Snack

Banana Date Oatmeal Mini Bars is for Snack.

Banana Date Oatmeal Mini Bars takes 15 minutes to prepare.

Banana Date Oatmeal Mini Bars takes 35 minutes to cook.

Banana Date Oatmeal Mini Bars makes 12 servings.

The ingredients for Banana Date Oatmeal Mini Bars are:

3 medium bananas on the verge of being too ripe
2/3 cups chopped dates (or raisons, or whatever else you want)
1 cup old fashioned oatmeal
3 tsp splenda
3 tsp cinnamon
1 small fresh apple (preferably a slightly tart one)
1/2 cup fiber one (totally optional)
Splash of vanilla extract

You can also use applesauce or yogurt with this and have it turn out even better--it's modified from a recipe that used vegetable oil and flour. Substitute ingredients like mad if you want. . .I just use what I have at hand. I've tried chocolate chips in it, but didn't really like it. Any dried fruit is pretty yummy, and combinations like dates and apricots or dates and raisons are very good.

Here is how you make Banana Date Oatmeal Mini Bars:

mix the cinnamon and splenda and set asidefinely chop apple and roughly chop dates and set asidePreheat oven to 350 degreespour all but 1/4 cup of the fiber one cereal and oatmeal together in a food processor and grind into a rough flour-ish consistency. Pour into a mixing bowl and add soft bananasmash bananas into the oat/fiber one mix and blend unto a dough consistencySprinkle in vanilla extract to taste.Add remaining 1/4 cup of fiber one/oats that are unground.Mix in apple and dates.Use nonstick cooking spray to grease a baking pan.Bake for 15 minutesTake out of oven and score with a sharp knife along lines to make bars.Return to the oven for another 15-25 minutes (depending on how hot your oven runs.Let cool then separate.Serving Size:?makes 9-12 very small bars

The nutritional information for Banana Date Oatmeal Mini Bars is:

• Servings Per Recipe: 12
• Amount Per Serving
• Calories: 93.4

• Total Fat: 0.8 g
• Cholesterol: 0.0 mg
• Sodium: 9.5 mg
• Total Carbs: 23.4 g
• Dietary Fiber: 4.2 g
• Protein: 1.6 g

The dietary needs meet for Banana Date Oatmeal Mini Bars is Vegetarian