Like brownies, these banana bars can be addicting – and they are made with honey and whole grain flour. Nutritious. The brownie-like banana bars make a good snack for kids (no white sugar in these baked goodies to get them all hyped up on).

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Honey-baked Banana Bars

Take your children or grandchildren out for donuts one morning, and watch how quickly the sugar takes effect. No wonder some moms refuse to give their children any sugary foods or snacks. They act about like adults who are addicted to coffee when they don’t have any caffeine for a day or two. Irritable. Snappy. Whiny.

Baking with Grandchildren

The grand littles aren’t the only ones who love to eat sweet stuff. I’ve loved sweets all of my life. My favorite cake has always been German Chocolate Cake, a dessert my mother often made. I asked her once as a teen why she didn’t make them much anymore. She said, “We were all gaining weight.”

Here is a German Chocolate Cake that my five-year-old granddaughter made (with my help). She asked, “Can we bake a cake? But I want to do it.” And so she did. The whole family loved it and asked when she was going to make another cake.

Honestly, I don’t have it all together when it comes to losing weight and keeping it off, especially during the fall and winter holidays. By the time Thanksgiving, Christmas, and my birthday in early January are over, I’m back to working out and trying to stay away from desserts. 

Don’t Throw Out Ripe Bananas

Bananas are good for kids’ breakfast and snacks. It’s so easy to come up with yummy banana recipes that will satisfy kids.

Oatmeal and bananas…

oatmeal
Oatmeal, Bananas, and Honey

 

Yogurt and bananas

Fruit Dip
Pistachio Fruit Dip

Brownie-like banana bars

If you crave sweet snacks, make these banana bars that taste like brownies. When you buy bananas and they get really ripe, don’t throw them out. Mash them up, and mix up a batch of these brownie-like treats. You can make them with all kinds of variations, of course.

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Honey-baked Banana Bars

Bake Healthy with Honey and Natural Sugars

The honey-baked brownie-like banana bars treat is inspired by a banana cake recipe from Shirley Engelhardt’s Victorious Health Recipes, a cookbook focused on cooking and baking with natural sugars.

I have fun making Shirley’s recipes for my grand littles. They let me know real quick what they think. The banana bars (they actually make me think of brownies without the chocolate) went fast.

You know what else is good? Brownies made with black beans. I tried some of Pattycakespantry.com’s black bean brownies and didn’t want to stop eating them. They are delicious – and more healthy because they have more fiber.

I’ll be sharing more recipes I’ve created that were inspired by the Victorious Health collection, like my Everything Mini Bundts. I got the idea for the mini bundt cakes when I made the banana bars. The bundts and the bars taste wonderful.

Bundt cakes
Everything Mini Bundt Cakes

Make the banana bar recipe, and have fun with creating your own version.

Honey-baked Banana Bars

Honey-baked Banana Bars

Ingredients

  • 1 egg
  • 1/4 cup coconut oil
  • 1/2 cup honey
  • 2 medium bananas
  • 3/4 cup white whole grain flour
  • 1/4 tsp sea salt
  • 1/2 tsp cinnamon
  • 1/4 tsp nutmeg
  • 1/2 tsp baking soda
  • 1/2 cup rolled oats
  • 1/4 c chopped walnuts
  • 1/2 box organic raisins

Instructions

  1. Beat egg in a medium-size bowl.
  2. Mash two bananas with a fork.
  3. Add the mashed bananas, coconut oil, and honey to the eggs and whisk or beat well.
  4. Add salt, cinnamon, nutmeg, and baking soda.
  5. Mix the flour in gradually.
  6. Fold in the oats.
  7. Mix in the walnuts and raisins.
  8. Bake in an 8"x8" pan, buttered and floured, at 350 degrees.*
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If you are serious about cutting out sugar but still want to eat desserts, start using natural sugars for baking. The Victorious Health book set has a banana cake recipe that inspired the honey-baked brownie-like banana bars. Click on the following blue link to order the books.

Victorious Health Book Set (Recipes Included)

Click here to see the Everything Mini Bundts recipe. 

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