Name: Banana Protein Baked Oatmeal Bars - Just The Best
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 30 min
Ingredients: 1 medium Ripe Banana (½ cup Mashed, 120g); 1⅓ cup Rolled Oats (120g); ½ cup Whey-Casein Vanilla Protein Powder (45g); ½ cup Almond Milk (120ml); ¼ cup Non-fat Greek Yogurt (56g); 3 Egg Whites (93g); 1½ tsp Baking Powder; ½ tsp Cinnamon (Ground); ½ Tbsp Chopped Peanuts (7g)

Bake a batch of these soft and chewy Banana Protein Baked Oatmeal Bars with all the sweet flavor of protein bar without fat or added sugar! The perfect high protein breakfast, snack or post workout meal.

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These bars are kinda like a cross between baked oats, protein bar and banana bread: Oatmeal that’s baked in the oven, but has protein powder and egg whites in it for a protein bump, and the mashed banana + cinnamon for the BB part.

Kill 3 birds with one stone I guess!

Another reason I really liked these is coz they’re freezer-friendly. This was actually the first time I actually froze some of my meal-prep snacks/breakfast add-ons.

I usually just eat them in like 2-3 days, but these went on for week!

What Protein Powder to use for Baked Proats?

I use a whey-caesin blend from Quest Nutrition. Their Vanilla, Chocolate and Peanut Butter are amaze!

All their flavors are stevia-sweetened, so they’re a lot lower in calories.

For a dairy free option, you might want to consider something else.

Ingredients for these Banana Protein Baked Oatmeal Bars?

Rolled Oats – I wouldn’t recommend Instant or Quick since they’d get too soggy
Mashed Banana – I’d recommend using completely ripe ones since they’re a lot sweeter!
Protein powder
Egg Whites – Added protein and acts as a bit of a binder in place of whole eggs. Also makes these low fat protein baked oats.
Non-fat Greek Yogurt – Even more protein!
Almond Milk – Any other will work well too, but this makes these baked oats dairy free.
Cinnamon – Just complements the flavor well!
Baking powder

How to make this Protein Oatmeal bake?

Whisk the wets: mashed banana (mash with a fork first), milk, yogurt, egg whites
Add the drys: oats, protein powder, baking powder, cinnamon
Pour the mix into a parchment-lined baking dish
Bake at 350°F for 22-25 minutes!

Dont’ forget to let the baked oatmeal cool before you slice, or it’ll be mush.

What makes this Baked Protein Oatmeal Healthy?

Dairy free – This recipe for baked oatmeal bars has no sugar, no egg, no oil, no butter, no milk – just non-dairy almond milk!

Sugar free – The bars are naturally sweetened by the banana, and if your protein powder is stevia sweetened, just makes it even more perfect!

No/Low Fat – The “oil and butter” in regular baked oatmeal is replaced with the mashed banana here.

Extra High Protein – There’s already protein powder in these oatmeal bars, but they also use egg whites instead of the egg for just pure protein and no cholesterol either!

For a Vegan baked oatmeal, make sure you use a compliant protein powder, and replace the egg whites with 2 flax eggs instead (2 Tbsp flaxseed meal + 6 Tbsp water let rest for at least 10 minutes).

Use Gluten Free oats if you have the restriction.

How to Meal Prep and store Oven-Baked Meal Prep PrOats

Store these homemade banana protein bars in the fridge for about 5 days, and enjoy them as a make-ahead high protein baked oatmeal for breakfast or an easy high protein snack.

You can also cut the bars into slices, wrap them in plastic wrap and stash them in the freezer in zipper bags. They should keep 2-3 months.

Another meal-prep hack is to cook the oats a greased and lined muffin tin to turn these high protein baked oatmeal bars into oatmeal cups instead. You want to bake them for just about 20 minutes in this case.

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