Banana Granola Cookies Recipes

BANANA BREAKFAST COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Line cookie sheets with parchment paper.
• Mash bananas in a large bowl. Add oats, raisins, yogurt, and cinnamon. Mix well and allow to sit for 15 minutes.
• Drop spoonfuls of dough 2 inches apart onto the prepared cookie sheets.
• Bake in the preheated oven until lightly browned, about 20 minutes.

GRANOLA BREAKFAST COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
• Mix together flour, baking powder, and baking soda in a bowl; set aside.
• Combine sugar and butter in a large bowl; beat with an electric mixer until mixture has the consistency of a smooth paste. Add eggs and beat until smooth and creamy. Add granola, raisins, and walnuts and beat with the mixer until smooth with a slightly grainy texture. Stir in flour mixture until a dough forms. Drop teaspoonfuls of dough 2 inches apart onto the prepared baking sheet.
• Bake in the preheated oven until cookies are lightly browned on top, about 10 minutes. Cool on the baking sheet for 1 minute before removing to a wire rack to cool completely.

BANANA GRANOLA

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 300°F During that time, chop the almonds, bananas and dates.
• Put the oats (and/or other flakes) on a large rimmed baking sheet.
• Bake, stirring regularly, until lighly toasted, about 15-25 minutes.
• Add the nuts (including coconut) and seeds, and stir to combine.
• Bake 10 minutes.
• Meanwhile, heat the honey, oil and vanilla in a small saucepan, on low heat, stirring until blended. Also, sift together the flour, cinnamon and cardamom.
• Take the baking sheet out of the oven, let it cool a bit and pour the flake/nut mixture into a large bowl. (Leave the oven on).
• Add the flour/spices to the mixture and stir.
• Then, add the honey/oil to the dry ingredtients, stirring until they are well coated.
• Spread on the baking sheet again and bake 20 minutes more, stirring about every 4 minutes.
• When done, mix in the dried fruit.
• Let cool, then store in a tightly sealed container at room temperature for up to 5 days, or in the refrigerator for up to 1 month.
• Enjoy!

BANANA GRANOLA COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375°F.
• In a large bowl of electric mixer, cream shortening and sugar at medium speed. Add egg, vanilla and banana and beat until well blended.
• Stir together flour, cinnamon and salt and add to creamed mixture, mixing just until blended.
• Stir in granola.
• Drop by tablespoonfuls onto a greased cookie sheet about 2 inches apart. Bake 12 minutes. Cool on a wire rack. Makes about 4 dozen.

BANANA GRANOLA WITH CINNAMON, NUTMEG AND WALNUTS

Steps:

• Heat the oven to 325 degrees and line a sheet pan with parchment paper.
• Add the mashed banana to a medium saucepan along with the brown sugar and coconut oil. Stir to combine. Cover and cook over medium heat for 2 to 3 minutes, or until the pot comes to a sputtering boil. (You'll hear it popping.) Cook for another 60 to 90 seconds, swirling the pan often so the mixture doesn't burn.
• Remove the pan from the heat, allow the sputtering to subside, then stir in the lemon juice, vanilla, cinnamon, nutmeg and salt. Fold in the oats and walnuts until combined.
• Spread the mixture out on the prepared sheet pan in an even layer. Using a spatula, press the oats down into a layer that is about 1/2-inch thick. Bake for 25 minutes, rotating halfway through, then remove the sheet pan from the oven and, using a butter knife, break the granola into large, 2- to 2 1/2-inch clusters on the baking sheet.
• Spread the clusters evenly around the pan and bake again until the clusters are a deep golden brown, another 15 to 20 minutes, rotating and tossing halfway through so they don't burn.
• Remove the pan from the oven and allow the granola to cool for at least 30 minutes on the counter to harden slightly. Once the granola has cooled, break it up with your hands into small or medium clusters, depending on preference. Allow to cool completely, at least one more hour.
• Transfer the granola to an airtight container and store at room temperature for up to a month (or in the freezer, where it'll stay crisp for at least 3 months).

GRANDMA'S BANANA COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a cookie sheet.
• Combine flour, baking powder, and salt in a large bowl. Stir mashed banana, sour cream, and vanilla together in another bowl.
• Cream margarine and sugar in a large bowl with an electric mixer. Beat in eggs. Mix in banana-sour cream mixture until incorporated. Add dry ingredients until well combined. Stir in nuts.
• Drop small spoonfuls of batter onto the prepared cookie sheet; cookies do not expand much in the oven.
• Bake in the preheated oven, checking occasionally, until bottoms are light golden brown and cookies are set but still a tad soft, 10 to 12 minutes. Remove cookies to a rack to cool.
• While the cookies are cooling, prepare frosting: Melt butter in a saucepan over medium-low heat. Stir in brown sugar and reduce heat to low. Stir and bring to a boil. Boil, stirring constantly, for 2 minutes. Remove from heat.
• Stir in 1/4 cup milk and bring to a boil again. Remove from heat and let cool, 10 to 15 minutes.
• Gradually stir in powdered sugar until frosting is desired consistency. If frosting hardens while working, stir in a little bit of milk.
• Spread frosting on cooled cookies.