Healthy Peanut Butter Banana Oatmeal Cookies

"Tasty little cookies with no added fat or sugar - these are so guilt-free, they can be eaten for breakfast. Adapted from theskinnyfork.com's Healthy Peanut Butter Oatmeal Cookies."
 
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Ready In:
20mins
Ingredients:
8
Yields:
30 cookies
Serves:
30
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ingredients

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directions

  • Preheat oven to 350.
  • Mash bananas with a fork and mix in peanut butter, apple sauce, vanilla, salt, and cinnamon.
  • Stir in oats and coconut.
  • Drop by tablespoon onto a non stick cookie sheet (lined with parchment paper or sprayed with non-stick spray). I use a small cookie scooper.
  • Flatten a bit to shape the cookie (they don't rise or spread at all when baking).
  • Bake for 12-15 minutes, rotating the pan halfway through.
  • Allow to cool, and enjoy!

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Reviews

  1. Ok, I almost didn't make this recipe because of all the haters leaving poor reviews. I have to say that ya'll might be trippin or at the very least, overestimating your ability to craft a good batch of cookies. Cookies (which by definition these are) are both an art and a science. You gotta come at these bad boys with passion as well as precision. I will make these again. They're very healthy and I only tweaked it slightly this time by adding 1/4 cup of agave, because the haters scared me into thinking the cookies wouldn't taste sweet at all, but they were plenty sweet and actually could be less sweet. The haters are probably the people who go to Starbucks to get "coffee" and leave with 3 cups of sugary syrup and milk wherein which coffee cannot be tasted. I didn't add coconut but I will try that on another batch too, probably the one I leave out the agave on.
     
  2. I enjoyed making these cookies. They were easy to make and nothing in the recipe really needs to be cooked. So that added toasty oven texture is nice. I am going to add fresh diced apples and a nut mixture next time. For all those complaining about the lack of sweetness, add a little bit of stevia!! I really think any dried fruit would also jazz up the flavor level for those complaining about the blandness. This recipe is lovely because it is YOUR cookie. It is so easy to personalize! I also made them nice and large (only 12!). Relax and enjoy this healthy recipe!
     
  3. Added raisins and a little honey. They turned out really tasty. You can’t expect them to have the texture of flour based cookies but things like raisins and nuts help.
     
  4. I love this recipe. It has real ingredients and these cookies taste great without any added sugar. I did add some cocoa as I was wanting chocolate. I also left out the vanilla because I didn't have any. This was the second time I made this recipe and the first time, my coconut pieces were too large, so this time I used the foot processor to grind the coconut and part of the oats and mix in all the dry ingredients. I poured that in a bowl with the rest of the oats, then blended my bananas and peanut butter together in the food processor. Thank you for a great versatile recipe with no flour.
     
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  5. For a healthy cookie alternative, these are yummy. I didn't care of the apple taste with it, so I may attempt them without the applesauce next time (maybe an egg?). These are more like oat clusters, not really traditional oatmeal cookies. I added mini chocolate chips instead of coconut. very good!
     
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Tweaks

  1. Ground 1/3 of oats and large coconut flakes. Left out applesauce. Added 2T cocoa.
     
  2. I put chopped walnuts and honey in the mixture.
     

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