Oatmeal, Banana, Applesauce Bars

Submitted by zoe85

"My two year old can't get enough of these."

 

• Ready In: 30mins
• Ingredients: 12
• Serves: 4-6

ingredients

• 1 1⁄2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1⁄2 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon
• 3⁄4 cup butter, melted and cooled
• 1 cup brown sugar
• 1⁄2 cup sugar
• 3⁄4 cup applesauce
• 2 eggs
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 3 cups old fashioned oats
• 2 -3 bananas, smashed

directions

1. Preheat oven to 350°.
2. Spray 9x13-inch pan with cooking spray.
3. Combine: flour, baking soda, salt, cinnamon in bowl set aside.
4. Combine: sugars, and butter and beat with mixer till well blended.
5. Add applesauce, eggs, and vanilla beat with mixer till smooth.
6. Add bananas with mix and mash by hand or with mixer (I’ve done both).
7. Stir in flour mixture till just combined.
8. Stir in oats.
9. Pour into greased pan.
10. Bake till golden brown, about 20-30 minutes depending on oven.
11. Cool and cut into bars!

Reviews

[Larisa Y.]

Followed directions, only added some chocolate chips, maybe that was the problem, but they were falling apart. I suppose you could cut it into bars, but mine simply didn't hold together. Also, the oats didn't soften enough, i think maybe instant oats might have been better, as it is I can feel the oats grating my teeth. Won't make again.

 

[Bokenpop aka Mad]

Wonderful aroma and taste! The batter was more than I could comfortably accommodate in a 9 x 13 so I put it in an 11 x 15 pan. I ended up baking the bars for 15 minutes longer than indicated because the center was still too moist at 30 minutes. The bigger size pan yielded 40 roughly 1 inch cubes since the batter had risen beautifully. I will make this regularly. Thanks for sharing a really great recipe.

 

[Nif_H]

Moist, tasty, quite healthy - thanks! You could probably cut 20 squares out of this. I didn't change a thing on this recipe, but added chocolate chips on top. Delicious!

 

[55tbird]

Wonderfully moist and flavorful bars. Will make again. I sprinkled with mini chocolate chips.

 

[toni7910]

I used 4 small bananas and sprinkled mini chocolate chips on top of the batter for an extra treat. These are excellent with or without adding the choc. chips! Mine did best in a glass pan for 30 minutes exactly. I'm much happier to give these to my kids for a morning snack than many of the "cereal bars" from the store which are filled less nutrition. They love these... you will too!