Easy five ingredient, flourless Almond Butter Banana Cookies with no added sugar, butter, or oil. This healthy, vegan cookie recipe satisfies your sweet tooth without giving you a sugar crash after eating!
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Why you should make Almond Butter Banana Cookies
There are times when you really just need a cookie, but you're not looking for a massive sugar crash or stomach ache. Maybe it's a cookie for a snack or even breakfast.
Well, this is the cookie recipe for you, and there are only 5 ingredients: bananas, almond butter, oats, vanilla extract, and salt. Stir them all together and you have a delicious cookie dough.
If you stopped there, I totally wouldn't just you because cookie dough is my favorite. Then again, you could always make some cookie dough dip if you want more cookie dough.
How to Make Almond Butter Cookies
These are seriously so simple...
- Preheat the oven.
- Mash the banana
- Stir in all the ingredients and mix well.
- Shape into balls and smash onto the baking sheet.
- Bake and enjoy!
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Tips for Making this Almond Butter recipe
The best ingredients for the recipe
Make sure you don't use an almond butter that is too oily or your cookies might be extra oily. I like to use an almond butter that you buy off the grocery store shelf instead of the kind that you grind yourself.
Make Ahead Tips
You can prepare the dough up to 24 hours in advance and bake when ready. You can also bake the cookies, and store them in the fridge to enjoy within 3 days.
Variations & Substitutions
Almond butter substitutions:
You can easily use any other nut or seed butter with success. The original version I made was actually with peanut butter, but I've also tested & enjoyed the recipe made with sunflower seed butter.
Oats to use in this cookie:
I prefer quick cooking oats or I'll pulse old fashioned oats in a food processor for a quick second to make them a little smaller. Only this to make sure of is that you don't buy the instant oats, especially ones with flavoring.
Allergy friendly cookies
These cookies are free of eggs, dairy, gluten, and soy. Be sure to use oats that are certified gluten free if that is a concern for you.
What to serve with this dish
For dessert or snack, I'd serve with big glass of milk (dairy, almond, coconut, oat, whatever!). Or serve with a side of egg muffins or breakfast stuffed peppers for a protein-packed, balanced breakfast.
Final thoughts:
These cookies are easy to make and quite tasty. Only five ingredients that you probably already have in your kitchen make them a great recipe to have on hand, and you can eat them for dessert, a snack, or even breakfast.
MORE NO SUGAR ADDED DESSERT RECIPES YOU'LL LOVE:
- German Chocolate Brownies
- Cashew Sugar Cookies
- Sugar Cookie Dough Dip
- Coconut Almond Cookie Dough Dip
- Walnut Chocolate Chip Cookies
Almond Butter Banana Cookies
Ingredients
- 1/4 cup banana mashed
- 1/2 cup almond butter
- 1/4 cup oats quick or old fashioned, not instant
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1/8 teaspoon salt
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 325°F.
- Stir together all the ingredients. Put spoonfuls of batter about 1 inch apart on prepared baking sheet. Flatten as desired {the cookies do not spread}.
- Bake in preheated oven for 7-9 minutes or until cookies are firm to the touch. Let cool on baking sheet for 5 minutes before transferring to a cooling rack. Enjoy!
Notes
What to use in this recipe:
Meme
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Lindsey says
I love how simple and tasty these are!
Lorie says
Made these for Sam. He gave them Rating. Yay!!!
Natalie says
This recipe was SO simple and yummy
Emily Kyle says
Love these! They're perfect for my 4 year old!
Holly Pelton says
I love that I always have these ingredients in the house so I can make them anytime I want a healthy sweet treat! So easy to make and take no time at all!
Abby says
They came out delicious!
I definitely recommend
Meme says
Hip hip hooray!!! If you like peanut butter, you should also try them with PB 🙂
Misty says
These were delicious and so easy to make. They tasted better than I expected them to. I’ll be making more of these for sure.
Meme says
YAY!!! So excited you liked them 🙂 Thanks so much for coming back to share! xo