Healthy Banana Bread Bites | My Favorite Travel Snack
Banana bread or cookies? With this recipe, you don’t have to choose! When you’re craving sweets, but not the guilt afterward, whip up a quick batch of these cookies.
*Pro Tip: You can freeze these cookies and heat them up later. They’re also a delicious snack for traveling! On my 11 hour flight to Italy, I substituted the nasty plane food with these protein & fiber-packed cookies.
Prep: 15 minutes, Cook: About 15 minutes, Total Time: 30 minutes
Ingredients:
2 ½ cups of old-fashioned rolled oats, divided
¼ cup chopped walnuts
½ teaspoon baking powder
¼ teaspoon sea salt
½ teaspoon ground cinnamon
⅛ teaspoon ground nutmeg
⅔ cup mashed ripe bananas (about 2 medium bananas)
1 large egg, beaten
¼ cup honey or maple syrup
1 ½ tablespoons vegetable oil
1 ½ vanilla extract
Additions (I highly recommend both!)
½ cup chopped walnuts or almonds
⅓ cup chocolate chips
Instructions:
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper. Set aside.
Add 1 ½ cups of the rolled oats and the ¼ cup chopped walnuts to a food processor. Process until finely ground, almost a flour-like consistency. Pour into a large bowl. Add the remaining 1 cup oats, baking powder, salt, cinnamon, and nutmeg. Mix.
In a medium bowl, add mashed banana, egg, honey or maple syrup, oil, and vanilla. Whisk. Transfer wet ingredients to the dry ingredients and mix.
Fold in the mix-ins.
You can make the cookies any size you want--just remember the cooking time varies with the size. My cookies are a little bit bigger than a golf ball, and they take about 12 minutes. If you make them bigger, they take 14-16 minutes. Scoop the dough into balls onto the prepared parchment-lined baking sheet. Gently flatten the cookies. Bake until golden brown and set. Then let cool completely.
Recipe by: Lauren Grove