Sunday, May 12, 2013

My Favorite Homemade Protein Bar Recipes

Chocolate Protein Bars
Calories: 96
Fat: 1.4 grams Carbs: 12 grams Protein: 10 grams
Ingredients:
1 cup Oat Flour
4 Egg Whites
2 scoops Vanilla Whey Protein Powder 1⁄2 cup Splenda, Truvia, or Ideal
1⁄2 tsp Baking Soda
1⁄4 tsp Salt
8oz Berry flavored Baby Food
3 tbsp Baking Cocoa
4oz Water
Directions:
1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
2. Mix dry ingredients (oat flower, vanilla whey protein, baking soda, salt, baking cocoa) together in a large bowl.
3. Mix wet ingredients (egg whites, Splenda, Truvia, or Ideal, Berry flavored Baby Food,Water) together in a medium sized bowl.
4. Add wet ingredients to dry ingredients and mix together.
5. Spray cooking dish with a non stick butter spray and add batter to dish.
6. Bake 20-30 minutes in oven.
Makes 16 squares, serving size=2 bars.


Carrot Cake Protein Bars
Bars Calories: 94
Fats: 1.25 grams
Carbs: 10 grams
Protein: 10 grams Ingredients:
• 1 cup oat flour
• 2 scoops vanilla whey protein
• 2 tsp cinnamon
• 1/2 tsp baking soda
• 1/4 tsp salt
• 1/8 tsp allspice
• 1/8 tsp nutmeg
• 4 egg whites
• 3/4 cup Splenda, Truvia, or Ideal
• 8 oz baby food carrots
• 4 oz water
Directions:
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Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
Mix flour, whey protein, cinnamon, allspice, nutmeg, baking soda and salt together in a bowl.
Mix egg whites, Splenda, Truvia, or Ideal, baby food carrots and water (optional) in a bowl.
Add wet ingredients to dry ingredients and mix together. Spray glass pyrex dish with non-stick butter spray.
Pour ingredients into dish.
Bake 20-30 minutes.
Makes 16 squares, 2 squares is a serving




Cinnamon Swirl Protein Bread

Preheat oven to 350. Spray an 8 X 8 inch Pyrex dish with non-stick spray.
In small bowl combine: (set aside) 1/3 cup Ideal (Xylitol)
2 tsp cinnamon
In a large bowl combine: (whisk together)
1 1/2 cups oat flour + 2 scoops vanilla whey protein 1 tbsp baking powder
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 cup Ideal (Xylitol) or 1⁄4 cup Stevia in the Raw
In a medium bowl combine: (whisk together & add to lrg bowl)
2 egg whites
1 cup unsweetened almond milk (Almond Breeze)
1/3 cup or 1 4oz jar of baby food applesauce and 1⁄4 cup low sugar vanilla yogurt (optional)
Pour a shallow layer of batter into the loaf pan (about 1/4 of the batter). Sprinkle heavily with half of the cinnamon/sugar mixture.
Repeat with remaining batter & cinnamon/sugar on top.
Draw a knife through the batter to marble.
Bake for 24 to 28 min. Let cool for 10 min. Bread will be dense.

Lemon Protein Bars
1 cup oat flour
2 scoops vanilla whey protein
1/4 tsp salt
1/2 tsp baking soda
2 qt mix Crystal Light (preferably without aspartame)
4 egg whites
1/2 cup Splenda, Truvia, or Ideal
8 oz baby food applesauce
4 oz water
Directions
Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
Mix oat flour, vanilla whey protein, salt, baking soda and crystal light, in large bowl.
Mix egg whites, Splenda, applesauce and water in a bowl.
Add wet ingredients to dry ingredients and mix together.
Spray 8x8 glass pyrex dish with non-stick butter spray.
Pour ingredients into dish.
Bake 23 minutes.
Makes 16 squares.




Hope you enjoy! :)


3 comments:

  1. Where do you find crystal light without aspertame? I thought it was all made with it?

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  2. @Brandy I buy mine from Kroger. Its called Crystal Light Pure.

    http://www.kraftbrands.com/crystallight/Pages/default.aspx#/pure

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  3. I thought I read somewhere (maybe an Oxygen mag?) that if you baked protein powder it wasn't good anymore, that it chemically changed, wasn't as potent or something?

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