Soft Vegan Banana Oat Cookies (Oil-free, GF)
Soft vegan banana oat cookies with have an old-fashioned taste but a healthy, modern profile. Easy-to-make with ingredients you have on hand, they are gluten-free, oil-free, and perfect for sweet treats, snacks, breakfasts or workout fuel.
Servings: 22 cookies
Ingredients
- 1 cup mashed very ripe bananas
- 3 tablespoons smooth nut butter or seed butter e.g., almond butter, peanut buttter, sunflower seed butter
- 3 tablespoons coconut sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1.75 cups rolled oats (certified gluten-free, as needed)
- 1 teaspoon baking powder (certified gluten-free, as needed)
- 3/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350F (180C). Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
- In a large mixing bowl, stir the mashed bananas, nut butter, coconut sugar, and vanilla until blended and smooth.
- In a food processor or high-speed blender, process the oats until they resemble a fine flour. Add the baking powder, cinnamon and salt; pulse to combine.
- Add the flour mixture to the banana mixture, stirring until completely blended.
- Drop by heaping tablespoons (I use a medium cookie scoop) on the prepared baking sheet, spacing 2 inches apart.
- Bake in the preheated oven for 9 to 10 minutes until golden brown, puffed and just set at the centers.
- Remove from the oven transfer the cookies to a cooling rack. Cool completely.
Notes
Storage: Store the cooled cookies in an airtight container at cool room temperature for 2 days, the refrigerator for 1 week, or the freezer for up to 3 months.
Ready to Use Oat Flour: You can use pre-ground oat flour if you have it on hand! Use the same weight (175 g), which is about just under 1 and 1/2 cups of oat flour.
Sweeteners: Use an equal amount of brown sugar or granulated sweetener of choice in place of the coconut sugar.
Banana Alternative: Use an equal amount of unsweetened applesauce in place of the banana. You may want to increase the amount of sweetener by 1 tablespoon.
Nutrition
Serving: 1cookie | Calories: 56kcal | Carbohydrates: 8.7g | Protein: 1.3g | Fat: 1.5g | Saturated Fat: 0.1g | Sodium: 56mg | Fiber: 1.1g | Sugar: 3.3g