Not So Guilty Chocolate Chip Oatmeal Banana Cookies Recipes

CHOCOLATE CHIP BANANA OATMEAL COOKIES

Steps:

• To the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment (or large mixing bowl and electric mixer) combine the egg, bananas (I leave them whole and don't pre-mash them before adding to bowl), sugars, butter, vanilla, and beat on medium-high speed until well combined, about 4 minutes. The mixture won't be smooth, fluffy, or 'creamed' like traditional cookie dough and will have small chunks of bananas present and it's on the runnier side.
• Stop, scrape down the sides of the bowl, and add the oats, flour, cinnamon, baking soda, salt, and beat on low speed until just combined, about 1 minute.
• Stop, scrape down the sides of the bowl, and add the chocolate chips, and beat on low speed until just combined, about 30 seconds.
• Using a large cookie scoop, 1/4-cup measure, or your hands, form approximately 14 equal-sized mounds of dough.**
• Place mounds on a large plate or tray, cover with plasticwrap, and refrigerate for at least 2 hours, up to 5 days. This is a wetter, looser dough and isn't suitable for baking until it's been chilled. Do not bake with unchilled dough because cookies will bake thinner, flatter, and be more prone to spreading.
• Preheat oven to 350F, line a baking sheet with a Silpat or spray with cooking spray. Place dough mounds on baking sheet, spaced at least 2 inches apart (I bake 8 cookies per sheet) and bake for about 13 minutes (for very soft cookies, longer for more well-done cookies), or until edges have set and tops are just set, even if slightly undercooked, pale, and glossy in the center; don't overbake. Cookies firm up as they cool. Baking times could range widely due to the moisture content variances in bananas, climate and oven variances; bake until your cookies are done.
• Allow cookies to cool on baking sheet for about 10 minutes before serving. I let them cool on the baking sheet and don't use a rack.
• Cookies will keep airtight at room temperature for up to 1 week or in the freezer for up to 6 months. Alternatively, unbaked cookie dough can be stored in an airtight container in the refrigerator for up to 5 days, or in the freezer for up to 4 months, so consider baking only as many cookies as desired and save the remaining dough to be baked in the future when desired.

BANANA OATMEAL COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 375 degrees. Line a baking sheet with parchment and set aside. In a large bowl combine the flour, sugar, salt, baking soda, cinnamon, nutmeg, and cloves.
• Beat in the butter until the mixture is coarse crumbs. Add in the egg, bananas and oats. Continue to mix until combined.
• Drop the mixture by tablespoons onto the baking sheet. Bake until golden brown for 12-14 minutes. Cool on a wire rack.

NOT-SO-GUILTY CHOCOLATE CHIP OATMEAL BANANA COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350.
• In a large bowl, mix agave nectar, applesauce, and vanilla.
• Stir in flour, baking soda, and spices.
• Add mashed bananas, rolled oats, and chocolate chips.
• Drop dough onto a baking stone or cooking sheet - bake 8 to 10 minutes.

BANANA OATMEAL CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Line 2 baking sheets with parchment paper or silicone baking mats.
• Place the bananas in the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment. Beat until the bananas are mashed. Stop the machine and add in the oats, chopped dates, oil, cinnamon, chocolate chips and salt. Mix on low to medium speed until the bananas are in very small pieces, the batter is moist and the ingredients are well combined, about 30 seconds.
• Using a mini ice cream scoop or tablespoon, scoop the batter into thirty 1-inch balls, spacing them evenly over the prepared baking sheets. Gently pat each ball to flatten into a round.
• Bake until the cookies just start to turn golden brown and dried on top, about 25 minutes. Transfer to a wire rack to cool.
• Serve or freeze in a resealable plastic bag for up to 3 months.

BANANA OATMEAL COOKIES RECIPE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F. Grease baking sheet and set aside.
• Cream shortening and brown sugar in large bowl at medium speed until well blended, then beat in egg.
• Add one cup mashed banana and mix until creamy.
• In a separate bowl, mix together oats, flour, salt, cinnamon, baking soda and nutmeg, then stir into creamed mixture. Fold in chocolate chips.
• Using a cookie scoop , drop spoonfuls of cookie dough onto prepared baking sheet (if you don't have a cookie scoop, just use a medium-sized spoon to drop cookie dough onto pan. This cookie dough will be too sticky to roll into balls).
• Place cookies 2 inches apart on baking sheet.
• Bake for 15-17 minutes, then remove from oven and let cool 1-2 minutes on baking sheet, then remove to a cooling rack.