Delicious soft oat bars flavoured with peanut butter and banana. Made with just six simple ingredients and perfect for a batch cook healthy breakfast
If time is tight in the mornings then these Peanut Butter & Banana Breakfast Bars are ideal to make up at the weekend and have on hand for busy weekdays.
They're made with just six simple ingredients and sweetened only with banana, making them a great healthy alternative to shop bought muffins or breakfast bars.
They will keep in the fridge for a couple of days and can be reheated in the microwave. You can also freeze them and just pull out one at a time for breakfast. All freezing and defrosting instructions are below.
They come out at 175 calories per square. That's without any toppings but you can add some extra peanut butter and banana like I have on top. They're also delicious served with some greek yogurt on the side and a few berries.
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Peanut Butter Banana Breakfast Bars
- Prep Time: 3 mins
- Cook Time: 30 mins
- Total Time: 33 minutes
- Yield: 9 1x
- Category: Breakfast
- Method: Baked
- Cuisine: Healthy Breakfast
Description
Delicious soft oat bars flavoured with peanut butter and banana. Made with just six simple ingredients and perfect for a batch cook healthy breakfast
Ingredients
- 200g porridge oats
- ½ tsp cinnamon
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 2 ripe bananas, mashed
- 400ml semi-skimmed milk
- 75g peanut butter
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 180c fan and line a square baking dish or brownie tin with parchment paper.
- Add the oats, cinnamon and baking powder to a large bowl and mix well.
- In a jug or another bowl mix together the mashed banana, milk and peanut butter.
- Add the wet ingredients to the dry ingredients and mix well.
- Transfer the mixture into the dish and bake for 30-35 minutes until golden brown on top.
- Allow to cool for a few minutes before lifting out of the dish. Then cool for another few minutes before cutting into 9 squares.
Notes
These bars will keep in the fridge for up to 2 days and can be eaten cold or reheated in the microwave. They can also be frozen and will defrost in the fridge overnight or at room temperature in a couple of hours.
Be sure to use a 100% nut peanut butter that doesn't contain any added sugar.
The calories and other nutritional information listed below are approximate only. If you need exact figures then please do calculate these yourself. The calories below are for the bars only and do not include any toppings.
Anonymous says
What size of baking dish is best to use? I think mine was too small! Thanks 🙂
Vicky says
Hi, I used an 8x8 baking dish. Hope this helps. x
Hannah Briant says
Normally very much hit this morning with kids back to school and both me and my husband back to full time work, these were a delight for breakfast this morning. Thanks for the great ideas.
Molly says
Keen to try these out as shop versions all have some sort of sugar, honey, syrup etc in them. If making with non-dairy milk do they keep longer? Or does it change the consistency?
Vicky says
Hi Molly, Totally agree most shop versions are full of sugar. We have never tried making these non-dairy, but if you do please can you let us know how they turn out ?
Geraldine says
What can I replace the peanut butter with please? These would be fab for lunchboxes but peanut butter not allowed due to allergies!
Vicky says
Hi, we have a recipe for sunflower seed butter on our website, here is the link so that you can have a look https://www.myfussyeater.com/sunflower-butter/ Please let us know how they turn out. happy cooking.
Anonymous says
Made a batch of these at the weekend and they turned out great.