These banana oatmeal chocolate chip bars are the perfect healthy snack to have on hand during a busy week or bring to a party.
Ok fine. So maybe I do bake. A little bit. But I promise there’s never yeast involved because baking with yeast frightens me. I leave that crazy bread baking business to my Italian husband who enjoys spending three days tucking his bread into a warm blanket and singing it lullabies as it rises under a heat lamp. In order for me to bake I need a recipe, I can actually eat within an hour or so and a guarantee that I won’t be able to ruin it.
Speaking of no-fail guarantee, if you find me baking you will most likely find a Silpat® on my pan. Do you own any silicone baking sheets? Like magic, cookies will glide right off the pan every. single. time. No butter, grease or baking spray required. Want to know what’s even more fun than that? They also make a baking pan, the Silpat® Entremet, from the same non-stick silicone I’m madly in love with!
See that? You simply place the Silpat® Entremet on a baking sheet, pour in the batter then pop in the oven. No buttering or flouring required. Baking anxiety = gone. My husband goes through half a jar of Crisco every year greasing pans for his famous hermit bars every Christmas so you better believe we will be using this pan during the holidays!
Another note I must point out: the pan gave these bars the most perfect, subtle crust. Not too crispy, just perfectly browned with a crunch to balance out the moist cake-like consistency of the bars. They can be stored in an air-tight container room temperature but we actually like to keep them cool in the fridge. The choice is yours. You will love them either way.
Your oven is waiting.
Banana Oatmeal Bars with Chocolate Chips
Ingredients
- 1 cup whole wheat pastry flour
- 1 cup oats
- ⅔ cup all-purpose flour
- ⅓ cup flax seed meal
- 1 tablespoon baking powder
- ¾ teaspoon salt
- ½ cup coconut oil
- ½ cup brown sugar
- ½ cup white sugar
- ½ cup plain low fat yogurt
- 2 large eggs
- 1 tablespoon vanilla
- 3 ripe bananas mashed
- 1 cup chocolate chips
- ½ cup chopped walnuts optional
Instructions
- Pre-heat oven to 350 and spray a 15 x 10 x 1 baking pan with cooking spray or place a Silpat Entremet silicone baking pan on a large baking sheet.
- In a medium bowl, whisk together whole wheat pastry flour, oats, white flour, flax seed meal, baking powder and salt; set aside.
- In a stand mixer, cream together coconut oil, brown sugar and white sugar over high speed until nice and creamy – about 2 minutes.
- Reduce mixer speed to low and slowly add in yogurt and vanilla. Add eggs in one at a time and blend until incorporated.
- Add mashed bananas and blend until combined using a rubber spatula to clean the sides of the bowl.
- Slowly add the dry ingredients to the wet and blend until just incorporated – careful not to over mix.
- Remove bowl from the stand mixer and gently fold in chocolate chips and chopped walnuts.
- Pour mixture into baking pan and bake for 45 minutes until golden brown and toothpick comes out clean. Let cool completely before slicing into 24 bars.
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Disclaimer: I was not paid to write this post. I have been baking with Silpat® for as long as I can remember so when they offered to send me a complimentary Silpat® Entremet to try on my own, I eagerly said yes! All thoughts are 100% my own.
Joanie
I plan to make this banana oatmeal chocolate chip bars for my family and the cadets at West Point if I win the Silpat pans. Sticking bars make me a bit nervous, and I only like to send treats to West Point that come out clean, as I figure they already must get a little banged up in the mailing.
Please let me be the winner!
Liz DellaCroce
Hi Joanie – I’m afraid this giveaway closed in June! Enjoy the recipe!
Kyana
I would bake all sorts of stuff. My vegetarian lasagna with zucchini and mushroom, chocolate chip cookies, banana peanut butter bread with walnuts, cornbread… the list goes on
Angela Messina
I have Whole Wheat Flour – is that the same as Whole Wheat Pastry flour?
Liz DellaCroce
Hi Angela – It is actually not the same thing. Whole wheat pastry flour is better for baking because it results in a much lighter, airy texture/consistency where as I find 100% whole wheat flour results in a heavier baked good. Highly suggest buying a bag of whole wheat pastry flour for pancakes, muffins, cookies and anything else you’d like to bake!!
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I’m definitely ready for a new silpat! Mine is all battered and abused from culinary school. And I love tuille cookies, so of course those bad boys are going in the oven first!
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I would make lemon bars. I have a million lemons sitting on my counter that are dying to be used!
Lisa Shapiro
Liz, I’m not much of a baker, but I’d love to learn. I’d like to really master basic chocolate chip cookies for my two kids.
Linda S.
Lemon bars
Jordan
I want to perfect a thin (1/4″) porter infused brownie/cookie hybrid that I can use to make barrel aged beer ice cream sammiches.
