5 Ingredient Banana Peanut Butter Oatmeal Snack Cookies Food

5 INGREDIENT BANANA PEANUT BUTTER OATMEAL SNACK COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat your oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit. Line a large baking sheet with a silpat mat or parchment paper - or lightly grease, and set aside.
• Peel and break up the bananas and place in a large mixing bowl. Use a fork or potato masher to mash the bananas until they are mostly mashed. Stir in the peanut butter, salt, cinnamon, and vanilla extract (if using).
• Add both types if oats and stir to combine. You may have to kind of smash the oats into the bananas until the oats are well incorporated. Stir in the chocolate chips.
• allow the batter to rest for 5 minutes, this helps the oats soak up the liquid and the batter stick together better.
• Use a small cookie scoop (about 2 tablespoons) to scoop cookies and then use your hand or a spatula to slightly flatten the cookies. You should have 12 to 15 cookies total.
• Bake for 10 to 12 minutes. Or until the cookies look dry on top and slightly browned on the bottom.
• Allow the cookies to cool for 10 minutes before removing from the pan.
• You can either eat them once they have cooled a little - they are extra good right out of the oven - or you can allow them to cool completely and store them in an air tight container for up to 5 days.

PEANUT BUTTER & BANANA OATMEAL COOKIES (EGG-FREE, MILK-FREE)

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F.
• In a medium bowl, mash bananas with the back of a fork. Stir in peanut butter and brown sugar. Then stir in oats and flour until thoroughly combined.
• Onto a greased cookie sheet, drop cookie dough by heaping teaspoonfuls. Gently flatten cookie mounds to 1/2 inch thickness.
• Bake for 12-15 minutes or until cookie bottoms are light brown, and tops are no longer shiny.