High-Fiber, High-Protein Breakfast Bars

Ingredients

• cooking spray
• 1.5 cups quick-cooking oats
• 0.25 cups wheat germ
• 0.25 cups ground flax seed
• 2 tablespoons vanilla-flavored hemp protein powder
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 0.5 teaspoons salt
• 3 bananas
• 0.25 cups peanut butter , such as Jif®
• 2 tablespoons honey
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 0.25 cups natural peanut butter , or to taste

Instructions

1. 1

   Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Line an 8x8-inch baking dish with aluminum foil, letting foil hang down over the sides of the pan; spray pan with cooking spray.

2. 2

   Stir oats, wheat germ, flax seed, protein powder, cinnamon, and salt together in a bowl. Mash bananas in a separate large bowl and stir 1/4 cup Jif® peanut butter, honey, and vanilla extract into bananas, mixing well. Stir dry ingredients into banana mixture and spread into the prepared baking dish.

3. 3

   Bake in the preheated oven for 20 minutes. Spread 1/4 cup natural peanut butter over top.

4. 4

   Continue baking until lightly browned on the edges and set, 10 more minutes. Let cool in the pan and lift bars onto a work surface using aluminum foil as handles. Cut into bars, wrap in plastic wrap, and store in refrigerator.