Gluten Free Banana Oatmeal Cookies

Name: Gluten Free Banana Oatmeal Cookies
Prep time: 25 min
Cook time: 12 min
Total time: 37 min
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 2 medium bananas, very ripe; ½ cup natural, unsalted creamy homemade peanut butter or store-bought; 3 tablespoons coconut sugar; 2 tablespoons melted coconut oil; 2 flax eggs (2 tablespoons ground flaxseed + 6 tablespoons water, whisked together, set for 15 minutes) or eggs of choice; 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract; 2 cups gluten free rolled oats; ½ teaspoon baking soda; ½ teaspoon baking powder; ½ cup allergy-friendly chocolate chips or your favorite add-ins; ½ cup walnuts, finely chopped or your favorite add-ins; 2 tablespoons each: allergy-friendly chocolate chips and chopped walnuts or your favorite add-ins

Published: Aug 9, 2021 · by Demeter | Beaming Baker 51 Comments · As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.

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Gluten Free Banana Oatmeal Cookies: soft ‘n yummy banana oatmeal cookies made with simple, healthy ingredients. The easiest gluten free banana oatmeal cookies—packed with banana & chewy oats!

Soft, moist and just-right sweet: welcome to today’s fresh-baked banana oatmeal cookies! Yep, you can finally use up those delightfully ripe bananas on your counter. Yep, you can totally have cookies for breakfast.

And final yep, these cookies are guilt-free, made with healthy ingredients, and wonderfully gluten free.

Are you ready to make your new favorite banana treat? Let’s bake this!

How to Make Banana Oatmeal Cookies

Preheat

First off, preheat the oven to 325°F. Then, line a baking sheet with parchment paper or greased foil.

Mash

Now, grab your beautifully ripened bananas, peel and mash them in a large mixing bowl. I recommend using this pastry cutter for easy, thorough mashing. Add the rest of the wet ingredients, then whisk together thoroughly.

Add

Add the oats, baking soda and baking powder. Fold until well mixed. You’ve just made your banana oatmeal cookie dough! Fold in your favorite add-ins.

Scoop

Grab a cookie scoop like this one, and scoop & drop cookie dough balls onto the prepared baking sheet. Top with add-ins, then flatten with a fork.

Bake, Cool & Enjoy

Bake for about 12 minutes, then cool and enjoy the easiest banana oatmeal cookies!

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Tips for the Best Gluten Free Banana Oatmeal Cookies

Mash bananas thoroughly.

Ages ago, before I became very-well acquainted with bananas, I thought you could just lightly mash bananas with a fork and bake any banana recipe. After a few banana recipes, I realized that chunks of banana in my baked goods were not great. Lol.

Make sure to mash bananas thoroughly so you don’t get those weirdly moist chunks and so the amount of wet ingredients (including mashed bananas) in your cookies are well-balanced with the dry ingredients for the perfect banana oatmeal cookie. 😉 For perfectly mashed bananas, [I recommend using this pastry cutter].

Ripen bananas fully.

I know, bananas can take forever and a half to ripen—especially if you bought them green. But trust me, the riper the bananas, the tastier your banana oatmeal cookies. The natural sweetness of your gluten free banana oatmeal cookies will really shine through with yellow bananas that have a good amount of brown spots and are soft to the touch.

Use finely ground oat flour.

Although this recipe is pretty forgiving, I like to use finely ground oat flour to ensure that these cookies have the best texture. Let the whole oats shine through by making sure your oat flour is finely ground, and thus stays in the background aka is smooth cookie dough. 😉 You can make homemade oat flour or buy ready-to-use oat flour.

Customize with your favorite add-ins.

Feel free to use your favorite add-ins to create the yummiest banana oatmeal cookies! You can use chocolate chips, chopped dried fruit, seeds or chopped nuts!

Testimonials

Hilary says,

These are amazing! Added in coconut, walnuts, and chocolate chips. Also added cinnamon and nutmeg. Couldn’t tell how healthy they are! Love that they’re refined sugar free.”

Jeanne says,

Just finished making them and will make again. So easy to make and ate one as soon as they cooled off. Will add this to my recipe book!”

Vik says,

Mmm these cookies taste delicious! Banana and oatmeal are my absolute favorite flavor combinations when it comes to breakfast cookies.”

Soft ‘n yummy banana oatmeal cookies that are so easy to make, deliciously gluten free and packed with your favorite add-ins!

Banana Oatmeal Cookies, for the win! Okay, I know no one says “for the win” anymore… but maybe just this once we can keep this ol’ classic alive? Heehee. Just so you know, I’m so grateful that you’re here, baking up a delicious adventure with me and your loved ones. Looking forward to the next one…

Sending you all my love and maybe even a dove, xo Demeter ❤️

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