Baking during Ike
Ok, so I am REALLY bored waiting for this damn hurricane to pass. Went to the gym and they were CLOSED. Went to tan, yep, CLOSED. Luckily I have a home gym and a dog who loves to run- lol- poor thing is WIPED out! So, I decided to bake some yummy protein bars for my hubby! I am going to send them to Afghanastan instead of cookies. These are better for him AND since he is coming home soon, he will be a lean mean HOT machine- LOL.
They turned out SOOOOO good I thought I would share them with ya’ll!
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1 cup quick oatmeal (not instant)
5 scoops of chocolate protein powder ( 105g of protein)
1/4 cup fat free cottage cheese
1/2 cup non fat dry milk powder
2 egg whites
4 TBSP water
2 TBSP Organic Aguave sweetener
2 bananas, mashed
1 1/2 tsp. flaxseed oil (this is the secret to moist bars instead of the traditional dry bar)
¼ cup raw crushed almonds (sprinkle on top of bars)- prior to cooking
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Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Spray a 9X12 casserole dish with PAM spray and set aside. In a medium bowl combine all dry ingredients and set aside. In a mixing bowl beat egg whites, cottage cheese, bananas, water, aguave sweetener and oil. Add just a tad of vanilla for flavor to the wet ingredients. Add the dry mixture and combine until a lumpy batter forms. Pour into pan and bake for 30 minutes or until edges are browned. Cut into 8 squares.
Number of Servings: 8





