I’ve clearly been making a lot of cookies lately. I made my whole grain chocolate chip cookies a couple dozen times over the last two weeks plus some cookies for my mom for Mother’s day… and apparently I wasn’t done just yet. When I got home from work and saw some extra brown bananas, I started craving banana bread pretty hard. My loaf pan was dirty (not even sure how, I haven’t used that thing in a while!) but I already had mashed up the bananas at that point, so I decided to change course and make some extra soft, cakey cookies.
Oh yes Very cakey cookies. These cookies are so so so soft. Pillows of cakey goodness. (Sorry, I think I’m a little obsessed with the texture!) Like drops of banana bread on a pan. When you make these, you’ll find that this is a very wet cookie dough. Drop the dough into little cookie shaped piles – it will rise and get a little fluffier, but it wont spread out to the sides, so the shape you give your cookies is the shape they’ll have.
Have I mentioned these are vegan, gluten free, AND naturally sweetened? I’m going to go ahead and suggest you eat these bad boys for breakfast, because they’re basically the healthiest cookie I’ve ever seen. At least a little better than your standard banana bread (which is an acceptable breakfast, right?)
I don’t normally make my banana bread with chocolate chips, but Josh isn’t a fan of nuts. If I thought I could have eaten a dozen of these on my own, I would’ve skipped the chocolate chips and added pecans. Do whatever you prefer, even a mix of both! I’m pretty certain peanut butter chips would be a killer addition, too!
Tagged with: Dairy Free • Egg Free • Gluten Free • Hidden Fruits • Naturally Sweetened • Nut Free • Soy Free • Vegan • Vegetarian
If I dont have maple syrup is there anything I can substitute it with ? Maple syrup can be really expensive 🙁 and I dont have any kicking around atm
Absolutely! You can use agave, honey, or any other natural liquid sweetener. If you plan on serving these to vegans, you may want to ask their opinion on honey before using it.
Thank u soo much im whipping up a batch atm there in the oven I used honey figers crossed there a hit!
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Bananas? Chocolate? Cookies??? Jackpot!! These look wonderful Kelly!! What an amazing recipe! Thanks for sharing 🙂
Thanks 🙂
These look awesome! I am definitely saving this recipe!! 🙂
Your cookies look amazing. I love oatmeal and chocolate chips together and that they look so moist. Pinning these to make with my daughter.
Let me know how they turn out! 🙂
Mmmm i would eat a couple of these for breakfast!
PUHHLEEEASE for the love of all things cookie, CONTINUE YOUR COOKIE KICK. I am loving your versions lately, Kelly! And I super lurrrrve this gluten-free vegan banana cookie. Hello, awesomeness!
Thanks Hayley 🙂 Don’t you worry, I made some more cookies today. Just can’t stay away from them!
I love chocolate chips with banana bread! These look so addictive! I could definitely wake up and love on them for breakfast!
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I love anything to do with banana bread and I am actually a huge advocate of putting chocolate chips into my bread 🙂 Seriously amazing. These cookies look so light and puffy, I’m going to have to try them out!
Thanks! Let me know what you think if you get a chance to try them!
Naturally sweetened cookies – I love it! These look SO good, Kelly! I love banana anything!
Thanks, Sally!
Anytime I can eat cookies for breakfast I am all in! And these banana cookies look like little drops of heaven.
Thanks 🙂
UGH so good! I have everything I need for these. GF banana bread cookies all up in my hizzle! Okay, sorry about that…thanks for the recipe!!
hahah! I appreciate the excitement 🙂
Ohh these could easily be gluten free if you use gluten free oats! Very cool. And cakey is key with cookies.
Oats are always my “go to” choice for GF baked goods, so tasty!
Oh, I love banana cookies. I have to make these!
These look delicious! I’m excited to try using bananas in baked goods!
Woah, never baked with bananas? They’re one of my favorite ingredients 🙂
You have impeccable timing with this recipe! I LOVE ripe bananas, but I have quite a few overly ripe bananas at home, and these would be the perfect way to put them to use! Yay for vegan desserts :).
Yay! Let me know if you try the recipe out! 🙂
Yay for this recipe!!! I recently bought chocolate chip banana bread from a gluten free bakey (it was vegan too) and it was the most delicious thing. My husband has been talking about it for weeks and it’s like you knew with this recipe haha! We will absolutely be making these and I love the fact that they are cookies. I would love a few with my coffee right now!
Banana bread is seriously one of my favorite foods, it’s hard to resist when I see it for sale somewhere! I’m actually having one of these cookies with my coffee right now 🙂