Recipe - Peanut Butter and Banana Baked Oat Bars

Flapjacks are a staple of many cyclists' diets. The truth that my Excessive Power Flapjack Recipe is likely one of the most considered weblog posts each month with out fail, confirms that.

How are you going to create variations of the oat-based favorite although; so as to add in higher selection and curiosity?

This recipe is for a distinct sort of oat bar - held along with banana, eggs and coconut oil; reasonably than the standard flapjack honey/syrup and butter.

I am not going to say that it is 'more healthy' or 'higher'; however it's a nice different. The much less 'crumbly' nature of the bars additionally means they are perfect for jersey pockets.

Elements

• 2 medium bananas
• 1 massive egg
• 1 cup rolled oats
• ½ cup wholemeal flour
• ¼ cup coconut oil
• ¼ cup darkish brown sugar
• 1 tbsp peanut butter (I am an enormous fan of Pip and Nut for the time being)
• 1 tsp vanilla essence
• ½ tsp baking powder
• ¼ tsp salt
• 1 cup of your flavouring of alternative: choc chips, chopped dates, raisins, and so on.

Methodology

• Preheat the oven to 180'C
• Grease a 6-inch sq. baking tin with butter or coconut oil
• Mash the bananas in a big mixing bowl, and add at the hours of darkness brown sugar, egg, oil and peanut butter. Stir collectively till properly mixed
• Add within the baking powder, salt, vanilla essence. Stir extra, till all blended in.
• Add within the oats, flour and totally combine
• Pour the combination into the tin and easy out
• Bake within the oven till the center seems cooked (round 20 minutes)
• Take away and permit to chill, earlier than chopping into bar sized items