Banana Breakfast Cookies are a healthy banana cookie with oatmeal and mini chocolate chips! Eat cookies for breakfast - they're portable for on-the-go.
Course Breakfast
Cuisine American
Keyword banana, breakfast, cookie
Prep Time 10minutes
Cook Time 15minutes
Total Time 25minutes
Servings 20cookies
Calories 116kcal
Author Dorothy Kern
Cost $5
Ingredients
2overripe bananas
1/4cupcoconut oilliquid
2tablespoonspeanut butter
1/4cupgranulated sugar
1largeegg
1teaspoonbaking soda
1teaspoonvanilla
1tablespoonground flaxoptional
1cupall-purpose flour
1 1/2cupsquick oats
1/4cupmini chocolate chips
Instructions
Preheat oven to 350°F. Line a cookie sheet with parchment paper.
Mix bananas, coconut oil, and peanut butter with a hand or stand mixer until combined. Mix in sugar, egg, baking soda, vanilla, and flax. Mix in flour and oats and blend until just combined. Stir in chocolate chips.
Scoop 2 tablespoon sized cookies onto your baking sheet. Flatten slightly with the palm of your hand (they will not flatten by themselves while baking). Bake for about 10 minutes until they start to get golden brown. Cool before removing from cookie sheet.
Best served warmed in the microwave! Keep some in the freezer for a fast morning breakfast.
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Notes
Substitutions:
Omit granulated sugar and use 2 tablespoons honey
Omit granulated sugar and use your favorite sugar-free sweetener (follow the guidelines of that sweetener for swap amount)
Use vegetable oil instead of coconut oil
Omit oil and use an equal amount of unsweetened applesauce
Use a combination of whole wheat and all-purpose flour or substitute all the all-purpose with white whole wheat flour
Omit the chocolate chips and use nuts instead
Add 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon to the batter
You can also bake these as 1/4 cupfuls for a larger cookie.