Low Fat Oatmeal Recipe – Banana Bites with Oatmeal

For a healthy low-fat oatmeal recipe try Oatmeal Banana Bites. We’ve made a ton of oatmeal recipes this year and many of them are healthy snack options that have saved us from binging on too many empty calorie and carb treats. This old-fashioned oatmeal recipe is mostly oats, fresh banana, and dried fruit.

What you need for this Low-Fat Oatmeal Recipe

3 cups ROLLED OATS also called OLD FASHIONED OATS
2 cups BANANA
1 cup DRIED FRUIT
½ cup ALMOND BUTTER
1-2 Tbsp CINNAMON
optional:
8oz can crushed pineapple
2 Tbsp minced fresh ginger
(this recipe makes about 30 ping-pong ball-sized treats)

low fat oatmeal recipe

How to Make Oatmeal Banana Bites

  • In a large bowl, mash the bananas very well.
  • Add dried fruit. I use a mix of raisins and Craisins in the video recipe, but choose dried fruit to your liking, just be sure to chop whatever dried fruit you use into sizes similar to raisins. Here are current prices for Craisins on Amazon.
  • Add almond butter to the bowl, or substitute peanut butter, but realize that peanut butter will have a stronger flavor than the almond butter.
  • Then add 1-2 Tbsp of cinnamon powder. If desired, at this point you might add a few optional ingredients. I’ve experimented with crushed pineapple and fresh ginger. If you do add the crushed pineapple, just add an extra 10 minutes to the baking time.
  • Mix all the ingredients in the bowl together very well, and then fold in the old fashioned oats to form a thick batter. Check current prices for Rolled Oats on Amazon.
  • Mold the batter into shapes slightly smaller than a ping-pong ball and arrange them on a lightly greased baking sheet.
  • Place in an oven preheated to 350 degrees Fahrenheit and bake for about 20 minutes.
  • Remove from the oven and allow to cool.
  • This low-fat oatmeal recipe will keep fresh for a few days stored on the kitchen counter, but for longer storage keep them in the fridge.

These oatmeal treats are a great way to make oats a regular part of your diet, and for another oatmeal recipe idea, try this healthy Low-Fat Apple Crisp Recipe with oatmeal.

low fat apple crisp recipe

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Best Caramel Oatmeal Squares Recipe

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Caramel Oatmeal Squares make great dessert treats – or bribes, if you need to motivate someone.

What you need to make Oatmeal Squares

Bars:
1 3/4 cup OATS
1 1/2 cup FLOUR
3/4 cup BROWN SUGAR
1/2 tsp BAKING SODA
1/4 tsp SALT (optional)
3/4 cup BUTTER (melted)
1 tsp VANILLA EXTRACT
1 cup PEANUTS
1 cup CHOCOLATE CHIPS

Caramel Sauce*:
3/4 cup BUTTER
1 1/2 cups BROWN SUGAR (firmly packed)
2 Tbsp WATER
1/4 tsp SALT
3/4 cup EVAPORATED MILK
1 Tbsp VANILLA EXTRACT
1/4 cup FLOUR (added after caramel has cooled)

*In a hurry? Instead of making caramel sauce, you use a 12 oz jar of caramel ice cream topping.

How to make Caramel Oatmeal Squares

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.

Make the caramel sauce:

  • Combine butter, brown sugar, water, and salt in a medium sauce pan, over medium heat, stirring constantly.
  • Bring to boil and continue to stir for 5 minutes depending upon thickness desired. The longer it boils, the thicker your caramel sauce will eventually be. If you don’t stir the pot while the caramel is cooking, it will be a disaster, not as bad as knocking over the cake at a wedding, but the caramel will burn, which will kinda suck.
  • After 5 minutes, remove sauce from the heat and stir in evaporated milk and vanilla. Set aside to allow caramel to cool and thicken.

Grease a 9 x 13 baking pan. If you need a decent oven-safe baking dish, check out some current pricing for a Pyrex dish on Amazon.

  • In a bowl, mix oats, flour, brown sugar, baking powder, vanilla extract, and salt.
  • Stir in butter until well blended.
  • Reserve one cup of mixture to use as a topping later.
  • Press remaining mixture into bottom of greased pan.
  • Bake 10-12 minutes until light brown. Let cool 10 minutes.
  • Top with peanuts and chocolate pieces.
    Take your caramel sauce and stir in 1/4 cup flour until smooth. Drizzle sauce over nuts and chocolate, keeping the sauce 1/4 inch away from pan edges (to avoid having a cooked caramel mess on your pan).
  • Sprinkle top with the reserved cup of oat mixture.
  • Bake an additional 18-22 minutes or until golden brown.
  • Let cool. Then cut into squares.

*In a hurry? Instead of making caramel sauce, you use a 12 oz jar of caramel ice cream topping. To help it pour, heat it just a little before adding the extra flour.

Enjoy! Chocolate, peanuts, caramel…what’s not to enjoy? Give this oatmeal squares recipe a try and let me know what you think.

For another tasty dessert bar recipe, try an almost No-Bake Marshmallow Bar Recipe. It’s super easy.

marshmallow bars

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