These Oat & Banana Cookies are about as healthy and tasty as they come. In fact they are so healthy, they are good enough for breakfast!
What comes to mind when you imagine a cookie with no flour, no sugar, no butter and no egg? No taste probably! Well you couldn’t be more wrong.
These Oat & Banana Cookies are about as healthy and tasty as they come. The ripe bananas naturally sweeten the oats and you can add whatever extras or flavourings you like.
I chose chocolate chip and raisin but some other good combos are:
- Peanut Butter
- Nutella
- Cranberries & Orange Zest
- Desiccated Coconut
- Vanilla Essence
- Chopped Nuts
- Ground Ginger
My fussy little eater couldn’t believe her eyes when I presented these yesterday morning. “Cookies for breakfast Mummy?”. She happily munched away on two while I chuckled to myself, thinking if only she knew they were essentially porridge in a cookie form!
These oat and banana cookies are also are great way to use up those black and over ripe bananas bananas lurking at the bottom of your fruit bowl. The riper the better for this recipe as the banana will be sweeter.
If you liked these Oat & Banana Cookies, please do leave me a comment and a star rating below. You can also share your pictures with me on Instagram. I always love to see your creations!
Oat & Banana Breakfast Cookies
Prep Time: 5 mins- Cook Time: 12 mins
- Total Time: 17 minutes
Yield: 6 1x
Category: Breakfast
Cuisine: European
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Grab a healthy breakfast on the run with these two ingredient cookies
Ingredients
- 100g oats
- 2 ripe bananas
- 25g chocolate chips
- 25g raisins
Instructions
- Heat the oven to 160c. Place some baking parchment onto a cookie tray.
- Blitz the oats in a food processor for a couple of minutes until they are of a finer consistency.
- In a bowl mash the bananas and add the chocolate chips and raisins or any other extras. Stir in the oats.
- Spoon a heaped dessert spoon of the mixture onto the baking parchment. Mould the mixture into a cookie shape and flatten with the back of the spoon.
- Bake for 12 minutes until the cookies are just getting crisp on the outside but are still soft in the middle.
- The cookies are best eaten that same day but will keep ok in a biscuit tin for 2 days.
Notes
I made 6 big cookies from this mixture. If you would prefer to make smaller cookies, or even bites, you may have to reduce the cooking time by a few minutes. Check the cookies after 9 minutes.
Anonymous says
Can these be frozen? And how to defrost if they can. Thanks!
Vicky says
Ideally these cookies are best eaten the same day, but will keep ok in a biscuit tin for 2 days.
Anonymous says
Hi can these be frozen and warmed in the microwave slightly once defrosted? Thanks 😊
Vicky says
Hi, we don’t advise freezing these cookies. Ideally these cookies are best eaten the same day, but will keep ok in a biscuit tin for 2 days.
Marilyn says
I made with an additional 1 tablespoon of milk as I used airfryer to bake the oats cookies instead of oven. Shorter baking time around 7 -8 minutes. It tasted as good.
Chloe Backshall says
I have just made these, i did half with white choc chips and other half with white choc chips and raisins my daughter doesnt like raisins,
I have really enjoyed a couple and my daughter has just said she likes hers but couldnt guess that it was banana but she says she likes it.
We will see what my son thinks later or tomorrow
Love all ypur recipes and hope to try more soon
Ciara Attwell says
Thanks Chloe! the chocolate chips sound delicious!
Michelle says
These are a lifesaver on busy days!
★★★★★
Sandra says
My little girl (16 months old) would only have few bites of her usual breakfast for the last few days. So, today I have decided to make these quickly. She tried one, said “mmmm” and nodded her head. She’s eating two at the same time now :)) Quick, easy and yummy!
★★★★★
Momma G says
Can these be frozen after cooking?
★★★★★
Ciara Attwell says
Yes absolutely! Just freeze them in a single layer and then transfer to freezer bags or containers.
Amy says
I made these this morning and both my fussy eaters enjoyed them! My 7 year old is a tough nut to crack so it was a real achievement. Hopefully they will eat more recipes on your blog!
Ciara Attwell says
Fantastic! Thanks so much for coming back and letting me know Amy!
Mandy says
Just made some of these (only half a batch because I only had one banana!) for breakfast tomorrow. Let’s see what my little fussy eaters make of them…
Ciara Attwell says
Ouuuu I hope they like them!!