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 rich, fudgy, and chocolatey Vegan Banana Bread is secretly made with healthy and gluten-free ingredients.

This Vegan Chocolate Banana Bread is the perfect way to satisfy your sweet tooth. Plus, it is totally acceptable to eat for breakfast! After a lot of recipe testing, I am so excited to be sharing this Perfect Chocolate Banana Bread recipe!

If you are familiar with my blog, you know that I am obsessed with utilizing healthy ingredients in vegan baking to ensure that I can splurge on desserts completely guilt-free! This Chocolate Banana Bread recipe is no exception.

Why this recipe works

This recipe is gluten-free, vegan, and refined sugar-free thanks to a wholesome ingredient list. Let’s break it down, shall we?

Oat flour: One cup of oat flour is my favorite gluten-free flour alternative. It can easily be made by placing (gluten-free) oats in your blender blending until flour consistency is reached.

Almond flour: Since almond flour obtains a high-fat content, half of a cup of this ingredient helps create a rich and fudgy banana bread. Similarly to oat flour, if you do not have almond flour, you can blend almonds in your blender or food processor until you have reached flour consistency.

Cocoa Powder: Three tablespoons of cocoa powder adds the perfect amount of chocolate flavor.

Mashed banana: This recipe calls for two mashed bananas which equal a little more than half of a cup. Banana also helps add sweetness and a moist texture.

Maple syrup: Three tablespoons of maple syrup help add a natural source of sweetness.

Coconut Oil: Two tablespoons of coconut oil work alongside the almond flour to help give this banana bread a moist and fudgy texture.

Flax egg: This recipe calls for one flax egg to help give this banana bread structure. Flax eggs are a simple and easy vegan egg replacement to help create the perfect texture in baked goods. Although, if you do not have flax seeds on hand, you can still make wonderful banana bread without it. I have tested this recipe with and without flax egg many times, and it turns out delicious either way.

If you have never made a flax egg before, it’s simple! Just combine one tablespoon of ground flax seeds with 2.5 tablespoons of water and stir. Allow this mixture to sit for 5-10 minutes until the consistency has thickened, and voilà! You now have a vegan egg replacement.

If you love banana bread, check out my recipe for The Best Vegan Banana Bread, Vegan Blueberry Banana Muffins, and Double Chocolate Banana Muffins.

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Vegan Chocolate Banana Bread

Course Dessert, Snack

Prep Time 10 minutes minutes

Cook Time 40 minutes minutes

Total Time 50 minutes minutes

Servings 6 people

Ingredients

• 1 tablespoon ground flax seeds
• 2.5 tablespoons water
• 1 ¼ cups oat flour
• ½ cup almond flour
• 3 tablespoons cocoa powder
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• ¼ teaspoon salt
• 2 mashed bananas about ½ cup plus 2 tablespoons
• 2 tablespoons coconut oil melted
• 3 tablespoons maple syrup
• ¼ cup almond milk or dairy-free milk of choice
• 3/4 teaspoon vanilla
• 1/4 cup of vegan chocolate chips plus more for topping

Instructions

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees and grease a 5.75-inch x 3-inch bread pan with coconut oil (you may use a larger pan, but the bread will come out thinner).
• Make your flax egg: Combine the ground flax seeds with the 2.5 tablespoons of water, stir thoroughly, and allow to sit for 5 to 10 minutes.
• Combine all of the dry ingredients in a medium bowl (oat flour, almond flour, cocoa powder, baking powder, baking soda, and salt). Stir or whisk until evenly combined. Add in the rest of the wet ingredients along with your flax egg and stir until well combined.
• Stir in chocolate chips. Add batter to prepared pan and top with desired amount of chocolate chips.
• Bake in preheated oven for 40-45 minutes (less time if using a larger pan) or until a toothpick comes out clean.
• Allow to cool in pan for 15 minutes before removing from pan. Enjoy!

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