Simple, practical, and full of everyday flavour, Vegan Caramelized Banana Granola Bars is a vegan, vegetarian American, Vegan breakfast, dessert, snack made with bananas, nuts, and oats in about 60 minutes. The recipe lays out the ingredients and each cooking step clearly, so you can adjust seasoning, texture, and serving size for your own kitchen.
Recipe Snapshot
- Prep time: 10 minutes
- Cook time: 50 minutes
- Total time: 60 minutes
- Yield: 12 bars
- Category: Breakfast, Dessert, Snack
- Cuisine: American, Vegan
Ingredients
- 4 bananas (, sliced into 1/2 cm thick slices)
- 1.5 cup nuts (, mix of walnuts cashews, almonds, pecans)
- 1 cup oats
- 6 dates
- 1/4 tsp salt
- cinnamon
Method
- Place sliced bananas on a parchment lined baking sheet. Add oats and nuts to another baking dish. Bake the sliced banana at 375 deg F (190 C) for 15 mins, Reduce temperature to 350 deg f (180 C) then add the nuts and oats to the oven and bake for another 15 mins. Let cool.
- Alternatively, you can cook the bananas in a skillet with 2-3 tbsp non-dairy milk until caramelizing.
- Add the toasted nuts and half of the oats to a food processor. Pulse to break the nuts into a coarse meal, then add dates along with the caramelized banana, and pulse to break down the bananas a bit. Add cinnamon, salt, the other half of the oats and pulse again until a dough like state. (If your dates are not very soft, process with the banana to break them down before this step)
- Press this mix into a parchment lined brownie pan and bake at 300 F (150 C) for 20 mins.
- Cool, slice and store refrigerated for up to 2 weeks.
Kiyaan Singh’s Kitchen Note
Keep this recipe as a working base: cook once as written, then adjust spice, texture, and serving style for your own table.
