Vegan Banana Bread Cookies (One Bowl!)

When you can’t decide between banana bread or chocolate chip cookies, these vegan Banana Bread Cookies are the perfect alternative! They come together in just a few minutes in one bowl, and are naturally gluten free and low in sugar. They taste just like Banana Bread, but have the convenience of a cookie!

This recipe is part of my “One Ripe Banana Recipes” series. Sometimes you just have one ripe banana lying around. It may not be enough to make a full Banana Bread, but there is plenty you can do - don't throw it out!

These Banana Bread Cookies are an amazing recipe to make if you only have one ripe banana. You can also try Banana Peanut Butter Granola, Banana Energy Balls, or make your favorite smoothie and add banana!

Easy Banana Bread Cookie Ingredients

What’s in a banana cookie anyways? Do you just take your favorite cookie recipe and add banana?

You certainly could do that for a banana flavored cookie, but these have some more nuances. These cookies are made with ingredients that are all naturally gluten free, grain free, and vegan - so you won’t find any flour, sugar, or butter here.

Ripe Banana. The browner, the better!

Almond Butter. Use an an all natural and runny kind. I like this brand and this brand.

Almond Flour. Keeping these cookies grain free and gluten free, we use some Almond Flour. If you are not Gluten Free, you can certainly sub in regular all purpose flour 1:1.

Coconut Sugar. Coconut Sugar is less refined than Brown Sugar, but you can really use any type of sugar in these cookies. If you use white sugar, they may spread out a bit more!

Chocolate chips! Duh.

In a pinch, you can freeze the banana and save it for a smoothie or future baked goods. We are on team #nofoodwaste over here, so stop throwing away your brown bananas!

How to Make Vegan Banana Bread Cookies

These banana bread cookies have the comforting taste of a homemade banana bread, with the delicious chewiness of a bakery style cookie.

To make them, start by mashing all your wet ingredients together in a large bowl: Ripe Banana, Almond Butter, and Coconut Sugar!

Next, add your dry ingredients and fold everything together. The batter will be tough and sticky - don't worry though! This makes for a perfectly chewy cookie.

Using a silicone spatula here will be especially helpful, since the batter is so thick. If you don't have one yet, I highly recommend getting one ASAP! The one linked here is less than $10 and your baking game will instantly change for the better.

You can enjoy these cookies any time of day - packed with healthy fats and low in sugar, they make an excellent morning snack and won’t make your blood sugar spike!

Tips for making the best banana bread cookies

Use a really ripe banana. One that’s all brown, like even past the brown spots, is ideal. These bananas are at peak ripeness and are sweeter than yellow bananas. They are also softer and easier to mash. Plus, what else are you really going to use it for?

2. Use an all natural runny almond butter. This helps the cookies stay moist and always makes them deliciously dense. These cookies have an incredible texture and chewiness, they are not a super light and airy!

3. Use a cookie scoop to scoop the cookie dough batter onto your baking sheet. This will help ensure the cookies are evenly sized and round.

4. Related to the above tip, spray your cookie scoop with some cooking oil before scooping the dough! The dough will be very sticky so this will help the cookie dough ball release naturally without sticking.

Got more ripe bananas lying around?

Waste not, want not! Try or save some of these recipes for the next time you have brown bananas lying around.

5 Ingredient Blender Banana Bread
Peanut Butter Banana Granola
Vegan Banana Oat Pancakes
Raspberry Dark Chocolate Banana Bread
Vegan Banana Bread Coffee Cake
Paleo Tahini Banana Bread

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