We’re a few months into the school year and Emily is already bored with her snacks. Time to mix it up with some homemade goodies! I like to keep her lunch kit stocked with fruit and vegetables. You’ll notice I’ve added a banana, apple sauce and sliced apples in these. Sneaky!
I created these apple cinnamon breakfast bars using Blue Diamond Almond Breeze. It’s a delicious alternative to dairy milk. I often swap traditional milk for almond milk in my baking. Almonds are a super-food! Funny how much a child will eat when you throw in the words super and hero.
You can substitute the whole wheat flour for oat flour and make them gluten free as well. So many options!
These bars are great on the go and pack well for snacks. The kids and I give them thumbs up!
This post was sponsored by Almond Breeze. Photos, recipe and opinions are my own.
- 1 large overripe banana, mashed
- ⅓ cup brown sugar
- 3 tbsp unsweetened applesauce
- ½ tsp vanilla
- 1 egg
- 1 cup Blue Diamond unsweetened Almond milk
- 1½ cup oats
- ½ cup whole wheat flour
- ¾ tsp cinnamon
- ½ tsp baking soda
- pinch of salt
- 1 small apple, thinly sliced.
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Coat an 8 inch baking pan with baking spray.
- Mix together the banana, brown sugar, applesauce, vanilla, egg and almond milk.
- Add the oats, flour, cinnamon, baking soda and salt and stir to combine.
- Fold in the sliced apple
- Pour the batter in to the prepared pan.
- Bake for 20 minutes
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I love almond breeze – it’s my favorite!
I agree! Deeelish.
Can you taste the banana? This looks like the perfect *easy* oatmeal bar recipe I’ve been looking for but I have a strong aversion to anything bananna.
There’s only one banana so it’s pretty mild. The cinnamon helps to hide it 🙂
I’m sensitive to bananas and eggs, is there a substitute for these in this recipe?
Not that I’ve tried. A quick search may lead you to something. Hope it works out!