Three Ingredient Banana Oatmeal Cookies

Hey guys, it’s Dani and today I am very excited to share my new favorite snack slash breakfast recipe with you guys. It is a three ingredient banana oatmeal cookie. And literally all you need to make these cookies are bananas, oatmeal, and chocolate chips.

Why You’ll Love This

It’s a very simple recipe to make.

They are great for this time of year because they make a delightful breakfast on the go.

They’re perfect for lunch.

Great for lunch boxes.

Great for after school snacks.

It’s basically a really easy meal to make and it’s really good to grab and go.

Ingredients

• two medium sized bananas
• one cup of the quick oats
• a half a cup of the rolled oats
• a third to a half a cup of mini chocolate chips

Optional additions:

• a little bit of cinnamon
• vanilla
• a pinch of sea salt
• a tablespoon or so of maple syrup
• honey
• a nut and a raisin
• some dried cranberries

Instructions

1. Grab two medium sized bananas.
2. Break them up before I get them in the bowl.
3. Mash them up in a medium sized bowl with the back of my fork.
4. Add your oats.
5. Add a third to a half a cup of mini chocolate chips.
6. Get in there and stir all of this together.

Cooking Tips

The browner your banana is, the sweeter the banana is because the sugars start to develop more.

Ideally, you want to let the banana sit on the counter for a while.

You could use really brown bananas for this recipe or you could use bananas like I just used. Both will get the job done.

If they’re super ripe, then the cookies will be like a little bit chewier.

If they’re like mine, the cookies tend to have a little more bite to them.

It’s almost like there’s more like banana bits throughout the cookie.

Make it work for you and use what you have.

You can do either rolled oats or quick oats. Personally, I like to do a combination of the two.

The quick oats are going to absorb the banana more than the rolled oats would.

If all you had on hand were the rolled oats, then what you would do is mix them in with your banana and just let it sit for like 20 minutes, 30 minutes before you make the cookies.

That will help those oats to absorb some of the bananas so the cookies aren’t so dry. They’ll end up being a little bit more moist that way.

What you’re looking for here is that the oats are all coated with the banana and well mixed together. But it’s a fairly dry mixture.

Serving Suggestions

Technically speaking, you could add a little bit of cinnamon or vanilla or a pinch of sea salt to this recipe. All of those would just enhance the flavor even a little bit more.

If you tend to like things on the sweeter side, you could certainly add a tablespoon or so of maple syrup or honey.

If you wanted to skip the chocolate chips and do like a nut and a raisin or some dried cranberries, you could do that as well.

I hope you enjoyed.