3 Ingredient Oatmeal Banana Cookies

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These healthy 3 ingredient oatmeal banana cookies are incredibly easy to whip up, taste amazing, and won’t load you down with tons of manufactured sugars or flour.

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When I think of cookies, I often think of something like double chocolate chip, loaded with calories and deliciously unhealthy for you goodness.

But with these 3 ingredient oatmeal banana cookies, you’re getting the silky smooth milk chocolate, a soft and chewy cookie, and a lot fewer calories.

These are cookies you can start your day with, and that’s something to be happy about!

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These breakfast cookies use the banana to bind the oats together, and the chocolate chips are a fun extra – but you can get creative with what else you throw in.

It also means you don’t need any crazy ingredients, no eggs, no flour, no baking powder or baking soda – just some oatmeal, bananas, and some mix-ins.

If you want a peanut butter twist, check out the peanut butter banana oatmeal cookies.

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Ingredients You’ll Need

To make these oatmeal banana cookies, you’ll need:

  • rolled oats
  • bananas
  • chocolate chips
  • a baking tray
  • a fork
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Can You Freeze Oatmeal Banana Cookies?

Yes, you can freeze these cookies for up to a month, but honestly they are the best fresh and they take about 20 minutes to make, so I wouldn’t plan on making too many extras that you’ll need to save for later.

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What Kind of Oatmeal to Use

To make these cookies, we want to use steel cut oats or rolled oats, not instant oats. Just good old fashioned oats.

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Should the Bananas be Ripe?

The bananas, for best results, should be a bit past ripe – you can use really overripe bananas in this recipe, which is a great way to use them up.

But if they’re not ripe yet, they’re going to be really hard to mash so leave them for a few days before making.

How to Make Oatmeal Banana Cookies

To make banana oatmeal cookies, put your bananas in a large bowl and mash them with a fork until you have banana mash and it can be stirred.

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Then, gradually add in the oats and keep adding until they are completely mixed in.

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You don’t want the “dough” to be super sticky, so keep adding oats until you’ve got a sturdy mixture.

Add in the chocolate chips or other mix-ins and fold into the dough.

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Scoop out about a heaping tablespoon of the mixture and shape into a ball, putting them 2 inches apart on a baking sheet.

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You can either leave them as balls or smash them down with the back of your fork to make them look more like cookies.

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Bake for about 15 minutes at 400 F or 200 C and take out when the edges start to brown.

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These are really the best to enjoy straight out of the oven, so let them cool slightly and enjoy!

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