I don't bake during summer months, that's why I'm excited when fall comes because I miss baking so much!
I wanted to make cookies and something with chocolate, but I also wanted to make a healthy recipe and voilà , I made these delicious 5-ingredient chocolate cookies. It's a super simple recipe, which is also vegan and gluten-free and you only need just a few ingredients: oats, bananas, maple syrup, almond butter and raw cacao or cocoa powder. You need to try these beauties, they're life-changing. ?
I love the blogs or books that share pictures of the process, so we try to take some photos whenever we can, especially when we bake. You can see the dough in the picture above and the cookies before and after baking in the picture below.
We don't use oats very often here in Spain. I tried them two years ago and now they're one of my favorite ingredients. I love how they taste, they're inexpensive and there are so many recipes you can make using oats!
Tips:
- Feel free to add other sweetener or nut butter.
- You can also use coconut oil, applesauce or pumpkin purée instead of the almond butter or even omit this ingredient and add more syrup or banana.
- If you don't like bananas, you can use applesauce instead. Mix all the ingredients in a bowl and then add the applesauce gently.
- I love raw cacao, but it's more expensive and hard to find than unsweetened cocoa powder.
5-Ingredient Chocolate Cookies (Vegan + GF)
Ingredients
- 4 mashed bananas
- 6 tablespoon maple syrup
- 4 tablespoon almond butter
- 4 tablespoon raw cacao or unsweetened cocoa powder
- 4 cups rolled oats
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 180ºC or 355ºF.
- Mash the bananas in a bowl, then add maple syrup, almond butter and cacao and stir.
- Add the rolled oats and stir until well combined.
- Scoop the dough (about 1.5 tablespoons each) onto baking sheet with baking parchment. Press down on the dough mounds with your hands or a tablespoon to slightly flatten.
- Bake the cookies until golden brown (for about 15 or 20 minutes).
- Remove and let set for about 5 minutes on the pan. Then transfer the cookies to a cooling rack until they are cool.
Nutrition
DID YOU MAKE THIS RECIPE?
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Lindz says
Is it necessary to add any sugar/syrup since the banana has a ton of sugar already. Thanks.
Iosune says
Hi Lindz! No, you don't need to add any sweetener 🙂
Wendy@TheNomadicVegan says
Hi Iosune,
I'm eating one of these as I type, and it's yummy! I plan to start bringing these to work as a kind of backup treat for myself for those times when there are other (unhealthy and non-vegan) temptations lurking in the office. I like the pumpkin idea too!
Iosune says
Hi Wendy! I'm so glad you like them! It's really important to have healthy, vegan alternatives on hand 😉 Have a nice day!!!
Ananda Vardhana dasa says
is there caffeine in cacao and raw cocoa powder ? Also I m on a sugar -free diet so what can i use instead of maple syrup ? Thanks for your great site ! Hare Krishna
Iosune says
Hi Ananda! Raw cacao and cocoa powder contain caffeine. You can use any sweetener you want 🙂 Have a nice day!
Susan says
Such a quick and easy, and healthy, cookie recipe! I halved the recipe, because I only had one ripe banana, and used half a cup of pumpkin purée in place of the second. The pumpkin didn't sweeten it as much as a banana would have, so I tossed in a few mini chocolate chips as well.
They turned out deliciously - thanks!
Iosune says
Hi Susan! Sounds delicious! I need to make these cookies with pumpkin purée, I love pumpkin!!! 😀