Almond Flour Banana Cookie Recipe Breakdown

These secretly healthy cookies make the perfect snack, dessert, or breakfast treat! They are chewy and full of banana flavor and chocolate chips in every bite. Plus, they can be made in less than 20 minutes! All you will need for this recipe is a few simple ingredients. The base of this recipe is made from almond flour and overripe mashed banana.

It is important that you use almond flour in this recipe rather than almond meal. Almond meal will not produce the same texture if used in this recipe. Another important note is that you want to ensure the bananas you are using are overripe. You want them to be as ripe as possible in order to produce the sweetest cookie possible since that is where all of the sweetness in this recipe comes from.

If would like a slightly sweeter cookie, you may add a teaspoon or two of maple syrup to the dough.

This recipe is extremely simple and versatile. If you don’t want to add chocolate chips to these cookies, white chocolate and peanut butter chips will both also work well here!

One last note is that these cookies do not spread much in the oven so it is important to shape or flatten them into whatever thickness you desire.

Looking for more healthy cookie recipes? Check out these Healthy Banana Oat Cookies, The Best Vegan Chocolate Chip Cookies, Almond Flour Pumpkin Cookies, Chickpea Peanut Butter Cookies, or my Zucchini Breakfast Cookies! If you try out any of these recipes be sure to leave a comment below or tag me on Instagram!

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Easy Almond Flour Banana Cookies

Course Breakfast, Dessert, Snack

Prep Time 5 minutes minutes

Cook Time 13 minutes minutes

Servings 8 cookies

Ingredients

• 1 cup almond flour
• 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/8 teaspoon salt
• 1/3 cup overripe mashed banana it is important that the banana is very overripe for optimal sweetness
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1/4 cup chocolate chips

Optional

• 1-2 teaspoons maple syrup for extra flavor and sweetness optional but recommended

Instructions

• Preheat oven to 325 degrees and line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
• In a medium bowl combine the first 3 dry ingredients and stir until combined.
• Add the banana, vanilla, and optional maple syrup and stir until combined. Stir in chocolate chips.
• Drop spoonfuls of dough onto pepared baking sheet and flatten into desired thickness (they do not spread in the oven). Bake in preheated oven for about 13-15 minutes or until the bottoms are golden brown and the tops of the cookies no longer appear wet.
• Allow to cool on tray for 10 minutes before moving to wire rack to cool. Enjoy!

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This recipe for Healthy Pumpkin Muffins is vegan, gluten-free, and refined sugar-free! These muffins are packed with warm fall flavors and filled with chocolate chips in every bite.

Fall is my favorite season for many reasons, one of which being all of the pumpkin-flavored desserts! Although in reality, I eat pumpkin desserts all year round because why would I deprive myself of something SO good?! These pumpkin muffins have become one of my latest obsessions, and I am so excited to share this recipe with you!

If you love pumpkin, you will love these healthy pumpkin muffins. They are moist, flavorful, and secretly made with healthy ingredients! The flavor combination of warm spices, pumpkin, and chocolate chips is one that is truly addicting. These muffins make the perfect breakfast, snack, or dessert and I hope you love this recipe as much as we do!

Ingredient Breakdown

This recipe is simple and easy, and can be made in just one bowl. I always start by stirring together all of the dry ingredients to a medium bowl first. Then once everything is evenly combined I stir in the wet ingredients, and lastly the chocolate chips. These muffins are made with healthy ingredients that you can feel good about. Let’s breakdown some of the key ingredients in this recipe:

These muffins call for Almond Flour or Almond Meal, either option will work wonderfully for this recipe. I love using almond flour as a gluten-free flour substitute because the high-fat content keeps baked goods extra moist and decadent. Almonds are also a healthy fat source that contain a variety of nutrients like fiber, protein, vitamin e, and many other antioxidants.

Oat Flour is one of my favorite gluten-free flour alternatives that is easy to make and affordable. To make oat flour, you just have to take regular whole oats and place them in a blender or food processor and blend until flour consistency is reached.

Pumpkin Pie Spice and Cinnamon work together to ensure these muffins are full of warm fall flavors. If you do not have pumpkin pie spice, you can make your own at home by combining ginger, cinnamon, nutmeg, and cloves.

Pumpkin is obviously one of the most important ingredients in these muffins! Make sure that you are using canned pure pumpkin that only lists “pumpkin” on the ingredient list. You do not want to confuse canned pumpkin with pumpkin pie filling, which has many other added ingredients. Pumpkin is not only delicious, but it is low in calories and full of nutrients! It is packed with vitamins and nutrients that are good for your vision, skin, hair, and immune system. Plus, it is linked to many other health benefits.

