap. They come out a little soft, but if you freeze them you get a more bar-like consistency. Tastes so much better than the chalky protein bars you buy for $3!
Ingredients
- 1 cup quick-cooking oats
- ½ cup skim milk
- ½ cup peanut butter
- ½ cup almond butter
- 1 tablespoon honey, or more to taste
- 2 small very ripe bananas
- 1 cup vanilla protein powder (such as Vi-SHAPE®)
- 1 tablespoon ground flaxseed, or more to taste
- 1 tablespoon sesame seeds, or more to taste
Directions
- 1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Line an 8-inch square baking dish with baking parchment.
- 2. Spread oats onto a baking sheet and toast in preheated oven until lightly browned, about 10 minutes.
- 3. Stir milk, peanut butter, almond butter, and honey together in a saucepan over medium-low heat; cook, stirring regularly, until the nut butters are melted and the mixture is smooth, 2 to 3 minutes. Mash bananas into the milk mixture and cook until smooth, 2 to 3 minutes more.
- 4. Remove saucepan from heat and stir toasted oats, protein powder, flaxseed, and sesame seeds into wet ingredients until the mixture is somewhat even; spread into the prepared baking dish.
- 5. Bake in preheated oven until lightly browned, about 10 minutes.
- 6. Cool bars completely before cutting, wrapping in plastic, and storing in the refrigerator.
Nutrition Facts
serving: 9 bars
calories: 394.9 kcal
carbohydrates: 23.2 g
protein: 39.4 g
saturated fat: 3.6 g
cholesterol: 10.8 mg
sodium: 313.7 mg
fiber: 3.2 g
sugar: 8.5 g
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