Not-So-Guilty Chocolate Chip Oatmeal Banana Cookies

Veggie_Girl's Note:

I love this recipe! I've been making it forever and finally have taken time to post it. It's nice to have another option for using up those over-ripe bananas. If I don't have time to actually make the cookies, I'll mash the bananas up in a tupperware and throw them in the freezer for later. ** Updated to be a vegan recipe. Also, I'd recommend replacing the cloves with cardamom for a twist on the original recipe! (3 July 09) **

• Total Time: 15 mins
• Prep Time: 5 mins
• Cook Time: 10 mins

Ingredients:

Yield: 48 cookies

• 177.44 ml agave nectar (or 1 Cup natural sweetener)
• 236.59 ml applesauce
• 4.92 ml vanilla extract
• 473.18 ml whole wheat flour
• 4.92 ml baking soda
• 4.92 ml ground cloves
• 4.92 ml cinnamon
• 4 ripe bananas, mashed
• 473.18 ml rolled oats
• 236.59 ml dark chocolate chips (vegan)

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 350.
2. In a large bowl, mix agave nectar, applesauce, and vanilla.
3. Stir in flour, baking soda, and spices.
4. Add mashed bananas, rolled oats, and chocolate chips.
5. Drop dough onto a baking stone or cooking sheet - bake 8 to 10 minutes.

Reviews

[ladypit]

These are so good! I used honey and semi-sweet chips since I'm not vegan myself. But I loved the healthiness of these (I used white wheat flour). The kids loved them too, which is always a bit of a challenge with stuff that is not loaded with butter. Thanks!

[Sydney Mike]

Made this recipe as written & used some homemade applesauce in it! Makes for VERY, VERY NICE TASTING COOKIES! Most of them went off with my other half to share at his work, but I managed to keep hold of 10 or so just for myself! Thanks for sharing a great recipe! [Tagged, made & reviewed for one of my adoptees in the current Pick A Chef]

[texastamale]

Yummy, I loved it. I used only a touch of agave because my bananas were so ripe and sweet. Also used 1 egg and blended the oatmeal to a oat flour. But I used organic all purpose flour instead of whole wheat. Also used regular old toll house chocolate chips. Baked in a stoneware 10 1/2 by 15 shallow pan, like a cookie bar, but they turned out very cake-like and chewy. I gave some to my kid's teacher and she claimed to like them too. I think when you leave out the oil, it's going to taste more cake-like than cookie like. DH was disappointed because I told him I was making choc. chip cookies and he didn't like the chewy, cake like texture.