Amazing Ultimate Banana Oat Cookies (Printer-friendly)
Soft, chewy banana oat cookies with mashed bananas, oats and cinnamon - quick, naturally sweet, ready in 25 minutes.
# What You Need:
→ Wet Ingredients
01 - 2 large ripe bananas, mashed
02 - 1/4 cup melted coconut oil (or unsalted butter)
03 - 1/4 cup honey or maple syrup
04 - 1 large egg
05 - 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
→ Dry Ingredients
06 - 1 1/2 cups rolled oats
07 - 1/2 cup whole wheat flour (or all-purpose flour)
08 - 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
09 - 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
10 - 1/4 teaspoon salt
→ Optional Add-ins
11 - 1/2 cup dark chocolate chips or raisins
12 - 1/3 cup chopped walnuts or pecans
# How to Make It:
01 - Preheat oven to 350°F. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper and set aside.
02 - In a large bowl, mash the bananas until smooth. Whisk in the melted coconut oil, honey or maple syrup, egg, and vanilla extract until well combined.
03 - In a separate bowl, stir together the rolled oats, flour, baking soda, ground cinnamon, and salt until evenly distributed.
04 - Fold the dry ingredient mixture into the wet mixture until just combined. Stir in chocolate chips and nuts if using, being careful not to overmix.
05 - Drop heaping tablespoons of dough onto the prepared baking sheet, spacing them about 2 inches apart. Slightly flatten each cookie with the back of a spoon or your fingers.
06 - Bake for 13 to 15 minutes, or until the cookies are set and lightly golden around the edges.
07 - Allow the cookies to cool on the baking sheet for 5 minutes, then transfer to a wire rack to cool completely before serving or storing.
# Expert Tips:
01 -
- These cookies come together in one bowl with zero fancy equipment, which means you can make them at eleven at night without waking anyone.
- The banana does most of the sweetening work, so you can honestly call them a breakfast food without lying to yourself.
02 -
- Overmixing the dough makes the cookies tough, so stop folding the moment you no longer see dry flour streaks.
- If your bananas are barely ripe, you can microwave them for 30 seconds to soften them, which releases more natural sweetness.
03 -
- Let the melted coconut oil cool slightly before adding it to the banana mixture, because hot oil can start cooking the egg on contact.
- Flatten the dough blobs more than you think you need to, since these cookies do not spread very much on their own in the oven.