Peanut Banana Oat Cookies – a tasty-but-good-for-you breakfast for those busy mornings!

So tell me, are you in the ‘I can’t eat chocolate for breakfast’ camp?

Or are you in my camp?

I’m not talking about a 1kg bar of Dairy Milk with my morning coffee (but who am I kidding here, I would so eat that for breakfast if someone put it in front of me).

I’m talking about a little bit of dark chocolate, mixed into an oaty, peanut-ty cookie. Crisply brown on the outside, soft and chewy on the inside.

Yes, I’m mixing peanut butter into my recipes again. Still hate the stuff on it’s own (that spoonful in the picture? eugh, just the scooping it out of the jar brought on that horrible ‘sealing of mouth’ feeling), but add it into anything and I’m usually sold.

Peanut Banana Oat Cookies - egg, flour, butter free. No added refined sugar. So simple to make!

I had a lonesome, almost black banana that came very close to going in the bin, but decided to rescue it, and make an updated version of my favourite Banana Oat Cookies.

There’s nothing like having a pile of cookies in the oven, when 10 minutes earlier you weren’t even in the kitchen!

Peanut Banana Oat Cookies - egg, flour, butter free. No added refined sugar. So simple to make!

I bet these would have worked wonders for my post-school-reunion hangover on Saturday too….
If I could have actually managed to eat anything the next morning!

I can’t believe I left high school 20 years ago. I feel so old!
Of course that didn’t stop any of us from drinking like irresponsible teenagers, gossiping, laughing raucously, and dancing like a very un-cool parent (but thinking you look like a Strictly champion at the time).

Good times, but bad bad head.

No more daft cocktails until at least Christmas!

Just give me my cookies, a blanket and the next episode of Downton Abbey please.

Peanut Banana Oat Cookies Recipe:

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Peanut Banana Oat Cookies

By Nicky Corbishley

Peanut Banana Oat Cookies - egg, flour, butter free. No added refined sugar. So simple to make!

Prep Time: 5

Cook Time: 15

Total Time: 20

Servings: 6 Cookies

Course: Breakfast

Cuisine: British

Ingredients

▢ 1 medium sized ripe banana peeled
▢ 100 g (3.5 oz) rolled oats check they're gluten-free if required
▢ 2 tbsp honey
▢ 3 tbsp peanut butter
▢ 50 g (1.8 oz) dark chocolate chopped (check it's gluten-free if required)
▢ pinch of salt

Instructions

Preheat your oven to 170C/325F (fan).
Place the banana in a medium-sized bowl and mash it with a fork. Add the oats, honey, and peanut butter, and give everything a good stir until combined.
1 medium sized ripe banana, 100 g (3.5 oz) rolled oats, 2 tbsp honey, 3 tbsp peanut butter
Add in the chopped chocolate (reserve a few pieces to sprinkle on once the cookies are cooked) and the salt. Stir to combine.
50 g (1.8 oz) dark chocolate, pinch of salt
Take a tbsp of the mixture in your hand, roll into a ball, and then squash to flatten into a thick disk (approx. 1cm thick). Place on a baking tray and repeat until all your mixture is used up. You should get 6-7 cookies.
Place in the oven and cook for 15 minutes.
Take out of the oven, sprinkle with the reserved chocolate, and leave to cool.