Banana oatmeal cookies are soft, chewy, and easy to make. These one-bowl, no-chill cookies are a great way to use ripe bananas.
These banana oatmeal cookies are soft and chewy banana chocolate chip cookies. Made with ripe bananas, oats, and chocolate chips, they’re an easy one-bowl, no-chill cookie.
The mashed banana keeps the cookies moist while the oats add texture, making these cookies a great option when you want something a little heartier than classic chocolate chip cookies. They’re a great alternative to banana bread for using up ripe bananas and come together quickly with simple pantry ingredients.
If you’re baking with ripe bananas, you might also like my banana oatmeal muffins, banana oatmeal bread, or more banana recipe ideas. And if you’re a cookie fan, be sure to check out my easy chocolate chip cookies and oatmeal cookies too. Whether you’re baking because you want a snack, dessert, or to share these banana oatmeal cookies are always a hit.
Ingredient notes and substitutions
- Butter: You can use salted butter in place of the unsalted butter and omit the salt.
- Banana: It’s important to use overripe bananas in this recipe for maximum flavor and moisture. The best bananas to use will be yellow with brown spots.
- Egg yolk: Egg yolk helps to add richness and chewiness to the cookies.
- Flour: To properly measure the flour, either weigh it (click “metric” just above the ingredients for the weights) or sift the flour, lightly spoon it into a measuring cup, and level without packing the flour.
- Chocolate chips: You can use semi-sweet chocolate chips, milk chocolate chips, or dark chocolate chips in this recipe. You can also use a combination of chocolate chip and peanut butter chips.
How to make banana oatmeal cookies
Here you’ll find instructions and step-by-step photos showing how to make this recipe. The full recipe, including ingredients, is given below.
Step 1: Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Line baking sheets with parchment paper. Set aside.
Step 2: In the bowl of your stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment or with an electric hand mixer in a large bowl, beat together butter and sugars until well combined.
Step 3: Add the banana, egg yolk, and vanilla. Mix until combined.
Step 4: Add flour, baking soda, and salt. Stir in until just combined.
Step 5: Stir in oats and chocolate chips.
Step 6: Use a 1 ½ tablespoon cookie scoop to scoop cookie dough and place on prepared baking sheets, about 2 inches apart.
Step 7: Bake for about 10-15 minutes, or until cookies are set around the edges but still soft in the center.
Step 8: Let cookies cool completely before removing from the baking sheets.
Recipe Tips!
- Variations: You can add in a little ground cinnamon or swap out the chocolate chips for raisins or craisins add chopped nuts like pecans or walnuts to change up the flavor.
- Freezing: You can freeze baked and cooled cookies or the cookie dough. To freeze scoops of the cookie dough, place the scoops on a baking sheet and freeze until frozen through. Place the frozen scoops of cookie dough in a freezer-safe container, and freeze for up to 1 month. I add about 3-4 minutes to the baking time when baking from frozen but adjust according to your oven as oven temperatures and baking times vary.
Storage
Store the cookies in an airtight container at room temperature. The cookies will keep for about 3 days when properly stored.
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Banana Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies
Equipment
Ingredients
- ½ cup unsalted butter at room temperature
- ½ cup light brown sugar packed
- ⅓ cup granulated sugar
- ½ cup mashed banana about 2 small bananas or 1 large
- 1 large egg yolk
- ½ teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 ½ cups all-purpose flour
- ½ teaspoon baking soda
- ¼ teaspoon kosher salt
- 1 cup old fashioned oats
- ⅔ cup semi sweet chocolate chips
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Line baking sheets with parchment paper. Set aside.
- In the bowl of your stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment or with an electric hand mixer in a large bowl, beat together butter and sugars until well combined.½ cup unsalted butter, ½ cup light brown sugar, ⅓ cup granulated sugar
- Add the banana, egg yolk, and vanilla. Mix until combined.½ cup mashed banana, 1 large egg yolk, ½ teaspoon vanilla extract
- Add flour, baking soda, and salt. Stir in until just combined.1 ½ cups all-purpose flour, ½ teaspoon baking soda, ¼ teaspoon kosher salt
- Stir in oats and chocolate chips.1 cup old fashioned oats, ⅔ cup semi sweet chocolate chips
- Use a 1 ½ tablespoon cookie scoop to scoop cookie dough and place on prepared baking sheets, about 2 inches apart.
- Bake for about 10-15 minutes, or until cookies are set around the edges but still soft in the center.
- Let cookies cool completely before removing from the baking sheets.
Notes
- Butter: You can use salted butter in place of the unsalted butter and omit the salt.
- Banana: It’s important to use overripe bananas in this recipe for maximum flavor and moisture. The best bananas to use will be yellow with brown spots.
- Egg yolk: Egg yolk helps to add richness and chewiness to the cookies.
- Flour: To properly measure the flour, either weigh it (click “metric” just above the ingredients for the weights) or sift the flour, lightly spoon it into a measuring cup, and level without packing the flour.
- Chocolate chips: You can use semi-sweet chocolate chips, milk chocolate chips, or dark chocolate chips in this recipe. You can also use a combination of chocolate chip and peanut butter chips.
- Nutrition values are estimates.
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