Make-Ahead Baked Oat Bars

Soft baked oats with banana and berries. Bake once, breakfast all week.

The Food Gene · https://thefoodgene.com/recipe/baked-oat-bars/

Prep
10 mins
Cook
30 mins
Yield
Makes 12
Level
Easy

Ingredients

  • 250 g rolled oats
  • 3 ripe bananas, mashed
  • 250 ml milk
  • 1 egg
  • 2 tbsp honey
  • 1 tsp ground cinnamon
  • 150 g frozen berries

Method

  1. Get ready. Heat the oven to 180°C (160°C fan) and line a 20 × 30 cm tin.
  2. Mix. Mix everything except the berries, then gently fold them in.
  3. Bake. Spread in the tin and bake for 30 minutes until golden.
  4. Cool and cut. Cool completely, then cut into 12 bars.

Chef tip

The browner the bananas, the sweeter the bars.

Storage

Keeps 5 days in the fridge or 2 months frozen.

Swap it

Use grated apple instead of berries.

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