Banana oatmeal cookies are a healthy and gluten-free cookie recipe. These cookies are easy and simple to make in 20 mins with only a few ingredients.
Healthy Breakfast Cookies:
Banana oatmeal cookies are the healthy, sugar-free and gluten-free cookies. These cookies made with only the natural ingredients like banana, oats, nuts, dates and honey.
These cookies are easy to make in 20 minutes and also stays good for up to 4 days in the refrigerator. So I make these cookies in bulk and store it in an airtight container and serve for a quick breakfast or snack.
I serve these cookies with a cup of milk for my little son that keep him fuller and energetic for a long time. These cookies are a handy and quick grab and go breakfast that helps many busy moms.
I grab a couple of these cookies before I leave home and have it on the go. Also, these cookies are an excellent way to use the over ripe bananas.
Check out the other oatmeal based cookie recipe, Carrot Oatmeal Cookies.
Smart Cooking Tips:
1. Use ripe banana in this recipe, it gives a natural sweetness and flavor to the cookies.
2. I added chopped walnuts and dates in these cookies. You can also add chocolate chips, raisins, currants in these banana oatmeal cookies.
3. If the dough is too dry to form a cookie shape. Add the extra amount of mashed banana and make a dough.
4. You can form the cookies into different shapes using cookie cutters. Place a cookie cutter on the parchment paper and fill the dough and remove the cookie cutter gently.
5. Make sure to choose the gluten free labeled oats for a gluten free cookies.
6. I add vanilla extract for flavoring the cookies, you can also add cinnamon powder or grated nutmeg.
Easy Oatmeal Cookies:
Banana oatmeal cookies are a healthy cookie recipe, you can easily tweak this recipe to vegan by replacing the honey with brown sugar. These cookies taste soft and chewy with a hint of banana flavor.
Walnuts and dates give an additional taste and nutritious to the cookies. Walnuts give a nice crunchy taste and dates gives a sweet taste that makes the cookies more delicious.
From kids to everyone loves this banana oatmeal cookie.
Though these cookies do not look as moist as the regular flour based cookies, these cookies taste soft, chewy and sweet.
How to serve banana oatmeal cookies?
Serve banana oatmeal cookies for breakfast or snack.
Tried and Tested By Users:
Ranjani Parameswaran: Just tried them.. Came out well… My son loves it!! Thanks for the recipe.
Daisy Mendonco Pinto: I made it. It turned out really really good. M sure Riaan will love it.
Jahnavi Trivedi: These cookies looked so healthy and yum for me to try right away! And I did! smile emoticon The only extra ingredients I added were a few dark chocolate chips on top and 1/2 cup of apple sauce as I accidentally added a little more oat to the mixture. Super soft and very yummy cookies I will be baking more often for my son. Though next time I will make sure my husband isn’t around as he ate 7/9 cookies I baked in 15 minutes!
Banana oatmeal cookies are a healthy and gluten-free cookie recipe. These cookies are easy and simple to make in 20 mins with only a few ingredients.
- 1 cup OATS
- 1 no BANANA
- 2 tbsp WALNUTS CHOPPED
- 2 tbsp DATES MEDJOOL CHOPPED
- 2 tbsp HONEY
- 0.50 tsp VANILLA EXTRACT
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Pre-heat the oven to 350 degrees and line the baking tray with parchment paper.
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Powder the oats using a blender and mash the banana to a smooth puree using a fork.
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In a wide bowl add powdered oats, mashed banana, honey, chopped dates, walnuts, vanilla extract and mix well.
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Scoop the spoonful of dough and drop onto a lined baking tray and flatten gently using a back of the spoon. Repeat the same for a rest of the dough.
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Bake for 12 - 15 minutes or until the cookies set and cool on a wire rack. Serve or store the cookies in an airtight container.
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