GF Heart Healthy Chocolate Chip Oat Cookies
A healthier cookie loaded with chocolate and oats but not lots of unhealthy ingredients. Sweetened with bananas and pure maple syrup. A delicious treat any time of the day.
Servings: 35 Cookies
Calories: 72kcal
Ingredients
- 1/4 cup cocoa powder
- 3 ripe bananas mashed
- 3/4 cup natural peanut butter I used creamy
- 3 Tbsp Pure Maple Syrup
- 1 Tbsp vanilla extract
- 2 Tbsp water
- 1/2 cup gluten-free flour blend or any gluten-free flour
- 2 cups gluten-free old-fashioned oats.
- 1 tsp baking powder corn-free if needed
- 1/4 tsp xanthan gum or guar gum
- 1/4 cup allergy-friendly mini chocolate chips or semi-sweet chocolate chips.
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350. Prepare baking sheets with parchment paper or silicone liners.
- In a large mixing bowl add mashed bananas, peanut butter, vanilla, pure maple syrup, and water.
- Mix well. Add dry ingredients all at once and stir to mix. Fold in chocolate chips.
- Place small scoop size or heaping tablespoons of dough onto lined baking sheets.
- Bake for 12 minutes. Try baking some for 10-11 minutes for a slightly fudgy cookie.
- Cool on a wire rack.
- Eat them up or freeze for later.
- Add a chocolate chip on top of the cookie before baking for a different look.
Notes
**Pop a frozen cookie in your kids or your own lunch and by the time you're ready to eat, the cookie will be as fresh as the day you baked them.
**Allergy-friendly chocolate chips
King Arthur Measure For Measure Gluten Free Flour
Nutrition
Serving: 1Cookie | Calories: 72kcal | Carbohydrates: 9g | Protein: 2g | Fat: 3g | Saturated Fat: 1g | Sodium: 27mg | Potassium: 114mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 3g | Vitamin A: 6IU | Vitamin C: 1mg | Calcium: 14mg | Iron: 1mg