Christina Gathright
I’d definitely make some cookies first!
Nutmeg nanny
Oh my goodness, these bars look SO amazing! Gotta try this recipe as soon as I can :)
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I’d bake peanut butter cookies!
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I would make Oatmeal Raisin Cookies
Jodie Cady
I’m going to make the banana oatmeal cho. chip bars for the staff meeting on the 20th. I am responsible for providing food for our full staff meeting and need something new, healthy and yummy to start them off right. Searching for a second item to make as well. Bye, bye breakfast burritos from Famous Taco!
Bonnie Esterow
I would use the pan to bake EVERYTHING …. starting with the hermit bars !!!
Sally Tews
Yum~I would love to make the ice cream cake,think I would be afraid but
maybe with the silpat,I would have the confidence.:-)
Liz
Lots more bars and cookies.
rachel
I’d make chocolate chip scones.
Debbie
I cant wait to try the Banana Oatmeal Chocolate Chip bars. They look delicious! I usually use parchment paper so the Silpat will be very nice to try out.
Calli
I’d bake granola bars!
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The chocolate roll looks so good it would probably be high on my list. Looks like a giant Ho-ho.
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oatmeal raisin cookies. old favorite from many years ago.
Melissa
I would bake your chocolate chip cookies for sure, they never last long in my house :)
Emily
How awesome!!!! I’d love to make a super sticky toffee brownie bar. With the silpat entre, you wouldn’t have to worry about them sticking!
Jennifer
I would probably try this recipe :)
Jamie Knupp
peanut butter cookies (my absolute favorite!)
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Oh, I would love a Silpat, and I would use it right away to make lemon bars. Thanks for the chance!
Stacie
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I would bake dark chocolate pecan brownies
Jessica@AKitchenAddiction
Love how healthy these bars are! Definitely need to keep these on hand for when I have a chocolate craving! I would try making these first!
Bryn
These bars, they look great!
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Andrea M
Oh i’ve been wanting one of these for years!! I would bake my husband his favorite cookies!
Gwen S
I would use that mat for Brownies (or blondies)…looks like a baking necessity.
Mai
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I will make some chocolate chip cookies (my husband’s favorite :) )
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I would bake banana peanut butter chocolate chip bars. thanks for a great giveaway
Camille
I think I’d make brownies!
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Loving these look delicious!
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Oh this looks so good! I think I would just make some cookies on my new SILPAT.
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I would try these banana oatmeal chocolate chip bars!
Liz
I would make more bars and cookies for sure.
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Marcia
I would make a tart – mine never come out perfectly and this pan would solve that problem!
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I would make a Pumpkin Cream Cheese (Jelly) Roll
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I would bake oatmeal chocolate chip cookies.
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Malted milk chocolate chip cookies
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I’d probably bake cookies.
Sweetphi
Wow, I could really really use this Silpat! I would make this awesome white cake and strawberry roll I’ve been wanting to make all strawberry season, but I seriously use a kitchen towel that i throw away every time or as you said, I have to grease AND flour the pan, so this would be simply amazing! Thanks for doing this giveaway, hope I win :) and I follow you on Twitter and Instagram and get your lovely newsletter :)
This recipe for the banana oatmeal chocolate chip bars looks amazingly good as well, can’ wait to try it!
Betsy
If I won, I would definitely try this recipe, it looks awesome! Thanks for sharing!
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I have always wanted to try and make some type of roll cake but have always been too afraid… with a Silpat, I would finally try it. And maybe make some parmesan crisps too! (Not at the same time, of course)
Kathryn Louise
I would make choc chip cookies, been thinking about them for a week now
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M&M cookie bars
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PB cookies and then a jelly roll cake
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Chocolate chip banana bread
Laurie {Simply Scratch}
I’m hoping a little of the condo curse will win me this silpat baking pan! Annnnd who knows maybe these bars will come already baked inside! *fingers crossed*
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I would make these bars:). Yummy.
Melissa
What a great giveaway! I’d bake some oreo cheesecake bars. Or some banana cookie bars (like these!). Or maybe some lemon bars. I can’t decide!
Angel S.
I would try that roll cake. Thanks!
Tiffany W.
I would definitely try this pan with the millionaire shortbread I make – in order to get them out of the pan, I have to line it with aluminum foil that hangs over the sides to pull it out of the pan; and invariably, I always have to pull the foil off the cookie base too :\
Julia
I love my slipmat! They really are the best. I have not made cookies with bananas but it is now on my list! Healthy and they look so delicious.
Mr. & Mrs. P
This looks amazing!! Love bars!
Deb Rademaker
I would start with these, then move on to lemon bars, and my favorite little variation, key lime bars
Kara D
I would bake some turtle brownies!
