Published: September 2023 | Last updated: December 2023

With only a few ingredients, this will be one of the easiest (and healthiest) cookie recipes you make!

I’ve been making these cookies since my little one started solids, around 7 months! They’re soft, have only a handful of ingredients, and are a great option for breakfast, snacks, or sides for meals. It’s truly such a versatile recipe that I love using my browned bananas for. The fun thing about this recipe is that you can substitute chocolate chips for other add-ins like blueberries, shredded carrot, peanut butter chips, etc. It’s freezer-friendly, requires minimal preparation, and is great to make ahead for the week to pull from the fridge! Can’t wait for you to try this one!

INGREDIENTS

• 2 medium, ripe & mashed bananas (ripeness is key for sweetness)

• 1 cup old fashioned or rolled oats

• 1/4 tsp cinnamon

• 1/4 tsp vanilla extract

• 1/4 cup chocolate chips

DIRECTIONS

• Preheat oven to 350F

• Mash bananas well in bowl (ripeness of bananas in this recipe is key for sweetness)

• Toss in oats, cinnamon, vanilla, and chocolate chips

• Scoop batter with cookie scoop (option to slightly flatten with back of spoon)

• Bake for 10-12 minutes until slightly golden

NOTES

• Store in fridge for up to 5 days, freeze for up to 3 months (both in air-tight containers)

• Option to slightly pulse the oats in food processor to get a finer texture before adding to cookie mixture.

• Instead of chocolate chips, you could do blueberries, nuts, raisins, etc. here! Whatever you like best.

• Option to shred a handful of carrot into this recipe for added nutrition, as well as sprinkling in some superseed boosters like milled chia seeds or milled flax seeds.

• These cookies won't flatten when they bake so you can leave them in the cookie scooper shape or flatten with a spoon! Either will work - if you flatten, you'll likely bake for 10 minutes since they'll be a little thinner.

• You can serve these cold from fridge or slightly warmed for no more than 10 seconds in microwave.

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