Chocolate Chip Banana Oatmeal Bars

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Studded with chocolate chips and banana, these hearty oat bars will satisfy your breakfast cravings and sustain you through those long late morning meetings.

by Taylor Ann Spencer·published 2023-10-04

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AmericanBreakfastChildrenFeed A CrowdSnacksVegetarian

Servings

(15–20)

Total time

45 min

prep 10 min

Calories / serving

4642 kcal

Ingredients (11)

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Cooking spraycooking-spray
4 large ripe bananasbanana
2 large eggsegg
3/4 c. packed light brown sugarbrown-sugar
1/2 c. vegetable oilvegetable-oil
2 tsp. pure vanilla extractvanilla
1 tsp. baking sodabaking-soda
3/4 tsp. kosher saltsalt
2 1/2 c. (200 g.) old-fashioned oats
1 1/2 c. (180 g.) all-purpose flourflour
1 c. (6 oz.) semisweet chocolate chips, dividedchocolate-chips

Instructions (6 steps)

01Preheat oven to 350°. Grease a 13" x 9" metal baking pan with cooking spray and line with parchment, leaving an overhang on 2 long opposite sides.
02Peel bananas. In a medium bowl, mash 3 ripest bananas with a fork until smooth (you should have about 1 1/4 cups). Chop remaining banana into 1/4" pieces.
03In a large bowl, lightly whisk eggs until blended. Add brown sugar, oil, vanilla, baking soda, and salt and whisk until incorporated. Whisk in mashed banana until thoroughly combined, then switch to a rubber spatula and fold in oats and flour. Fold in 3/4 cup chips and chopped banana.

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