This “love story” started yesterday when I was about to throw away a brownish banana in the garbage. Let’s be honest, who wants to eat that mush? But at a second thought I decided to add some instant oatmeal and make cookies out of it. Nothing to lose, I had some time in my hand.
You need 2 main ingredients:
- 1 cup of instant or regular oatmeal plain (or flavor of your choice);
- 1 ripe banana
Additional ingredients are limited to your imagination and depend on what you have in your pantry. I personally added some cinnamon (highly highly recommend it), about 2 handfuls of walnuts, 1 tablespoon of natural peanut butter and some raisins. Next time I will add some dark chocolate chips and sea salt (yummm).
First put your banana in your food processor and blend it, then add all the other ingredients. When everything is mixed well together make tablespoon sized cookies and put them on parchment paper. You can decorate them with walnuts, cranberries or raisins. Put your cookies in the oven at 350’F for about 13-15mins (if you chose to add cinnamon your entire house will smell like Cinnabons and your kids will lift their heads from their devices, come to the kitchen and ask you what are you baking. They are that good!). Take them out, let them cool down, resist to eat them.
Total preparation time is about 20mins from start to finish. Please try and let me know what you think.
Enjoy,
Xoxo, Irem Wlazlo
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