Soft-Baked Maple Banana Oatmeal Cookies are a healthy and delicious breakfast or snack loaded with protein and whole grains. Also gluten-free and vegan!
True life: My favorite kind of food is food that I can eat with my hands.
If I had it my way, I would make all of my favorite foods in a more portable form so I wouldn’t have to use any utensils.
That’s why you see lot’s of hand-held recipes on our blog such as muffins, breakfast pizzas, cookies, bars, etc. It’s not that I don’t like eating food with a spoon or fork, I just likened using any utensils better ’cause I’m simple like that.
So all this talk about eating food with hands brings us to today’s recipe: Soft-Baked Banana Maple Oatmeal Cookies. The inspiration for these babies come from a childhood favorite: my Mom’s soft-baked Banana Peanut Butter Oatmeal Cookies which fit’s perfectly into this month’s recipe redux theme, First Cooking Recollections.
“Stir up some of your earliest culinary recollections. Did you stand at your grandmother’s elbow to learn to cook? Or did you learn by stumbling through a cookbook by yourself? Share a healthy recipe and the accompanying story about one of your first cooking memories.”
The earliest cooking/baking memory I can think of is helping my Mom make here famous cookies. Okay, maybe I didn’t help all that much with the baking process, but I sure “helped” in the eating process, ya know, making sure they didn’t go to waste!😉
Now, I wanted to remake these oatmeal cookies with my own little twist. I re-created them by keeping the “soft-baked” aspect but obviously replacing the unhealthy ingredients (butter, white sugar) with healthier ingredients, changing the flavor combo and adding frosting. Needless to say, I think I like these EVEN MORE than my Mom’s famous cookies (shhhhhh don’t tell!).
They are so simple and easy to make with only 7 ingredients and take only 15 minutes to make. I also wanted to make these cookies with added protein powder for extra nutrition to go along with their whole-grains and heartiness. These cookies can honestly be eaten for breakfast, snack or dessert. I had them for all three!
Soft-Baked Banana Maple Oatmeal Cookies
These cookies are a healthier remake of My Mom’s classic soft-baked oatmeal cookies . They are so soft, have a slight chewy texture to them and are naturally sweet but not-too-sweet thanks to banana, organic stevia-sweetened protein powder and a touch of maple syrup.
These cookies are even topped with a sweet and tangy maple cream cheese glaze. You would never guess that these are good for you! Also vegan and gluten-free!
Soft-Baked Maple Banana Oatmeal Cookies
Ingredients
- 1 cup oats
- 1 cup oat flour
- 1 scoop vanilla protein powder
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 1/4 tsp baking soda
- 1 ripe banana mashed
- 2 tbsp maple syrup
- 1/2 cup milk
- GLAZE
- 2 oz. cream cheese softened (can use dairy-free)
- 2 tbsp maple syrup
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 and line a baking sheet with parchment paper. In a large bowl, combine flour, oats, baking powder and baking soda. In a small bowl combine banana, maple syrup and milk. Add wet ingredients to dry ingredients and stir well. Spoon into 6-8 cookies and place on baking sheet, bake for 10 minutes or until done. For glaze, mix ingredients in a bowl and spread on cooled cookies.
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YUM! These are so easy and so tasty looking! Love the simple ingredients! AND the cream cheese frosting!
I do a healthier oatmeal cookie too – they’re actually my mom’s favorite now! I need to try this banana version. I love the title – I can almost smell them from here!
These sound so good! And I love the glaze!
These cookies look sooo soft and delicious – Love that frosting too! So much goodness.
Girl I am all over any food I can eat with my hands. Even better if it’s on a stick.
These look so good!
You had me at banana and maple! Yum yum yum!
ohhh yes please!!!! These sound perfect for a little afternoon treat
Oh my gosh I need these in my face right NOW!! I absolutely adore the combo of banana and maple. It’s so underrated but so so good!
Love that these directly tie so some of your first eating memories and they sure look delicious! I’ve always liked eating pancakes with my hands so I “get” it 🙂
I know what I’m making for breakfast next week!
Yummy! These cookies look great.
Ummm these look too good! And that cream cheese glaze…. I love how simple they are too!
These look so yummy! What a delicious flavor combo 🙂
you got me with that cream cheese glaze!! i cant get enough of that stuff
these sound so delicious! thanks for sharing them!
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A nice simple oatmeal cookie snack that is healthy.
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Wow, these look so good! I just love the flavor combo in this! The glaze looks divine.
HI Bethany & Rachel,
Yum! These little cookies sound delicious and healthy. Bananas always make a baked goods so moist and tasty. Thanks for sharing on Real Food Fridays. Pinned & tweeted!
I love how you made this clean version without white flour, eggs or refined sugar…they’re perfect!! 😉
I love the wonderful flavor combination– and how healthy these are! YUM.