Peanut Butter Banana Oatmeal Cookies are full of oats, whole wheat flour, very little oil and sugar, and just a touch of chocolate!
Oh boy, are these oatmeal cookies good! After a particularly indulgent week last week with a fun blogger dinner, Valentine’s Day and a weekend full of eating out, I wanted to bake something healthy. This peanut butter banana oatmeal cookie is just what I was dreaming of – full of oats, whole wheat flour, very little oil and sugar, and just a touch of chocolate!
Plus it is just bursting with the flavors of peanut butter and banana. These oatmeal cookies are also very sturdy with the oats, but incredibly soft and moist too from the addition of the peanut butter and banana. They are the perfect little treat when you’re wanting something sweet but don’t want to over-do it with the butter and sugar.
Ingredients in Peanut Butter Banana Oatmeal Cookies
Bananas
Peanut Butter
Canola Oil (or coconut oil)
Brown Sugar
Egg
Vanilla
Old Fashioned Oats
Whole Wheat Flour
Baking Powder
Baking Soda
Salt
Chocolate Chips
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Ingredients
- 2 ripe bananas mashed
- 1/3 cup creamy peanut butter
- 1/3 cup canola oil
- 3/4 cup brown sugar
- 1 egg
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 3 1/4 cup old fashioned oats
- 1/4 cup whole wheat flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- Line a cookie sheet with parchment paper or spray with cooking spray.
- In a large bowl, mix bananas, peanut butter, canola oil and brown sugar together until smooth.
- Add egg and vanilla and mix until combined.
- In a separate bowl, combine oats, flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt.
- Slowly add oat mixture into banana mixture and stir until everything is combined.
- Fold in chocolate chips
- Place tablespoonfuls of dough on cookie sheet and bake 10 – 12 minutes, until cookies are slightly golden.
- Let cool on baking sheet for 5 minutes, then transfer to cooling rack to cool completely.
- Enjoy!
Welcome to greens & chocolate! I'm Taylor and am so excited that you stopped by! I'm a Minnesota girl in my 20's who's loving life with my husband Marc, our son Lars, and our Golden Retriever Maddie. I love cooking healthy meals, but it's essential that I have my dessert. All after a hot yoga class or a run, though! It's all about moderation here at greens & chocolate. 
Love your recipes. new site is great. we’ve told a few friends, who are now following you as well.
Thanks so much Linda!!
you combined all my favorite foods and made them into a cookie! Amazing!
They’re all of my favorites too!
Taylor these look yummy!
Thanks Talaia! I loved them so much that I am making them again today!
They look & sound delicious. Just wondering though if the canola oil could be substituted with a healthier oil like olive or maybe even coconut?
I would say yes…in fact, I am planning on making these again once I re-stock on oats and am going to use coconut oil this time. Thanks for the great idea! 🙂
How was the second batch with coconut oil?
They turned out great, Maya!
Thank you for sharing your amazing recipe!! I found your recipe doing a search on my three favorite ingredients, oatmeal, PB, and Banana. These turned out incredibly soft and moist. Plus I know it’s packed with healthy ingredients. These may be gone before hubby comes back from home 🙂
So glad you liked them Liwen!! They are one of my favorites – I make them over and over!
I searched and searched for a good peanut butter banana cookie and yours was the winner. All your treats look so beautiful! Thanks!
Thanks Crystal! Hope you love them as much as I did!
Great cookies I make them every weekend for the week makes a great breakfast for on the go. I added flax seeds and a handful of nuts.
I’m not that much of a internet reader to be honest but your blogs really nice, keep
it up! I’ll go ahead and bookmark your site to come back later. Many thanks
Thanks, they look delicious!