Banana Peanut Butter Oat Chocolate Chip Cookies (Gluten-Free)

Ingredients

• 3 very ripe medium bananas

½ cup creamy peanut butter

• 1 Tablespoon honey or date puree or maple syrup
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 2 ½ cups gluten-free rolled oats
• 3 Tablespoons hemp seeds
• 2 Tablespoons ground flaxseeds
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• ¼ teaspoon sea salt
• ½ cup bittersweet chocolate chips like Enjoy Life

Directions

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.

1. In a large bowl, mash the bananas well with a fork, then mix in the peanut butter, honey, and vanilla.
2. Add the dry ingredients – oats, hemp seeds, ground flaxseeds, baking powder, and sea salt - and mix well to combine.
3. Stir in the chocolate chips, saving a few to top the cookies with.
4. Mold cookies with spoons or your hands, and drop onto a silpat- or parchment-lined baking sheet. Press some remaining chocolate chips into any cookies that need more chocolate. Bake on 350 degrees F for about 12-15 minutes.

Notes

Sweetness level will depend on how ripe your bananas are. If they are not very overripe, you may want to use one additional Tablespoon of honey.

Substitutions: These also work well with sunflower seed butter and almond butter. I have not tried other nut / seed butters.

Nutrition

75 kcal Calories: 75kcal Carbohydrates: 8g Protein: 2g Fat: 4g Saturated Fat: 1g Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g Monounsaturated Fat: 1g Trans Fat: 0g Cholesterol: 0.03mg Sodium: 53mg Potassium: 97mg Fiber: 1g Sugar: 3g Vitamin A: 15IU Vitamin B1: 0.04mg Vitamin B2: 0.03mg Vitamin B3: 1mg Vitamin B5: 0.2mg Vitamin B6: 0.1mg Vitamin B12: 0.01µg Vitamin C: 1mg Vitamin E: 0.4mg Vitamin K: 0.4µg Calcium: 23mg Copper: 0.05mg Folate: 8µg Iron: 1mg Manganese: 0.2mg Magnesium: 18mg Phosphorus: 55mg