Oatmeal Date Cookies

Makes 8 cookies, but trust, you’ll want more.

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup rolled oats. Don’t use instant oats.
• 1/2 cup mashed bananas (1 small banana)
• 1/4 cup peanut butter
• 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
• A pinch of salt
• 2-3 tbsp dark chocolate, chopped (we use Ghiradelli’s 100% cacao unsweetened chocolate)
• 1-2 tbsp dried medjool dates, diced

Instructions

1. Mash banana with PB.
2. Add the rest of the ingredients + mix.
3. Refrigerate dough for 10 minutes. In the meantime, preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
4. Using a spoon, scoop dough onto a cookie sheet if you have one (We just used tin foil).
5. Bake 14-16 minutes.
6. Cool + serve!

Recipe adapted from (https://www.callmepmc.com/healthy-oatmeal-date-breakfast-cookies/)

Written on April 13th, 2020 by Winnie Fong