Vegan Pie Cherry Granola Bars
This vegan pie cherry granola bars recipe has been in my cookbook for over 10 years. The basic recipe has two ingredients, bananas and old fashioned oats. Well, maybe 4, I sometimes add a tablespoon of ground flaxseed and a tablespoon of cinnamon. I can add whatever additional ingredients I want. For this recipe, I am adding pie cherries and sprinkling some vegan chocolate chips on top. My favorite vegan chocolate chip brand is Enjoy Life Dark Chocolate Morsels.
If you do not have a nut restriction, you can add 1/4 cup of walnuts, slivered almonds, sunflower seeds, or pepita seeds. If you want to add chia seeds, add one to two tablespoons of chia seeds. We buy a tub of fresh pie cherries every summer and divide them into serving-size containers and freeze them, so I can have pie cherries all year. I love cherry pie and this is a great substitute. I hope you try this recipe and leave me a 5 star review.
Get Your Ingredients:
3 very ripe bananas
2 cups old fashioned oats
1 cup pie cherries
1 Tbsp. ground flaxseed
1 Tbsp. of cinnamon
1/4 cup vegan chocolate chips
Let’s start cooking Vegan Pie Cherry Granola Bars
Preheat the oven to 350 F. Peel and mash three bananas with a fork in a mixing bowl. Add three cups of old fashioned oats. Add 1/2 cup of pie cherries, no juice. Mix well and put into either a silicon pan or a glass 9 x 9 pan. I like chocolate chips, you can sprinkle vegan chocolate chips on the top.
If you can eat nuts, add 1/4 cup of walnuts, slivered almonds, sunflower seeds, or pepita seeds. You may not be a fan of pie cherries. Feel free to substitute raisins or dried cranberries. Add whichever extra ingredients you like, though I would not add cranberries or raisins with the pie cherries. Cook for 25 minutes.
Cool for at least 10 minutes. If you don’t eat all of the granola bars, refrigerate the leftovers. Sometimes, I will heat up a leftover granola bar for 20 seconds in the microwave, because I love the melty taste of the chocolate chips.
If you like easy recipes and chocolate check out my Vegan Oatmeal Chocolate Chips Cookies.
Enjoy!
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Vegan Cherry Pie Granola Bars
Equipment
- 1 mixing bowl
- 1 9 x 9 baking pan silicon baking dishes work perfectly
Ingredients
- 3 very ripe bananas
- 2 cups old fashioned oats
- 1/2 cup pie cherries
- 1 Tbsp. flaxseed
- 1/4 cup vegan chocolate chips
- 1 Tbsp. cinammon
Instructions
- Peel and mash 3 ripe bananas in the mixing bowl. I like to use a fork to mash them.
- Add 2 cups of old fashioned oats.
- Add 1/2 cup of pie cherries. Mix well.
- Preheat oven to 350 F.
- Put the mixture in a silicon or glass 9 x 9 pan. No need to use oil in a glass pan.
- Cook for 25 minutes.
- Cool for at least 10 minutes. Refrigerate the leftovers.