Banana Oatmeal Cookies

By Genevieve Melzer

Bananas are one of my favorite fruits and I love trying them in different recipes. Bananas are also super healthy for you.

Bananas have high levels of vitamin B-6, strengthen your blood and are high in potassium. Bananas are also the perfect snack to have pre-workout because they will give you energy and keep your blood pressure up.

What do you do with bananas that are browning and past that perfect time of consumption?
Well, I googled that once because I had bananas that were brown and didn’t want to throw them away. I thought there must be something I can make with these and I found was a recipe for banana oatmeal cookies.

The best thing about these cookies is they are so easy to make, and you only need bananas and oatmeal. These cookies are so easy to make you can make them with your kids. All you need is to smash the bananas with the oatmeal.
This recipe is also great because no sweetener is needed; the bananas are sweet enough by themselves.

Feel free to add other ingredients too. Anything that you would add to another cookie recipe you can add to these.

You will need:
2 bananas (very ripe, the browner the better)
1 cup of oats

You only need these 2 main ingredients and then feel free to add 2 or 3 of the following…
Cinnamon
Nuts
Chocolate chips
Carob chips
Flax Seeds
Chia Seeds
Peanut or almond butter
Or anything else that sounds good to you.

Preheat your oven to 350 degrees. Grease baking sheet with coconut oil.
Mash bananas in a medium size bowl, then add oats and mix together. Add any other ingredients at this time, last time I made these I added ½ teaspoon of cinnamon, 1 teaspoon of flax seeds and ¼ cup of pecans.
Mix in all added ingredients and scoop small spoonfuls of the mixture onto the cookie sheet about one inch apart from each other. This recipe makes about one dozen cookies.
Bake for 15 minutes. Take out of the oven and let cool.
Serve and enjoy!

These cookies take under 20 minutes to make and are perfect for any occasion. Perfect for an after school treat or a late night snack.