Easy Banana Oatmeal Cookies so healthy you can even eat them for breakfast! Use your food processor to make them all in “one bowl”. This is a great recipe to add to your grab-and-go breakfast recipes collection.
After the huge success of my Oatmeal Breakfast Cookies, I had to come up with banana-flavored Oatmeal Cookies to complete the delicious cookies series.
Ingredients And Substitutions
- 1 cup old-fashioned rolled oats (made into flour): You can also use store-bought already ground oat flour but make sure to only use about 3/4 cup, not a whole cup. No, you cannot replace this with regular wheat flour it will make the cookies way too dense. Read down below on how to make oat flour yourself. It takes less than 30 seconds.
- Ripe bananas: The riper/browner the bananas the sweeter your oatmeal cookies.
- Medjool dates: You can use any dried fruit but these dates are the sweetest and give a really nice sweet flavor.
- Coconut oil: this oil is super delicious in banana oatmeal cookies but you can also replace with butter. Don’t use another oil as we need a fat that is solid at room temperature and liquid when warm. I don’t recommend leaving out the oil as your cookies will get pretty hard without it.
- Egg: to make the recipe vegan you can replace the egg with a flax egg. To make a flax egg add 1 Tbsp ground flax seeds and 4 Tbsp water to a bowl and stir and let sit for approx 10 minutes until it gels and resembles an egg white. The cookies will be denser but still delicious.
- Whole old-fashioned rolled oats: it’s crucial that you use “old-fashioned rolled” oats here. If you use quick-cooking your cookies will be very dense and dry.
- Unsweetened shredded coconut: if you’re not a fan of coconut flavor and already replaced the coconut oil with butter you can also simply replace the shredded coconut with finely chopped nuts or seeds of any kind.
- Dark chocolate chips: this is optional but highly recommended. Also, who doesn’t like chocolate chips in their banana oatmeal cookies?
How to make Oat Flour
You will need a little bit of oat flour for these cookies but no need to buy an expensive bag of it. You can very easily make your own oat flour in about 30 seconds.
Add old-fashioned rolled oats to a food processor or a blender and pulse for 30-60 seconds until you have a coarse or fine flour. That’s all there is to it.
How To Make Banana Oatmeal Cookies
- Make oat flour: Add 1 cup old-fashioned rolled oats to your food processor or blender and make oat flour if you’re not using store-bought. Doesn’t have to be fine. Coarse is fine.
- Add all wet ingredients: Add ripe bananas, dates, egg, and coconut oil to your food processor or blender, either works. Then blend until well combined and nice and liquid.
- Add dry ingredients: If you used a blender up until this point I recommend using a bowl to mix wet and dry ingredients because it’ll be easier to get the dough out. If you used your food processor, remove the blades and add the dry ingredients right into the processor bowl: old-fashioned rolled oats, shredded coconut, chocolate chips and mix with a spatula. Do not process or you’ll end up with a super sticky mushy mass.
- Form your cookies and bake: For super even cookies you’ll want to use a 1/4 cup measuring cup and then form round cookies about 1/2″ thick. The dough is pretty sticky so be patient. You can also just eyeball it and use your hands to form little “blobs” and place on a parchment-paper-lined baking sheet. The important thing to pay attention here is to flatten them to 1/2″ thickness or else they won’t bake evenly in the time recommended. Then bake at 350F for 18-22 minutes or until golden.
- Let cool on wire rack: I know it’s tempting to bite right into them but I do strongly recommend you let them cool on a wire rack for at least 20 minutes so they finish cooking while they’re cooling.
Special Tip To Make this Recipe
If you are like me and have zero self-control when it comes to cookies, make them only when you expect guests or you’re going to meet someone so you can share them or else you’ll end up eating the whole batch. Oh-oh!
Frequently Asked Questions
Yes, they are perfect for freezing. They last for at least 4 days in the refrigerator, too. To defrost simply transfer the cookies from the freezer to the fridge the night before, or place them under the broiler for 3-4 minutes.
Both ingredients are high-quality carbohydrates. As always, healthy nutrition is never about individual ingredients but about diet in general over the span of a day and week. Simply take into consideration what macro-nutrient categorization they belong to when planning your day.
This depends entirely on what you eat the rest of the day. If you are low on carbs for the day they will be perfect. If you’re already high on carbs you might want to grab a high-protein snack such as hard-boiled eggs instead.
Banana Oatmeal Cookies
Ingredients
- 1 cup old-fashioned rolled oats (made into flour)
- 2 very ripe bananas
- 2 Medjool dates
- 2 Tbsp coconut oil
- 1 egg
- 1 cup old-fashioned rolled oats
- 1/4 cup unsweetened shredded coconut
- 1/2 cup dark chocolate chips
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350F.
- Add 1 cup oats to a food processor or blender and pulse until you get coarse oat flour.
