I’ve got another banana recipe. Maybe the best one yet.
Have I mentioned that we grow lots and lots of bananas around here?
I have?
Ok. Just check’n.
This is actually a recipe that I shared way back.
But since I just made these again….and fell in love with them again….I thought they were worthy of a fresh post.
These low fat oatmeal banana cookies are brilliant on many levels:
Whole wheat flour, check.
Oatmeal, check.
Bananas, YES please–the more the merrier.
Agave nectar, such a great choice.
And chocolate chips-obviously a winner.
It’s a simple recipe, and your whole family will LOVE these!
Lowfat Oatmeal Banana Chocolate Chip Cookies
Ingredients
- Lowfat Oatmeal Banana Chocolate chip Cookies
- 1. cup whole wheat flour.
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 1/2 tsp baking soda
- 1/2 tsp. salt
- 1/2 tsp. ground cinnamon
- 2 T. butter.
- 1/3 c.agave nectar
- 1/2 c. brown sugar unpacked.
- 1 egg
- 3/4 to 1 cup mashed banana I say the more the better. *we used apple-bananas.
- 1/2 tsp. vanilla extract
- 2 cups oats
- 1/2 cup chocolate chips
Instructions
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PREHEAT oven to 350 degrees.
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In a medium bowl, whisk together the flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt and cinnamon.
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In a large bowl, cream together butter and brown sugar with a mixer. Add egg, followed by the mashed banana, agave nectar, and vanilla.
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Working by hand, stir in the flour mixture, and the oats until just combined. Stir in chocolate chips (I think carob would be great here too. My family disagrees.)
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DROP heaping tablespoons of the dough onto baking sheets. Bake for about 10-12 minutes, or until cookies are light brown at the edges.
Really now…
Pour a cup of cold milk….Dunk…
It doesn’t get much better than this, does it?
With Aloha,
Monica
Delicious! My families new favourite. Did use slightly more butter and less agave though. Maybe I’ll try using maple syrup in place of Agave to make it more Canadian:)
Thanks for letting me know! It’s fun to hear all of the ways folks switch up this recipe. I LOVE the maple syrup idea–haha, and making it Canadadian! 🙂 aloha!
They were a big hit with my family! I like the idea of adding peanut butter, as suggested above. Next time. Mahalo!
So glad!! Yes, I’m trying it w/ peanut butter next time too! 🙂
Aloha!
These were absolutely divine! .. Even if I did forget to blend the sugar and butter separately first 😉 Thanks for a quick and easy treat.
I’m in love! I omitted the butter and brown sugar, added a small extra squeeze of agave nectar, and they are delicious! AND I don’t have to feel any guilt!
Kari–So glad you loved them. Great changes–maybe I’ll try that next time too! Thanks for commenting!
YUM! But wait – is there a potential substitute for agave nectar?
Thank you Jenna! Yes, you could really use any sweetener you like. I think agave is quite sweet, so you might want to adjust amounts. I would suggest honey, but if you want to use sugar, I am sure they would come out great that way too. 🙂 Let me know how it goes!
I think i would end up subbing dried cranberries for the chocolate chips. They would go fabulous with Hawaii 5-0. I should make them Monday so that I have some for next week. As long as I don’t need the kleenix like I did after this last episode last week.
Sounds like a wise choice. 😉
Oh really–? Hawaii 5-O was a tear-jerker this week? Uh oh, I better wait for the right moment to watch it (Recorded and waiting for me :))
aloha!
I just baked these (well, I made some modifications…) and WOW! Amazing! Thank you so much for sharing the recipe. Now I know what I’ll be doing with our too-ripe bananas. 🙂
Yay! I’m so glad you liked it. I’m curious what modifications you made? Let me know! I’d love to keep playing with the recipe! aloha!
Nothing major. I used coconut palm sugar instead of brown sugar, coconut oil instead of butter, added a few tablespoons of peanut butter and left out the chocolate chips since I didn’t have any.
YUM YUM YUM! I think I would actually start to like bananas this way 😉
yummy…
I think you’re doing pretty good with the photography (or is it Josiah?). Those cookies look good enough to eat–even for me who doesn’t like bananas!!
Thanks Mom. You just like pictures with your little grandson in them! 🙂
I think you need to convert and try some silly bananas…But either way–thank you!