Banana bread-inspired breakfast bar. These are egg-free and can be made gluten-free & nut-free
Struggling with what to eat for breakfast?
Try making your breakfast ahead of time. That way you don't have to worry about what to cook while you stumble through your house waiting for your coffee to kick in.
You can make egg muffins, protein pancakes, or banana breakfast bars - yum!
These are so easy to make and taste like dessert. Who doesn't want dessert for breakfast?
Make these and you have 12 days of breakfast made ahead. That's almost two full weeks of breakfasts that you don't have to do anything but microwave something for 20 seconds (and even that's not a requirement).
I like to keep them in the refrigerator just because I don't want them to go bad for some reason. After a week, I will put them in the freezer. You can let them thaw for a little or just microwave them for 20-30 seconds.
Sometimes, I'll even spread a little more peanut butter on top...
So go make these and have almost two weeks of not wondering what you're going to eat for breakfast.
Banana Breakfast Bars
Ingredients
- 2 tablespoon flax meal + 4 tablespoon water
- 2 ยผ cup oats
- ยฝ cup white whole wheat flour or brown rice flour
- 2 teaspoon cinnamon
- ยพ teaspoon salt
- 1 ยฝ teaspoon baking powder
- 2 bananas about 1 cup total, mashed
- โ cup milk
- ยฝ cup maple syrup or honey
- 2 teaspoon vanilla
- ยฝ cup peanut butter or sunflower seed butter
Instructions
- In a small bowl, whisk together flax meal and water {you just made 2 flax "eggs"}. Set aside.
- Preheat oven to 350°F. Spray a 9x13 baking pan with non-stick spray. Set aside.
- In a medium sized bowl, stir together oats, flour, cinnamon, salt, and baking powder.
- In another bowl, whisk together mashed banana, milk, maple syrup, and vanilla. Stir in the flax eggs. Stir in peanut butter until completely combined.
- Add the oat/flour mixture to the banana mixture. Pour batter into prepared baking pan. Bake in the preheated oven for 25-30 minutes or until edges are lightly browned and center is set.
- Remove from oven and allow to cool completely before cutting into 12 bars.
trialsinfood says
Looks like a great way to start the morning off.
memeinge says
they are a perfect breakfast to start your day with!
michellerday says
Hi,
Thanks so much for linking up to Creative Thursday this week. These banana bars sound delicious. I don't always take the time for breakfast but making these ahead of time would be great. Thanks for sharing.
Can't wait to see what you link up next week.
Have a great week,
Michelle