Easy Protein Bars

I love these protein bars! They are quick, easy and cheap. They come out a little soft, but if you freeze them you get a more bar-like consistency. Tastes so much better than the chalky protein bars you buy for $3!

• Preparation Time: 15 mins
• Cooking Time: 25 mins
• Total Time: 40 mins
• Calories: 395 Calories

Ingredients

• ½ cup peanut butter
• 1 cup quick-cooking oats
• ½ cup skim milk
• 1 tablespoon honey, or more to taste
• ½ cup almond butter
• 2 small very ripe bananas
• 1 cup vanilla protein powder (such as Vi-SHAPE®)
• 1 tablespoon ground flaxseed, or more to taste
• 1 tablespoon sesame seeds, or more to taste

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Line an 8-inch square baking dish with baking parchment.

Step 2

Spread oats onto a baking sheet and toast in preheated oven until lightly browned, about 10 minutes.

Step 3

Stir milk, peanut butter, almond butter, and honey together in a saucepan over medium-low heat; cook, stirring regularly, until the nut butters are melted and the mixture is smooth, 2 to 3 minutes. Mash bananas into the milk mixture and cook until smooth, 2 to 3 minutes more.

Step 4

Remove saucepan from heat and stir toasted oats, protein powder, flaxseed, and sesame seeds into wet ingredients until the mixture is somewhat even; spread into the prepared baking dish.

Step 5

Bake in preheated oven until lightly browned, about 10 minutes.

Step 6

Cool bars completely before cutting, wrapping in plastic, and storing in the refrigerator.