Chewy Healthy Peanut Butter Banana Cookies are a twist on your peanut butter cookie recipe. Made with no butter and less sugar, they make a great snack!
These Healthy Peanut Butter Banana Cookies always come in for the win over the summer month and the start of the school year.
I’m sort of obsessed with peanut butter. Whenever I have a snack craving, it is my go-to. I have worked peanut butter into some of my favorite foods, including caramel with my Peanut Butter Caramel Sauce and snickerdoodle cookies with my Peanut Butter Snickerdoodles.
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It was a reader’s comment that made me switch up the recipe for my peanut butter cookies to make these Healthy Peanut Butter Banana Cookies. They mentioned in their comments that they reduced the brown and granulated sugars, increased the peanut butter, and added a banana. I meant to follow their directions and my recipe to a T so that I could recreate and try it.
Sadly, I didn’t follow my recipe directions and unknowingly omitted the butter. Upon the first bite, I was like, holy cow, I can taste the banana. I felt like I had missed an ingredient, but they tasted more like a muffin than a cookie. But they were so soft, and the banana and peanut butter shined, so I didn’t think more about it.
Then, when I came to write the recipe, I realized I left out the butter. EEK!
But when I added the nutritional content to these cookies, they came out to only 112 calories per cookie! So I was like, heck yes, they were just right then. Making a snack that is one of my kids’ favorites without overloading them with granulated sugar in the afternoon before dinner.
My hubby tried them and liked them, but he said that they would even be better with dark chocolate. I agree. It would add the perfect touch of sweetness. Now, while these cookies are labeled “healthy,” my kids still ate them. They are perfectly served with a glass of milk to dip into a drink afterward.
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While the entire recipe only takes a little over 30 minutes from start to finish, I would rather bake a batch once a week than once a day.
So are you looking for a snack or treat, that doesn’t all the “extras” like butter and sugar? Then try these Healthy Peanut Butter Banana Cookies. They are McCollum kids approved and that in itself is a reason you should try them.
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Healthy Peanut Butter Banana Cookies
Ingredients
- 1 cup peanut butter
- 1/2 cup ripe banana 1 – 1 1/2 bananas
- 1/2 cup brown sugar
- 1 egg
- 1 tablespoon vanilla
- 1/2 cup flour
- 1/2 cup instant oats
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350 F.
- Mash the banana(s) using a fork or masher.
- Using an eletric mixer, beat together the peanut butter, brown sugar, and mashed banana.
- Add the egg and vanilla extract and continue to mix until well combined.
- In a small mixing bowl, whisk together the flour, oats, baking soda and salt. Slowly add to the mixer and combine with the wet ingredients.
- Use a cookie scoop to form into rounded balls and place on a parchment lined baking sheet.
- Bake for 10-12 minutes or until golden brown.
- These keep well for a couple of days in an airtight container.
I added chocolate chips, because why not? These cookies are so soft and delicious. I get rave reviews every time I make them.
My first time baking peanut butter and banana cookies and they came out so delicious! Love the combination of softness and crispiness of the cookie. I tried baking them both with the oatmeal and without and they were both great. Thank you for sharing.
These are delicious snack cookies that I make often! I sometimes add chopped unsalted almonds, dried cranberries and/or mini chocolate chips.