These muffins call for Dairy-free Milk. I usually use almond milk because it is what I have on hand. Although, you can use any dairy-free milk that you would like. Just make sure it is unsweetened or else the flavor may differ slightly.

Just three tablespoons of Coconut Oil help ensure that these muffins are perfectly moist. You want to make sure that the coconut oil is in its liquid state so you may need to melt it on the stove or in the microwave. This helps evenly combine the coconut oil into the batter.

Of course these pumpkin muffins call for Chocolate Chips because who doesn’t love the combination of pumpkin and chocolate!? The recipe calls for 1/2 cup of chocolate chips, which I think is the perfect amount without being too chocolatey. Although, you can add more or less depending on how much chocolate you like.

If you love these Healthy Pumpkin Muffins, be sure to check out some of my other favorite pumpkin recipes like these Pumpkin Almond Flour Cookies, Pumpkin Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies, Vegan Pumpkin Bread, Maple Pumpkin Granola.

Happy Baking!

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Healthy Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Muffins

Course Breakfast, Dessert, Snack

Prep Time 10 minutes minutes

Cook Time 35 minutes minutes

Servings 12 muffins

Ingredients

• 3/4 cups of almond flour or almond meal
• 1 and 1/4 cups oat flour
• 1 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 1/2 teaspoon pumpkin pie spice
• 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1 cup canned pumpkin
• 1/2 cup dairy free milk
• 1/4 cup plus 1 tablespoon maple syrup
• 3 tablespoons coconut oil melted
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1/2 cup chocolate chips plus more for topping

Instructions

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees and line a muffin tray with 10-12 liners or grease with coconut oil.
• In a medium bowl combine the first 7 dry ingredients and stir to combine. Add the rest of the wet ingredients and stir until combined.
• Stir in chocolate chips.
• Evenly distribute batter into prepared muffin tray and top with additional chocolate chips.
• Bake for about 35 minutes or until a toothpick come out clean and tops are slightly golden brown. Allow muffins to cool on wire rack for 15 minutes before enjoying.

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I know it is the middle of summer, but I love pumpkin all year round. I especially love pumpkin when it is paired with chocolate because chocolate makes everything better!

These Almond Flour Pumpkin Cookies are so good that I have been making them almost every day! There is something so nostalgic about biting into a soft pumpkin cookie that is filled with melted chocolate chips and warm cinnamon flavor. This recipe could not be any easier to make, and utilizes healthier ingredients that you can feel good about splurging on!

why this recipe works

This recipe utilizes a combination of almond flour and oat flour to create a soft, chewy, and naturally gluten-free cookie. Almond flour has a high-fat content. This works wonders in healthy baking to create rich and moist treats like this Vegan Chocolate Banana Bread.

Canned pumpkin not only gives these cookies their delicious flavor but also works as an egg replacement in vegan baking. Pumpkin ensures these cookies are perfectly soft and flavorful.

These cookies get their sweetness from the combination of maple syrup and chocolate chips. After a lot of recipe testing, I found that 1/4 of a cup of maple syrup adds the perfect amount of sweetness.

Pumpkin pie spice and cinnamon work together to ensure that these little gems are filled with warm and comforting flavors in every bite. If you do not have pumpkin pie spice on hand, you can make your own by combining 1 teaspoon of ground cinnamon, 1/4 teaspoon of ground nutmeg, 1/4 a teaspoon of ground ginger, and 1/8 a teaspoon of ground cloves.

Looking for more pumpkin recipes? Try out this Amazing Vegan Pumpkin Bread and these Pumpkin Oatmeal Cookies.

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Pumpkin Almond Flour Cookies

Course Dessert

Prep Time 5 minutes minutes

Cook Time 8 minutes minutes

Ingredients

• 1 cup almond flour
• 1/2 cup oat flour made by processing oats in a blender until flour consistency is reached
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/4 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon pumpkin pie spice
• 1/4 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1/2 cup canned pumpkin
• 2 tablespoons melted coconut oil
• 1/4 cup maple syrup
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla
• 1/3 cup of chocolate chips plus more for topping

Instructions

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees and line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
• Combine the first 7 dry ingredients in a medium bowl and stir until evenly combined. Add the rest of the ingredients (aside from the chocolate chips) and stir until evenly incorporated. Stir in chocolate chips.
• Measure out cookie dough with a tablespoon and evenly place on a baking sheet (these cookies spread a little but not too much). Bake for 8-10 minutes until the bottoms are a light golden brown. Allow cookies 5 minutes to cool on the tray before transferring to wire rack. Enjoy!

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