Easy and healthy cookies made from oats, almond meal, banana, peanut butter, and dates!
Prep Time5minutes
Cook Time15minutes
Total Time20minutes
Servings2Dozen Cookies
Ingredients
1CupPitted Datespacked (soaked for 10 minutes in warm water and then drained)
1Medium Sized Banana
2TablespoonsAll Natural Peanut Butter
3/4CupAlmond Meal
3/4CupGluten Free Rolled Oats
Optional: Dairy free chocolate chips/chunks or dried fruit.
Instructions
Roughly chop the dates then add them to a food processor. Pulse until finely chopped.
Add the banana and peanut butter to the processor. Mix until combined. Scrape down the sides as needed.
Add the almond meal and oats to the food processor. Mix until a loose sticky dough starts to form.
Transfer the dough to a mixing bowl. Mix in the chocolate chips or fruit if you are using it. Add a tablespoon or two more of almond flour so you can start to form the dough into cookies.
Scoop tablespoon sized dollops of the dough out on to a baking sheet lined with parchment paper. You can put the cookies fairly close together since they don’t expand much while baking.
Once all the dough is used up and the cookies are formed, transfer the cookie sheets to the fridge to chill for about a half an hour.
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
Bake the cookies for 15 minutes until just barely golden around the edges. Let the cookies cool on the baking sheet for about 5 minutes then transfer to a wire rack to cool completely.