Cookies with a banana - a universal treat, because it can be like those who do not count calories, and those who watch their food. It's all about the universality of the banana base, which is equally well suited for making classic shortbread cookies or its healthy alternative from oat flakes, coconut or nut flour.
Cookies from cottage cheese and a banana
Let's start with not the most healthy, but definitely the most delicious variation of the cookie recipe, which is based on the cottage cheese (or ricotta) with banana puree. Due to the sour milk base, the baking turns out to be surprisingly juicy and crumbly.
Ingredients:
- sugar - 315 g;
- butter - 115 g;
- cottage cheese - 390 g;
- eggs - 2 pieces;
- extract of vanilla - 10 ml;
- flour - 470 g;
- baking powder - 2 tbsp. spoons;
- powdered sugar - 155 g;
- milk - 45 ml.
Preparation
- The basis of the cookie reminds of biscuit, as for it it is necessary to beat up soft butter together with granulated sugar approximately 5 minutes.
- The resulting base of oily cream is whipped with cottage cheese and vanilla, add sugar, without stopping the mixer's stroke.
- The latter is added to the mixture dry ingredients: a mixture of flour with a pinch of salt and a baking powder. When the dry ingredients are added, it is more convenient to mix the dough by hand.
- Portions of a thick dough are then laid out on oiled parchment, about a tablespoon, retreating 4-5 cm from each previous serving.
- Biscuits with a banana bake at 180 degrees 15-18 minutes.
Oatmeal cookies with banana - recipe
Due to the viscosity of ripe bananas, cookies can be cooked even without the addition of flour and eggs. Mix bananas with oat flakes, you will get a delicious and healthy treat for every day.
Ingredients:
- ripe bananas - 2 pieces;
- oat flakes - 1 item;
- cinnamon - 2 tsp.
- on a small handful of raisins, chocolate and nuts.
Preparation
- Fry the ripe bananas to a consistency of mashed potatoes. Mix the resulting mass with dried fruits, nuts, chunks of chocolate, cinnamon and oatmeal.
- Well kneading mass for the cookie, spread the portions of the mixture with a tablespoon on oiled parchment. Bake at 180 degrees for 15-20 minutes.
- Due to the ripeness of bananas, cookies with banana and chocolate turn out to be moderately sweet, but if natural sweetness is not enough for you, you can supplement the mixture with honey.
Coconut biscuits with banana
A useful substitute for any sandy liver with a banana will be this coconut treat, which is prepared with only two ingredients.
Ingredients:
- ripe banana - 1 piece;
- coconut shaving - ¾ st.
Preparation
- Beat a couple of ingredients with a blender until you get a uniform mass.
- Form the portions of the mixture into discs and place them on the parchment. Bake at 180 degrees for 20-25 minutes.