Banana, Oatmeal, Chocolate Chip, Pecan Cookies
The title of these cookies may be a mouthful but they are my new favorite cookie! I had a VERY ripe banana to use up so I decided to make cookies with it. I thought oatmeal, milk chocolate chips, and pecans would go well with the banana-flavored cookie. I would normally use brown sugar but I was out, so I just used white sugar and I used whole wheat flour to make them a bit healthier. These cookies were a fun after-school project with the kids and they tasted amazing. I loved the crunchy texture on the outside and the soft and moist texture inside. These cookies were a big hit with my entire family.
Banana, Oatmeal, Chocolate Chip, Pecan Cookies:
Ingredients:
- 1 very ripe banana
- 3/4 white sugar (brown sugar if you have it)
- 1/4 cup unsalted butter, softened
- 1 large egg
- 1 tsp vanilla
- 1 1/4 cups of whole wheat flour
- 2 cups quick-cooking oats
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 3/4 cup milk chocolate chips
- 3/4 pecan pieces
How to Make Banana, Oatmeal, Chocolate Chip, Pecan Cookies
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Place a silpat mat on a baking sheet.
Combine the banana, sugar, butter, egg, and vanilla in a large bowl; beat with a mixer at medium speed until mixed thoroughly.
Mix the salt, baking soda, flour, and oats together. Add the oat mixture, chocolate chips, and pecan pieces to the banana mixture and mix well with a spoon.
Drop cookie dough on the baking sheet covered with a silpat mat 2 inches apart. Bake for 15-18 minutes or until golden brown. Cool on racks then serve. Enjoy.
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You can tell yourself they are quite healthy too. Look very tasty Pam
Scrumptious cookies! I love the addition of pecans!
bananas cookies sound so good! i just might make these with my kids today!
Great! I've been looking for a tasty- whole wheat flour cookie recipe! Can't wait to try this one out!
You amaze me. Everytime I try to create something it turns out…unedible.
These sound wonderful!
I always end up with a few spare ripe bananas at the end of a case of them. Keeping them peeled in freezer bags means I always have them available for wonderful recipes like this one! Beautiful cookies!
I could drive right over and have some with some coffee??
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these most definitely fit my qualifications for an appropriate breakfast food, but they'd be mighty fine for dessert too. i love the appearance, pam–lovely recipe!
I love your combination of ingredients! These cookies look amazing!
If only I could eat bananas, I'm sure these were delish.
Wow all the great ingredients in one cookie. That is sweet!
Sounds yummy as always, and again as always love the pics and the fact that the kids were incorporated:)
Sounds yummy as always, and again as always love the pics and the fact that the kids were incorporated:)
Sounds yummy as always, and again as always love the pics and the fact that the kids were incorporated:)
Sounds yummy as always, and again as always love the pics and the fact that the kids were incorporated:)
Sounds yummy as always, and again as always love the pics and the fact that the kids were incorporated:)
Sounds yummy as always, and again as always love the pics and the fact that the kids were incorporated:)
Sounds yummy as always, and again as always love the pics and the fact that the kids were incorporated:)
Sounds yummy as always, and again as always love the pics and the fact that the kids were incorporated:)
Sounds yummy as always, and again as always love the pics and the fact that the kids were incorporated:)
Sounds yummy as always, and again as always love the pics and the fact that the kids were incorporated:)
Sounds yummy as always, and again as always love the pics and the fact that the kids were incorporated:)
Sounds yummy as always, and again as always love the pics and the fact that the kids were incorporated:)
I made almost the exact cookies the other night pecans and all!!! (I ground up some some oatmeal for flour and added it to the other flour) They reminded me of muffin tops they were oh so good. Now you've gone and made me want them again. Yours look so much more "professional" than mine did. Thanks for sharing, Pam.
What a delicious combo for a cookie. They all sound like they blend perfectly together, like a banana bread cookie, almost.
LOVE that monster of a cookie! I'll have to borrow some bananas from the cafeteria now!
My hubby would love these – he's all about oatmeal cookies and the banana sounds wonderful in them.
Great idea to use a banana in oatmeal cookies, I can almost taste them!
Oatmeal cookies are my favourite – I love that these have nanners in them!
Banana in cookies always kind of surprises me. But then once i taste it I remember why it is such a good idea. I love the combination in these! Perfect use for an overripe banana.
Those look amazing and super filling!!
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i have a batch of these cookies in the oven now, but I just wanted to let you know in the directions you left out when to put in the egg! I'm new to your site and LOVE it so far!
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Heather
Thank you for letting me know. I am off to correct it now. I hope you like the cookies.
Pam
Pam you knocked this baby out of the park! This is the perfect combination! Cannot wait to try these cookies..
Those cookies look nice and big and really good!
Comp'liments the mix that you've used is fantastic…they are very greedy…and your site is very interesting…a kiss by Luciana
The banana sounds wonderful addition to these cookies!
Ronelle
OMG this looks awesome!
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I love how chunky this cookie is!
Is it wrong that I'm hoping for a snow day one day this week to bake these?
Wouldn't have thought about using banana in cookies, but it sounds just right with these ingredients.
they were fabulous! my husband enjoyed them immensely i did too! they didn't seem to spread like yours but it could have been the butter wasn't as soft. i also added less choc and added in some raisins.
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These are excellent. I didn't have some items so had to make some substitutions. I used 50/50 brown to granulated sugar, old fashioned oats, and a mixture of semisweet to bittersweet chips. This is the first recipe I have tried from your site– I am so going to try some others now. I think I'll start with some more cookies! Thanks so much!
These cookies are very good, but I wondered what I did wrong. They stayed in a little ball just about like I put them on the cookie sheet (with parchment). Would that happen if I used only 1/2 tsp baking soda, because I just remembered putting in the 1/2 tsp salt first, then I used the same 1/2 tsp to put in the baking soda, but maybe forgot to put in 2. At least, it didn’t affect the great flavor!