Peanut Butter And Banana Cookies

I made these with smooth peanut butter because that's what I happened to have. The taste is great, but I think the texture would be much better with crunchy peanut butter.

In: Sweet Snacks

  Cooking temperature: 170°C

Makes/Serves: cookies

Ingredients

  • 250 g Peanut butter
  • 1 Banana
  • 100 g Soft Brown Sugar
  • 1 Egg
  • 1 teaspoon Vanilla Extract
  • 60 g Gluten Free Plain Flour
  • 100 g Oats
  • 1 teaspoon Bicarbonate of Soda
  • 0.5 teaspoon Salt

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Method

  1. Mash the banana in a large bowl.
  2. Use a smaller bowl to weigh/measure out the flour, oats, bicarb and salt. Mix them together and set aside.
  3. Use an electric hand whisk to beat the peanut butter, banana and sugar together in the larger bowl.
  4. Beat in the egg and vanilla extract.
  5. Mix in the flour mixture. It will make a very sticky dough.
  6. Line some baking trays - I fit 12 cookies per tray and cook them in batches.
  7. Use 2 teaspoons to portion the dough into balls - don't try and roll it in your hands because you'll end up in a very sticky mess! Use a wet fork to flatten the dough down onto the baking trays. Keep wetting the fork to prevent sticking to the dough.
  8. Bake for around 10 mins at 170°C