Description
These chewy banana oatmeal cookies combine ripe bananas, warm spices, and semisweet chocolate chips for a deliciously soft and flavorful treat perfect for snack time or dessert.
Ingredients
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Wet Ingredients
- 1 cup unsalted butter softened
- 3/4 cup golden brown sugar
- 1/2 cup granulated sugar
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 1 cup bananas (about 2 ripe bananas)
- 2 eggs
Dry Ingredients
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 3/4 tsp baking soda
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1 1/2 tsp cinnamon
- 1/4 tsp nutmeg
- 3 cups old fashioned oatmeal
- 1 cup semisweet chocolate chips
Instructions
- Mix Butter and Sugars: In a large bowl, combine 1 cup softened butter, 3/4 cup golden brown sugar, and 1/2 cup granulated sugar using an electric hand mixer until creamy.
- Add Bananas, Eggs, and Vanilla: Mash 2 ripe bananas thoroughly and add to the butter mixture along with 2 eggs and 1 teaspoon vanilla extract. Beat on medium speed until well combined.
- Sift Dry Ingredients: Hold a fine-mesh sieve over the bowl and sift in 2 cups all-purpose flour, 3/4 teaspoon baking soda, 1/2 teaspoon salt, 1 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon, and 1/4 teaspoon nutmeg. Mix everything together at low speed until combined.
- Add Oats and Chocolate Chips: Fold in 3 cups old-fashioned rolled oats and 1 cup semisweet chocolate chips using a spatula until evenly mixed.
- Scoop Cookie Dough: Line a baking sheet with parchment paper and scoop out mounds of cookie dough using a medium cookie scoop. Optionally, round the dough balls by hand or top with extra chocolate chips.
- Bake: Preheat the oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit. Bake the cookies for 9 minutes until edges are set but centers remain soft. Let cookies cool before serving.
Notes
- If you don’t have ripe bananas, ripen unpeeled bananas in the oven at 300 degrees Fahrenheit for 20 minutes on a parchment-lined baking sheet.
- You can freeze the cookie dough balls. Place scooped dough on a parchment-lined sheet, freeze for 1 hour, then transfer to a ziplock bag and freeze up to 3 months. Bake from frozen as directed.
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 cookie
- Calories: 150 kcal
- Sugar: 12 g
- Sodium: 110 mg
- Fat: 7 g
- Saturated Fat: 4 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 3 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 20 g
- Fiber: 2 g
- Protein: 2 g
- Cholesterol: 25 mg
