Cardamom Pistachio Protein Bars – Sugar Free Energy!

Name: Cardamom Pistachio Protein Bars – Sugar Free Energy!
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 16
Ingredients: 2/3 cup Whole Wheat Pastry Flour, 80g, see post for sub; 1/3 cup Unflavored Protein Powder, Whey-Caesin, 30g; 1/2 cup Vanilla Protein Powder, Whey-Caesin, 45g; 1 Tbsp Cardamom, Ground; 1/2 cup Unsweetened Applesauce, 120g; 1/4 cup Unsweetened Almond Milk, 60ml; 6 Tbsp Non-fat Greek Yogurt, 84g; 2 Tbsp Zero Calorie Brown Sugar Replacement, 24g; 1 Egg; 1 tsp Vanilla Extract; 3/4 cup Pistachios without shell, Chopped, 84g

by Haylee Jane Monteiro

16 bars

30 min

Flavor-packed Cardamom Pistachio Protein Bars for a healthy sweet post-workout treat. These cardamom pistachio bars are sugar-free, oil-free, low fat, low calorie and give a great boost of energy!

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Ingredients for Cardamom Pistacio Protein Bars

These cardamom pistacio protein bars are made with a few healthy ingredients, have no sugar and are gluten free too. An overall great pistachio protein dessert!

Whole Wheat Pastry Flour
Vanilla Protein Powder needed for high protein bars and also replaces most of the ‘sugar’.
I used Vanilla protein powder from HTLT Supps since it’s a whey-caesin and works best for baking.
Unflavored Protein Powder to replace some of the flour (and carbs) in the recipe for a slightly lower carb high protein recipe. I used a whey-caesin blend from Quest Nutrition.
1:1 Zero Calorie Brown Sugar Substitute – I use Lakanto, to keep this recipe sugar free; (code HAYLSKITCHEN for a discount here too.
Non-fat Greek Yogurt
Unsweetened Applesauce
Unsweetened Almond Milk
A bit of Vanilla Extract
An Egg

And then for the cardamom pistachio flavor on these baked protein bars:

Ground Cardamom
Chopped Pistachios

Cardamom Pistachio Protein Bars – Sugar Free Energy!

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Recipe details

Yield 16 bars
Time spent: Prep time: 10 Minutes Cook time: 20 Minutes Total time: 30 min

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Ingredients

2/3 cup Whole Wheat Pastry Flour, 80g, see post for sub
1/3 cup Unflavored Protein Powder, Whey-Caesin, 30g
1/2 cup Vanilla Protein Powder, Whey-Caesin, 45g
1 Tbsp Cardamom, Ground
1/2 cup Unsweetened Applesauce, 120g
1/4 cup Unsweetened Almond Milk, 60ml
6 Tbsp Non-fat Greek Yogurt, 84g
2 Tbsp Zero Calorie Brown Sugar Replacement, 24g
1 Egg
1 tsp Vanilla Extract
3/4 cup Pistachios without shell, Chopped, 84g

Instructions

Preheat oven to 350°F and line an 8” x 8” baking dish with parchment paper.
In a bowl, whisk whole wheat pastry flour, vanilla protein powder, unflavored protein powder and cardamom.
In a large bowl, whisk together applesauce, milk, Greek yogurt, brown sugar substitute, egg and vanilla extract.
Add dry mix to wet, and gently stir until just starting to mix.DO NOT OVER-MIX or protein powder will make the bars gummy.
Add chopped pistachios(reserve few for the top) fold to combine.Do not over-mix.
Transfer to baking pan, top with more pistachios and bake for about 18-20 minutes.Top should be set and toothpick inserted into the center should come out dry.
Remove from oven and let cool completely.Slice into 16 bars.

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