I love bananas, but I can never eat them fast enough, they always turn brown. I don’t mind though because then I have an excuse to bake:) I usually make banana bread or banana cinnamon chip cake, but I recently made banana chocolate chip oatmeal cookies and now I am hooked. They are delicious! The banana keeps the cookies moist and soft and you can’t go wrong by adding in chocolate chips.
If you are looking for a new banana recipe, give these cookies a try. Oh and a little tip-keep brown bananas in the freezer, so you can bake banana treats anytime. Just peel the bananas and put them in a freezer bag. Defrost before using in recipes. Enjoy!
Banana Chocolate Chip Oatmeal Cookies
4 tablespoons unsalted butter, at room temperature
1/2 cup light brown sugar, packed
1/4 cup granulated sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 large egg
1 large banana, mashed
1 ¼ cups all purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
2 cups old fashioned oats
1 cup semisweet chocolate chips
Directions:
In a medium bowl, whisk together flour, baking soda, and salt. Set aside.
In a large mixing bowl, combine butter and sugars, mix until smooth. Add in vanilla extract and egg. Next, add the banana. Beat well.
Slowly add in flour mixture until just combined. Stir in oats and chocolate chips.
Drop cookie dough by heaping tablespoonfuls 2 inches apart onto baking sheets that have been lined with parchment paper or Silcone baking mats. Bake at 350 degrees F for 15-18 minutes or until golden. Remove cookies from pans; cool completely on wire racks.
Makes 2 1/2 dozen cookies
Maria and her husband, Josh, are Two Peas and Their Pod. They are known as the “cooking couple” and are a great team in the kitchen. They love trying new recipes, flavors, and techniques and sharing their creations with the world. They try to keep things healthy, but they always save room for dessert.
Written by Maria Lichty
Maria is a regular contributor to Make and Takes Food. Maria and her husband, Josh, are Two Peas and Their Pod. They are known as the “cooking couple” and are a great team in the kitchen. They love trying new recipes, flavors, and techniques and sharing their creations with the world. They try to keep things healthy, but they always save room for dessert. Read other posts by Two Peas
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HI there,
I have just found your gorgeous blog tonight and these look delicious. I cannot wait to give them a try and look forward to future posts. xo
Oh goodness!!! These look amazing!!! I usually make peanut butter oatmeal choc chip…adding banana is genius!!!! Thanks for sharing!!
I’m the queen of bananas going bad. What a great recipe, now they won’t go to waste!
Making these this afternoon! I was just wondering what to do with an old frozen banana when this popped up on my google reader :)
I hate the texture of bananas so I buy them planning on them going bad just so I can make banana bread – I am super excited to try these yummy looking/sounding cookies!
I have several bananas waiting in the freezer. I intend to try this recipe this evening. I know that baking tends to be a follow-the-recipe-closely-or-else type of thing, but do you think adding more banana will hurt? I really love intense banana flavor.
Thanks everyone! We love these cookies.
Jennifer-I always use a very large banana. If you want more banana flavor, feel free to add another banana, you might need to add a little extra flour or oats. Enjoy!
My sister learned how to bake these on her mission and she made them for us last week. They really are SO SO good.
Oh yum, bookmarking for a cooler day! Also, you can freeze the bananas right in their skins. Throw them right in the freezer when they’re brown, no need to bag. Just thaw, cut off the stem end, and they kind of squeeze out like toothpaste. A little gross, but kinda fun, too. :)
These were awesome, they were a hit with my little girl and at work. Thank you.
My 4-year-old son and I had lots of fun making this this evening. We used two good size bananas. I didn’t add or increase anything else. They are GREAT! This one has been added to our recipe box.
nice recipe!!! thank you
Just made these for my family. Let’s just say that they didn’t even have time to cool before they were all consumed. This recipe is delicious and easy!
Does it matter what kind of oats you use? i have quick oats on hand.
thanks
Tracy-I haven’t used quick. I used old fashioned oats, but try quick. I am sure they will be good. Let us all know. Thanks!
Thank you for the recipe! I didn’t have choc. chips in the house, so I used raisins and they were so delicious, my son loved them. I can’t wait to try them with the choc chips!
These cookies were a huge hit with my family! Thank you so much! Very kid friendly and so easy to make! They were great! Yummy…. ~ Take Care
Delicious! I added some peanut butter chips to a portion of the dough (peanut butter banana sandwich, anyone?), but I thought it overwhelmed the banana flavor, so I’ll stick to choc. chips next time – and there will be a next time!
I made these last night and they are delicious! I took some into each of my kids’ preschool teachers so that I wouldn’t eat them all. Thanks!
My family is full of banana addicts! I can eat a banana every day. How funny I was planning on pulling out some frozen bananas and making banana bread today but I think I’ll try your cookie recipe instead. It looks so good.
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Thanks, Maria! I have about a dozen bananas in my freezer right now. I love that you’ve already healthified your recipes; it makes things nice and easy!
I tried your recipe but it didn’t turn out like your picture. They were more soft cake-like than cookies. Taste was good but wasn’t like the soft chewy cookie I was looking for. Will have to try adjusting the recipe. Thanks
You’ve been blogged! :-)
I was looking for the perfect Oatmeal Choc Chip cookie recipe and I ran across yours with banana. I was intrigued. I tried them last week and they turned out delicious! My husband eats them right out of our freezer stash! :-)
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I’m a bit late to this post, but I just made these cookies and they are absolutely delicious! I only had quick-cooking oats on hand, so I used those instead of old-fashioned, and they were still very good. I can’t compare them to ones made using old-fashioned, but you won’t be disappointed if you use quick-cooking oats. :] Thanks for the recipe!
Made these this a.m absolutely delicious , I did alter the recipe some adding 1/4 of peanut butter as well as peanut butter chips they turned out great :)
These have got to be the absolute WORST cookies I have ever made!!!
Too dry, resembled drywall spackle, and tasted like cardboard!!!
Very embarassing even to myself!!
I just finished making these cookies, and although I find them to taste delicious, the cookies didn’t spread out for me. They stayed in the spoonful-lumps they started in on the pan. Does anyone know why/how this happens, or what to do to encourage them to spread out?