Healthy banana cookies

shaycat
shaycat Posts: 980
edited November 11 in Recipes
The other banana cookie led me to this recipe.
Makes 30 for 56 calories each 2.4 g fat
Ingredients

3 ripe bananas
2 cups rolled oats
1 cup dates, pitted and chopped
1/3 cup vegetable oil
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Directions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
In a large bowl, mash the bananas. Stir in oats, dates, oil, and vanilla. Mix well, and allow to sit for 15 minutes. Drop by teaspoonfuls onto an ungreased cookie sheet.
Bake for 20 minutes in the preheated oven, or until lightly brown.
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  • lmalaschak
    lmalaschak Posts: 346 Member
    I am super intrigued. I wonder if dried cherries would be ok instead of dates. I don't really see what difference it would make...
  • shaycat
    shaycat Posts: 980
    I plan on using raisins. Also you can replace applesauce for the oil.
  • KELNEL0723
    KELNEL0723 Posts: 8
    Yum! Bump
  • tauny78
    tauny78 Posts: 180 Member
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  • jomom2
    jomom2 Posts: 429 Member
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  • mrschappet
    mrschappet Posts: 488 Member
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  • slim422
    slim422 Posts: 104 Member
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  • SerenaNatasha
    SerenaNatasha Posts: 246
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  • DannyMussels
    DannyMussels Posts: 1,842 Member
    Perfect.

    I'll be over shortly.
  • hlcook
    hlcook Posts: 92 Member
    Oh this looks so super yummy! I can't wait to go home and make them!

    Going to be thinking about them throughout my 12 hour night shift!!
  • gina1971
    gina1971 Posts: 71 Member
    Sounds yummy... I love bananas and dates!
  • sergetns73
    sergetns73 Posts: 172 Member
    I plan on using raisins. Also you can replace applesauce for the oil.

    wait a minute, if you use apple sauce how wil the cookies not burn without and oil i wonder ?
  • jcarmel
    jcarmel Posts: 30
    Bump!
  • emfilomena
    emfilomena Posts: 120
    What's the purpose of dates in the recipe? Do you have to use them? I'd rather just use banana and oats, but I don't know what the dates serve as in the cookies.
  • MoLove2025
    MoLove2025 Posts: 135 Member
    bump
  • auntied
    auntied Posts: 113 Member
    bump
  • Guardien
    Guardien Posts: 109 Member
    Don't forget to add the chocolate chips! LOL
  • Pebble321
    Pebble321 Posts: 6,423 Member
    Oh, these sound good. Thanks
  • strongwilled
    strongwilled Posts: 35
    thank you for sharing this with us because i need it and it sounds delicious!
  • SilverStrychnine
    SilverStrychnine Posts: 413 Member
    Sounds yum, but can I leave out the dates?
  • sheri02r
    sheri02r Posts: 486 Member
    Sounds yummm! Definitely saving this recipe. I love to bake but haven't done much baking since I started here on MFP. Thanks for posting! :)
  • onek9lover
    onek9lover Posts: 58
    Bump
  • katkrak
    katkrak Posts: 92
    Thanks for posting! I will be making these for sure! ;)
  • stephabef
    stephabef Posts: 936 Member
    If I wanted to sub peanut butter for the oil, how much should I put in?
  • AntShanny
    AntShanny Posts: 359 Member
    These sound pretty good...minus the dates. Maybe with some mini-chocolate chips or peanut butter chips for an extra treat!
  • ChristineW82
    ChristineW82 Posts: 116 Member
    Yum! going to have to try these out. Bet the kids will love them.
  • jelicaa
    jelicaa Posts: 83 Member
    bump
  • lmalaschak
    lmalaschak Posts: 346 Member
    I did not realize so many people felt about dates as I do. I feel kind of sorry for the dates now, and rather compelled to try them so they won't feel neglected.
  • katkrak
    katkrak Posts: 92
    Info on dates : Dates are a raw food kitchen staple. Their sticky-sweet texture makes them great for binding nuts into bars and tart crusts and they are a subtle sweetener for energy drinks and smoothies. Dates are a natural, unprocessed sugar, with fiber, potassium, calcium, and iron. Using dates as a substitute for refined sugars will save you from the increased heart rate, cloudy thinking, sugar high, obsession to binge, the extra lbs., bloated feeling and most importantly—the sweater on your teeth. A couple Medjool dates (shown here) blended with water and fresh organic lemon juice before a workout make a super-boosting sports drink and dates are quick and easy to prep.
  • _CiaoParis
    _CiaoParis Posts: 166
    Bump
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