Healthy Oatmeal Cookies
Golden-edged, chewy oatmeal cookies sweetened naturally with bananas and spiced gently with cinnamon. Made with just oats, bananas, vanilla, and a pinch of salt—flourless and sugar-free.
Ingredients
Ingredients
- 2 ripe bananas mashed
- 1.5 cups old-fashioned rolled oats divided
- 0.5 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 0.25 cup chocolate chips or raisins optional
- 1 pinch salt
Instructions
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°F (177°C) and line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
- In a medium bowl, mash the bananas until mostly smooth, leaving a few small chunks.
- Stir in 1 cup of rolled oats, cinnamon, vanilla extract, and salt; mix until combined, then let rest 5 minutes to allow oats to soften.
- Fold in the remaining ½ cup oats and chocolate chips or raisins if using.
- Scoop tablespoonfuls of dough onto the prepared sheet, spacing about 1½ inches apart; gently flatten each mound.
- Bake for 14–15 minutes until edges are golden and centers are set.
- Let cookies cool on the baking sheet for 5 minutes, then transfer to a wire rack to finish cooling.
Notes
Let cookies cool completely on the sheet to firm up before handling.
Store in an airtight container at room temperature up to 2 days, refrigerate up to 1 week, or freeze up to 3 months.
Nutrition
Serving: 1cookieCalories: 86kcalCarbohydrates: 16g
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