Description
These Healthy Oatmeal Cookies are soft, chewy, and made without refined sugar. Perfect for breakfast, snacks, or dessert, they feature wholesome ingredients like oats, banana, and almond butter. A clean-eating cookie recipe you’ll bake again and again. Great for gluten-free and dairy-free diets too!
Ingredients
1 cup old-fashioned rolled oats
1 medium ripe banana, mashed
3 tablespoons maple syrup
1/4 cup almond butter
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon baking soda
Pinch salt
1/4 cup mini chocolate chips or raisins (optional)
Instructions
1. Preheat your oven to 350°F and line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
2. In a large bowl, mash the banana until smooth.
3. Stir in almond butter, maple syrup, and vanilla extract until combined.
4. Add oats, cinnamon, baking soda, and salt to the bowl and mix well.
5. Fold in chocolate chips or raisins, if using.
6. Scoop dough onto the baking sheet using a tablespoon or cookie scoop.
7. Gently flatten each cookie as they won’t spread while baking.
8. Bake for 10–12 minutes, or until edges are lightly golden.
9. Allow to cool on the pan for 5 minutes before transferring to a wire rack.
Notes
Use certified gluten-free oats if needed.
Cookies can be stored for 3 days at room temperature or frozen for 2 months.
Add-ins like nuts or coconut flakes work great for variety.
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Cook Time: 12 minutes
- Category: Dessert
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 cookie
- Calories: 95
- Sugar: 4g
- Sodium: 45mg
- Fat: 4.5g
- Saturated Fat: 0.5g
- Unsaturated Fat: 3.5g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 13g
- Fiber: 2g
- Protein: 2g
- Cholesterol: 0mg