Vegan Banana Oat Flax Bars

We are serious nut lovers and having these easy quick-and-go bars at hand makes it easy to get our daily serving without eating too much! Most packaged nut bars are high in sugar, artificial sweeteners, and lack the full nutrients that you should be receiving from your daily nut group. These bars only contain about 6g of fat per serving and contain 5g of protein to keep your morning rolling with energy. Also, they contain no dairy, gluten or added sugars, which of course makes these awesomely healthy--make your morning grab-and-go the healthier way!

Ingredients:

3/4 C. Almond Milk

1 mashed ripe banana

1 1/4 cup rolled oats

1/2 cup almonds raw sliced

1/4 cup flax seed

1/4 cup dates, chopped

1 1/2 tbs dried cranberries

1/4 cup pomegranate

1/2 tsp cinnamon

1/2 tsp nutmeg 

Directions:

• preheat your oven to 350 degrees
• spray a 8x8 inch baking dish with coconut or cooking oil
• in a small bowl, mash the banana using a fork until liquid-like form
• in a separate bowl, combine the oats, almonds, flax seed, chopped dates, cranberries, pomegranate, cinnamon and nutmeg. Mix well.
• Add the mashed banana to the mixture along with the almond milk. Add the almond milk a little at a time and mix until it becomes a doughy texture (it will be slightly liquid-like if you put too much almond milk)
• pour into the dish and even out with a spoon
• bake for 25-30 minutes, uncovered, until the edges turn slightly light brown and crispy.
• store in the fridge or freezer for easy grabbing!

bakers note:  you can also sweeten the recipe by adding 1/4 C raw honey and using less almond milk for a more sticky granola bar texture! If you experiment with our recipe we'd love to hear how it comes out!