Chocolate Chip Banana Bread Oatmeal Cookies

Cookies are my favorite dessert — chocolate chip cookies particularly. But lately I’ve also really been into banana bread, so I wanted to put the two together. I also was hoping to make these somewhat breakfast-friendly, so I added in the oats to help hold them together. The result is a beautiful chewy combination of some of my favorite desserts.

Ingredients (makes 14 cookies)

Wet Ingredients

• 2 ripe bananas

• 1 cup cashew butter

• 1 egg

• 3 teaspoons vanilla extract

Dry Ingredients

• 2 cups old-fashioned oats

• 2 cups almond flour

• 1 tsp baking powder

• 1/4 tsp sea salt

• 1/2 cup coconut sugar (or 1/4 brown sugar + 1/4 cup white sugar)

• 1/2 cup chocolate chips

Optional

• Flake salt, for topping

1. Preheat oven to 350 F. Add bananas to a large bowl. Mash with a fork. Mix in remaining wet ingredients.

2. Leaving out the chocolate chips, mix dry ingredients together in a separtate large bowl. Mix in dry ingredients into wet ingredients. Once everything is evenly combined, mix in chocolate chips.

3. Scoop into 1/4 cup size balls of dough, and place on a parchment-lined baking sheet. Press down on the cookies to slightly flatten them. Top with a sprinkle of flake salt, if desired. Bake for 20 minutes or until cookies are golden on the outside. Cookies should still be soft/moist on the inside.