Servings: 12 1x
Ingredients
- 2 small ripe bananas, mashed (about ⅔ cup)*
- 2 large eggs
- ⅓ cup brown sugar
- 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
- 1 ½ cups old-fashioned rolled oats
- ½ cup all-purpose flour (use gluten-free all-purpose flour if needed)
- ½ teaspoon ground cinnamon
- ½ teaspoon baking soda
- ¼ teaspoon fine salt
- ⅓ cup roughly chopped walnuts, pecans, or sliced almonds
- 3 tablespoons mini white chocolate chips (optional)
- 1 cup fresh blueberries or frozen wild blueberries
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350°F. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper or spray with cooking spray, set aside.
- In a mixing bowl, add the mashed banana, eggs, brown sugar, and 1 teaspoon vanilla extract; whisk together. To the same bowl, add the oats, flour, cinnamon, baking soda, ¼ teaspoon salt, nuts, and optional white chocolate chips. Stir together, and then gently fold in the blueberries being careful not to crush them.
- Scoop the dough into 12 equal mounds (about 3-4 tablespoons each or use a #20 scoop). Place the dough mounds on the prepared baking sheet. Slightly flatten and shape the dough to form round cookie shapes.
- Bake until the cookies are lightly browned on bottom and edges, 12-15 minutes. Remove the baking sheet from the oven and let the cookies cool on the pan for 5 minutes before transferring to a wire rack to cool completely.
Notes
For nut free: omit the nuts, or replace with sunflower seeds.
For dairy free: omit the chocolate chips or use dairy-free mini chocolate chips, such as Enjoy Life brand.
For gluten free: I like Bob’s Red Mill 1-to-1 gluten-free baking flour (the blue bag). If using gluten-free flour, the cookies won’t flatten as much as they do when using regular all-purpose flour. So be sure to flatten and shape the dough mounds into flattened rounds before baking.
For Banana-Free: Substitute ⅔ cup plain yogurt or applesauce for the mashed banana.
Nutrition Information
- Serving Size: 1 cookie
- Calories: 161
- Fat: 4 g
- (Sat Fat: 1 g)
- Sodium: 106 mg
- Carbohydrate: 30 g
- (Fiber: 3 g
- Sugar: 12 g)
- Protein: 3 g
- Cholesterol: 24 mg