Recipe: Banana Oat Cookies

🍪👨‍🍳These fast & easy cookies are a great homemade option any time you crave a sweet treat. 

You can use either old-fashioned rolled oats or instant oats – but the rolled oats will give you a chewier cookie. 

Makes 12 cookies.

Ingredients:

• 1 large ripe banana

• 1 cup (80 g) oats

• ⅓ cup (85 g) natural peanut or almond butter

• ½ Tbsp honey or maple syrup

• Optional: 2 Tbsp raisins or cacao chips

Directions:

1. Line a cookie sheet with parchment paper and preheat your oven to 350ºF/177ºC.

2. In a medium mixing bowl, mash the bananas and stir in the oats until well combined. 

3. Add the rest of the ingredients and stir until mixed. The cookie dough will be sticky – but if it seems too loose, add some more oats until it reaches a cookie dough consistency.

4. Drop the dough by tablespoon onto your prepared pan and place in the oven. Bake for 12-14 minutes. Remove from the oven and let cool.

Recipe by: Dr. Saara Haapanen

Photo Credit: Canva by Eugen Barbu’s Images

Recipe: 3-Ingredient Apple Oat Cookies

🍎Who doesn’t love a great cookie!? This one is healthy AND delicious … and is super simple to make!

You can add dried fruit or nuts. You also can use plain instant oats in this recipe, it might take a few minutes less to bake and the texture will be less oat-ier.

Makes 8 cookies.

Ingredients:

• 4 oz (150 g) applesauce sweetened

• 1 cup (80 g) rolled oats

• ½ tsp cinnamon

• Sprinkle of sea salt

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 350°F/177ºC. Line a cookie sheet with parchment paper.

2. Add all 3 ingredients to a mixing bowl and mix thoroughly. 

3. Using a 2 Tbsp scoop, scoop out the dough and place it on the baking sheet, spacing the cookie about 2 inches (5 cm) apart. Press the dough down with the bottom of a glass.

4. Bake the cookies for 15-16 minutes. They will be done when the edges start to brown.

5. Remove from the oven and let cool. Enjoy!

6. (These will keep for several days in the refrigerator.)

Recipe by: Dr. Saara Haapanen

Photo Credit: Canva by nata_vkusidey from Getty Images