2018 Banana Bread Protein Bars

Ingredients

  • 2 cups Bob’s Red Mill gluten free flour
  • 1 scoop No Whey – pea protein powder
  • 4-5 very ripe bananas mashed (1 1/2 cups)
  • 1/2 cup coconut sugar
  • 1/2 cup butter 1 stick, softened
  • 2 eggs
  • 2 tablespoons unsweetened almond milk
  • 1/2 teaspoon vanilla
  • 1 teaspoon baking powder
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1/4 teaspoon sea salt

Filing/topping

  • 8oz cream cheese
  • 1 scoop No Whey – pea protein powder
  • 6-8 drops vanilla liquid stevia
  • ¼ cup unsweetened almond milk

Instructions

Bars

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Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Lightly grease a 9×5 inch loaf pan, set aside.
  • In a large bowl, combine flour, baking soda, baking powder, and salt, set aside. In a separate bowl, cream together butter and sugar. Stir in eggs, milk, vanilla, and mashed bananas until well blended. Stir banana mixture into flour mixture; stir just to moisten. Pour batter into prepared loaf pan.

Filling

  • Combine all ingredients in a bowl and mix with hand mixer
  • Spread evenly over bars in the pan or cut into batter.

 

  • Bake in preheated oven for 50 to 55 minutes, until a toothpick inserted into center of the loaf comes out clean. Let bread cool in pan for at least minutes, then turn out onto a wire rack. Slice and serve warm!

 

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