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Banana oat cookies

May 27, 2015 By Kathryn Doherty

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Whole grain banana oat cookies, naturally sweetened with honey, make a perfect snack any time of day!Banana oat cookies

I’ve got another it’s-good-for-breakfast-snack-dessert-anytime treat for you today! These whole grain banana oat cookies are seriously light (no butter or oil), seriously moist and seriously tasty.

 

And you can add chocolate chips!

Banana oat cookies with chocolate chips

Plus these cookies are oh so easy. Just stir up the dry mixture, the wet mixture, add them together and bake. It’s cookie time!

Banana oat cookiesBanana oat cookies

Banana oat cookiesBanana oat cookies

I’ve made the mini chocolate chips optional.

You may be thinking, why in the world would I not add the chocolate chips? Good point. I only recommend skipping the chocolate if you’re serving these to toddlers. Or if you want to pack these and have them not get melted while traveling.

Or if you for some reason are not OK with having chocolate for breakfast. In which case, we should maybe part ways because I routinely eat chocolate oatmeal, my chocolate strawberry overnight oats and healthy chocolate pancakes.

And of course, my pumpkin baked oatmeal with chocolate chips in the fall. Sometimes in the spring and summer too 😉

Banana oat cookies with peanut butter

These cookies are also great with a little peanut butter smeared on top. Peanut butter and banana? Peanut butter and chocolate? Peanut butter and banana and chocolate?

Yes, yes and yes. You could even do nutella. Wow.

And of course — and please tell me you saw this coming from that picture above — they make excellent cookie sandwiches. Peanut butter, nutella or ice cream in the middle – let your imagination run wild!

Banana oat cookie peanut butter sandwich

These cookies freeze great, too, so you can stick any extras in the freezer and have a quick breakfast or snack on hand anytime. You may want to double the recipe for this very reason.

 

The next time you have some ripe bananas on hand, try these scrumptious little cookies. Hope you love them!

Enjoy!

Banana oat cookies

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Prep Time 15 minutes Cook Time 15 minutes Total Time 30 minutes
Serves 30 cookies     adjust servings

These super light, whole grain banana oat cookies are great any time of day!

Ingredients

  • 2 cups whole wheat flour (I used white whole wheat flour)
  • 1 cup oats (I used old fashioned oats)
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1 teaspoon cinnamon
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 1/2 cup brown sugar
  • 2 eggs
  • 2 medium ripe bananas, mashed
  • 1 cup applesauce
  • 1/2 cup honey
  • 2 teaspoons vanilla
  • 1/2 cup mini semisweet chocolate chips (optional)

Instructions

  1. Preheat oven to 375.
  2. In a large bowl, mix together the flour, oats, baking soda, cinnamon and salt.
  3. In a separate-sized medium bowl, whisk together the eggs and brown sugar until light and fluffy. Add in the mashed bananas, applesauce, honey and vanilla and stir well to combine.
  4. Add the wet ingredient to the dry and mix to combine. Don’t overmix.
  5. Add the mini chocolate chips, if using. (Or you can divide the batter and stir chocolate chips into half.)
  6. Place a spoonful of dough onto a cooking sheet lined with parchment paper or a silpat.
  7. Bake at 375 for 15 minutes, until lightly golden brown.
  8. Remove from tray and allow to cool (on the parchment paper or on some wax paper).
  9. Once cooled, store in the fridge. They also freeze great - just throw in a labeled freezer bag once they are cooled.
Nutrition Facts
Serving Size
Amount Per ServingAs Served
Calories 89kcal Calories from fat 8
% Daily Value
Total Fat 1g2%
Saturated Fat 0g0%
Transfat 0g
Cholesterol 11mg4%
Sodium 86mg4%
Carbohydrate 19g6%
Dietary Fiber 2g8%
Sugars 9g
Protein 2g

Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs:

Calories2000
Total FatLess than65g
Sat FatLess than25g
CholesterolLess than300mg
SodiumLess than2,400mg
Total Carbohydrate300g
Dietary Fiber25g

Whole grain banana oat cookies, naturally sweetened with honey, make a perfect snack any time of day!

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Filed Under: Appetizers & Snacks, Breakfast & Brunch, Healthy Desserts, Healthy Oatmeal Recipes, Sweets & Desserts, Toddler and kid food

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Comments

  1. Cheryl says

    July 17, 2016 at 2:31 PM

    Excellent cookies – Used Egg Beaters, and I added 1 cup of PB2 powder which thickened up the batter a little and added a nice peanutty flavor.

    Reply
    • Kathryn says

      July 18, 2016 at 8:09 AM

      I’m so glad you enjoyed them Cheryl! Thanks so much for taking the time to let me know!

      Reply
  2. Ramona says

    March 31, 2019 at 1:15 PM

    Substitute for applesauce?

    Reply
    • Kathryn says

      April 1, 2019 at 9:20 AM

      Hmm, you could try substituting some extra mashed banana and some melted butter in place of the applesauce. You could also use canned pumpkin, but that’ll change the flavor a bit more.

      Reply
  3. Judy says

    May 4, 2019 at 6:34 PM

    I had two very ripe bananas which were about 5 inches a piece. The wet batter was very liquidey, when added to the dry ingredients the batter was way to thin, like a cake batter. I didn’t have any more white whole flour around, used all purpose flour to thicken it up, probably stirred it to much, the cookies were kind of tough. Next time, if make again, I would maybe add a little more of wheat flour or use only one banana,my cookies sure didn’t turn out like them pictured. 🙁 🙁

    Reply
    • Kathryn says

      May 5, 2019 at 11:37 AM

      I’m sorry you had trouble with this recipe Judy! I know that’s disappointing. My bananas are at least that big, so I’m not sure why your batter was so liquidy if all the other ingredients were the same (2 cups flour and 1 cup oats). I hope it works better next time!

      Reply

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