Easy Protein Bars - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 cup quick-cooking oats
1/2 cup skim milk
1/2 cup peanut butter
1/2 cup almond butter
1 tablespoon honey, or more to taste
2 small very ripe bananas
1 cup vanilla protein powder (such as Vi-SHAPE(R))
1 tablespoon ground flaxseed, or more to taste
1 tablespoon sesame seeds, or more to taste

Preparation

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Line an 8-inch square baking dish with baking parchment.
Spread oats onto a baking sheet and toast in preheated oven until lightly browned, about 10 minutes.
Stir milk, peanut butter, almond butter, and honey together in a saucepan over medium-low heat; cook, stirring regularly, until the nut butters are melted and the mixture is smooth, 2 to 3 minutes. Mash bananas into the milk mixture and cook until smooth, 2 to 3 minutes more.
Remove saucepan from heat and stir toasted oats, protein powder, flaxseed, and sesame seeds into wet ingredients until the mixture is somewhat even; spread into the prepared baking dish.
Bake in preheated oven until lightly browned, about 10 minutes.
Cool bars completely before cutting, wrapping in plastic, and storing in the refrigerator.