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Banana-Oat Snack Cake

Banana nut brownies in a grid
Alex Lau

Loaded with oats and bananas, this is a great treat to have on hand after soccer or baseball practice.

Ingredients

12 Servings

6

tablespoons unsalted butter, cut into ½” pieces, melted, plus more for baking dish

cups old-fashioned oats

1

cup all-purpose flour

2

teaspoons baking powder

1

teaspoon ground cinnamon

1

teaspoon kosher salt

cups (packed) light brown sugar

2

large eggs

1

teaspoon vanilla extract

3

bananas, chopped

Preparation

  1. Step 1

    Preheat oven to 350°. Lightly coat an 8x8” baking dish with butter and line with parchment paper. Whisk oats, flour, baking powder, cinnamon, and salt in a large bowl; set aside. Whisk brown sugar, eggs, and vanilla in another large bowl until mixture is smooth.

    Step 2

    Slowly stream butter into brown sugar mixture, whisking constantly until well blended. Add bananas to dry ingredients; toss to coat. Stir into brown sugar mixture (batter will be thick). Spread batter in prepared dish. Bake until cake is golden brown and the edges start to pull away from sides of dish, 35–40 minutes. Transfer to a wire rack and let cool completely in dish. Cut into 12 servings.

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  • This was pretty good, like oatmeal with bananas and brown sugar in a portable bar form. I used salted butter, so next time I will make sure to cut the salt by a quarter teaspoon or so. I'll also chop the bananas a lot smaller or even try mostly smashing them. The texture of larger banana pieces in the bars were off-putting. My fault.

    • AnneNJ

    • Montclair, NJ

    • 7/14/2021