Easy Protein Bars Recipe
- 1 cup quick-cooking oats
- 1/2 cup skim milk
- 1/2 cup peanut butter
- 1/2 cup almond butter
- 1 tablespoon honey, or more to taste
- 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
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Line an 8-inch square baking dish with baking parchment.
- Spread oats onto a baking sheet and toast in preheated oven until lightly browned, about 10 minutes.
- 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.
- 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.
- Bake in preheated oven until lightly browned, about 10 minutes.
- Cool bars completely before cutting, wrapping in plastic, and storing in the refrigerator.