Alyssa (Everyday Maven)
I love Silpat – it really is the best! I know what you mean, I am not a yeast baker either.
Trista
My boyfriend has been hinting at (read: Asked, created a board on pinterest, tweeted, and texted)me baking cinnamon rolls. I would definitely bake those! :)
Elyse
Big batch of gooey walnut chocolate chip cookies, and 3 glasses of cold milk, for me and my girls. The magic of this experience never seems to fade! (Intrigued by the use of coconut oil in this banana-oatmeal bar, trying to find more uses for this to see if it makes any health differences)
Judy
I’d try the new recipe for chocolate chip cookie bars on the new pan!
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I would bake something coconut cookies which is a perfect way to use my coconut oil.
Corry Oosterhouse
I’d make my Marine grandson’s favorite cookies–chocolate chip oatmeal!!! He shares them with his buddies at Camp LeJeune, North Carolina!! Semper Fi!!!
Maggie Wallace
Would make these bars first! They look and sound so delicious!
Dorian Harrow
I would bake a Challah braid! :) This recipe looks amazing.. I would probably make that too.
Katie
I would bake snickerdoodles!
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I would make a big batch of my mom’s brownies! Your bars look so good too!
Cori
I would bake Tollhouse squares. They are a modified version of chocolate chip cookie bars. Thanks.
Denise M
i would make lemon bars
Kelley Kline
This recipe for starters! Grandmas fudge recipe for sure.
Jen @ Savory Simple
I won’t enter the giveaway since I already have a few silpats but I had to comment. Get thee to mah belly!
Ali | Gimme Some Oven
Love Silpat! And wish I had one of these bars right now. They sound wonderfully addictive! :)
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It was so nice to meet you this past weekend at BlogHer, Liz! Hope you enjoyed Austin! Thanks for sharing this great giveaway. I’d bake these chocolate chip bars on my new Silpat!
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Becca
New pan, so I’d try a new recipe and make those delicious bars you posted above. Then I’d bake a batch of my mom’s brownies for my daughter (because she’s been asking me to for a while now). Then some lady fingers so I could make some “from scratch” tiramisu (because it’s delicious!). I’ve been wanting some Silpat baking mats for a while now actually, so I may just have to get some either way. :0)
Angie
I’m a sucker for a good chocolate chip cookie.
Toni
I would bake everything on this! I have awful cheap pans that absolutely everything sticks to, and I bake all time. Everything from cookies to layer dips would be fair game!
Rena
Id make some yummy choc chip or sugar cookies!
Shanna@ pineapple and coconut
I have silicon bake mats I always use when baking cookies – I have never seen this bake sheet before. It looks perfect for bars!! I am all over making these to, I think I may make them with my ap gluten free flour blend and see how they turn out. I need to do something with the giant pile of way overripe frozen bananas that I have.
Lisa
I would make oatmeal chocolate chip cookies
Kati
I would LOVE to make a pinwheel cake or a really thin sheet cake! Yum!
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Linda Grimm
Oatmeal cookies are the best.
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I will make those Yummy looking banana bars, Liz! Talk about lovely (and healthy)! How can you go wrong? ;) Thanks for the shot at such an awesome product for ANY level of a baker!!
Mary
Guess it would be time to make some biscotti.
Erica
I would bake Lemon Bars- the silpat would make removal so easy! And also try these banana bars- yum!
Laura Ball
I have and love my silpat! I would love to win the new Silpat Entremet! I would bake gluten free brownies for my son.
Katie
I make a mean pumpkin roll, if I do say so myself! This would make the job sooo much easier!
leslie
I tweeted the giveaway…have a great day :)
leslie
I have also used Silpat for years love it…I would bake my homemade granola bars on it ..always use my Silpat when I make my granola..Thanks for the opportunity! love your blog!
Heather @ What Does She Do All Day?
I love my Silpats! I didn’t know they had a pan version!! I would love this for making granola bars or bar cookies or …………
Tieghan
These sound awesome liz! On of my favorite combos!
Johanna
Hi, I would start with these bars! They look excellent. Thanks!
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I don’t know how I lived before my silpat mats came into my life, and this entremet looks like an incredible tool to have on hand. Thanks for the great giveaway Liz!
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PS. Forgot to answer the question…I’d bake every kind of strawberry treat I can get my hands on. There are finally in season up here in WI!
Teri Sanders
I would bake pumpkin bars, and the recipe above! looks great!
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I’m always baking – cookies, breads, bars, etc. And I don’t have a Silpat! Would love to win this:)
Christina T
If I win, I’d try making either gluten free oatmeal breakfast cookies or gluten free “Almond Joy” cookies which require using a lined baking sheet.
Kel
Chocolate chip cookies! Thank you!
Elissa
I think I would bake these bars – they look delicious!