- If using a food processor now add bananas, pitted dates, coconut oil, and an egg to it and process until well combined. If using a blender, empty oat flour into a bowl and then add bananas, dates, coconut oil, and egg into the blender and blend until liquid, then empty into the bowl with oat flour.
- Now add whole old-fashioned rolled oats, shredded coconut, and chocolate chips to the other ingredients and mix with a spatula. Take your time at this step because the oat flour absorbs liquid only slowly.
- Now use a 1/4 cup measuring cup to make uniform sized cookies and place them on a parchment-paper-lined baking sheet. Flatten them with your fingers until about 1/2" thick.
- Bake for 18-22 minutes or until golden. Then let them cool down completely.
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Regina says
They are really good. Just not sure where I went wrong as I only got 11 cookies. I used exact measurements and 1/4 cup to measure out cookies. But thanks for the wonderful recipe 😍
France says
Perfect for those cravings!
Thanks so much for your recipes, this is the first one I’ve tried, and it won’t be the last.
I used “non contaminated Oats” (can’t be certified gluten free but it OK for our needs) and some sugar free (stevia sweetened, by Nativa) chocolate bar to make chocolate chunks and they are filling and satisfying. So happy. Easy to make in the Thermomix too for those who have one, just follow the instructions – I even used the stir function for Step 4 (I don’t sell Thermomixes, I just love the one I own).
Belinda says
These were fantastic! I made half a batch the first time just to be sure I would like them. Loved them so much my family and I finished all five in one day! I want to make the full batch today, I processed everything in my Neutra bullet but for some reason the batter was much thicker this time around before I added the additional oats coconut and chocolate chips. The bananas were very ripe. If it’s too thick would it be OK to add some water before adding the remaining ingredients?
Lorena Grater says
Did you use the neutra bullet the first time around as well? Maybe you processed your oats more? The finer they are the more water they absorb so yes, you may want to increase the liquids a little bit or add an extra half banana.
Bobbie Morane says
Everyone’s idea of what two bananas are, is different. It would be better for and easier for people to produce the same results if a proper measurement is given. Either by weight (preferred) or by volume ie 2 cups
An alternative to the dates if one doesn’t like them is to use dried cranberries. Simply re-hydrate them in warm water, drain and use them in place of dates. One will have to dial in the amounts of dried cranberries but it makes a good replacement. Particularly if you are going to blitz them in a food processor
Julie says
Merci à vous, les biscuits sont très bons. Mon fils ne peut pas mangé de banane. Avez-vous une autre option?
Merci.
Lorena Grater says
Yes, here you go: https://greenhealthycooking.com/oatmeal-breakfast-cookies/
Syldan woods says
Hi I’m wondering, can i blend everything and then pour it into a pan then make baked oatmeal? This is a really good recipe by the way
Lorena Grater says
I’ve never tried but I don’t see why it wouldn’t work. Definitely worth a try :)
Vania says
i just made a batch with two very ripened banana laying around. It’s so delicious I had to eat three and a half of them!!
Will definitely make them over and over again.:) thanks a lot for the recipe!
Cynthia Green says
I wasn’t expecting these to be so delicious because bananas are my least favorite fruit. Its just one of those foods that you can’t eat unless its mix in with something. So I thought “hey why not bake with it?” So I did. I added some vanilla along with some cinnamon, nutmeg, and about 1/4 tsp of salt to balance it out a bit. These were IMMACULATE, I ate them for breakfast. I will definitely be making these again, thank you so much!!
Mary Karah says
Cookies are delicious! I Like the texture you get using oat flour (which I made myself too!)
Nano says
How can i store it and for how long
Lorena Grater says
As specified in the blog post, you can store the in the fridge for up to 4 days or freeze them.
marlin says
Hello
If I have oat flour already ..what measure should be ?
Should be the same amount or what?
Thanks
Looking forward for your answer to make these cookies asap
Lorena Grater says
Unfortunately, I don’t know. I haven’t measured the out flour after making it but if I were to try to make it with ready made oat flour I would definitely reduce the amount. I would assume that 1 cup oats makes max 3/4 cup flour. I hope this helps.
Angela says
Looking forward to trying…..don’t have dates? Any good subs?
Lorena Grater says
Any other dried fruit.
Jodie says
I’m always looking for nut-free options for my kids to take to school. This was super easy to make and has a delicious banana flavor. I also love that it doesn’t have processed sugar. I added a dash of vanilla and subbed butter for coconut oil; other than that, I followed the recipe exactly (even the dates, which I wasn’t sure about). Will definitely be making this again.
Jiraporn Close says
I made this cookies followed the recipe and instructions. Amazing taste and texture for the first day. I will make it again. And try another cookies from you.
TP8 says
Thank you! LOVE this recipe – these cookies are SO GOOD!!! A healthy treat – good anytime of day, satisfying, and they have the perfect amount of sweetness. For variety, might switch out the chocolate with raisins and nuts next time. Am waiting for more bananas to ripen so I can make more!! Thanks again!