Cookies good enough to eat before a workout
Oaty, Banana and Date Cookies
Who doesn’t love cookies, and even better cookies you can whip up in less than half and hour?
I have been experimenting with this recipe because I wanted to come up with a healthy alternative to a sugary treat that would be good enough to give to your kids.
These cookies have no added sugar, no flour, high in fibre and will satisfy a sweet tooth craving.
They are so versatile; you can eat them for breakfast, pre or post workout snack, morning or afternoon tea, a little dessert treat, and even great for school lunch boxes.
I think this recipe is a great base, instead of using the dark chocolate and dates you could add any ingredients you love: cranberries, sultanas, white chocolate, pepitas – whatever your heart desires 🙂
Ingredients – Recipe makes 18 cookies
4 ripe Bananas
2 cups of quick oats
1/4 cup of Almond milk
1/3 cup of dark chocolate chips
1/3 cup chopped dates
1/3 cup shredded coconut
½ teaspoon vanilla essence
a pinch of salt
Method
Mash the 4 bananas and mix in the quick oats, milk and vanilla essence. Stir everything together and add chocolate chips, dates, salt and coconut.
Place a scoop (about the size of a golf ball) of dough onto a lined baking tray.
Since there is no raising agent the cookies won’t rise, make sure you press them down with your fingers so they cook evenly.
Cook at 180 degrees celcius (350F) for 15-20 mins or until the cookies look golden on the bottom.
Sooooo delicious straight out of the oven but don’t burn your mouth.
Ingredients
Mix all the ingredients in a big bowl
Place on a baking tray with space between each cookie
Cooked and delicious
Chief food taster gave them the paws up
These are absolutely amazing!!! Thank you for the taste test of the century today 🙂 Can’t wait to whip up a batch of my own! Quick question – are quick oats the magic trick here instead of normal oats?
Hi Jaye, I’ve tried making these cookies with normal oats and they didn’t quite have the texture I was after and didn’t bind with the banana was well either. The quick oats make the recipe super quick to cook and the texture is soft and delicious. I’m so glad you are enjoying them too!
Hey! I made my second batch of these cookies. The first time I mashed the life out of the bananas. The cookies were a little ‘tough’. Your tip to moderately mash or under mash the bananas did the trick. THEY ARE PERFECT!!!! AHHHMMAAAZZZIIINNG 🙂