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    Home » Recipes » How to Make Healthy Cookies Your Kids will Love

    How to Make Healthy Cookies Your Kids will Love

    Published: Jun 8, 2017 · Modified: Feb 24, 2019 by Bren

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    Love cookies but want a recipes with no flour, no dairy, no eggs, and no added sugar? You’ve hit the jackpot! You can feel good about serving these delicious cookies to your kids!

    Heathy Cookies with raspberries

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    I adore my children and love to bake them their favorite treats…

    but lately I’ve been a bit of a tyrant when it comes to sugar our intake.

    I’ll I’ve been saying is no, No, NO!

    Just Say No to Sugar

    After a spring filled with school parties, family celebrations, and treat filled activities I knew we needed to get off the sugar train and back on the healthy eating wagon.

    I started the whole family on the 10 Day Sugar Detox from Dr Mark Hyman and I’m loving all the new recipes and focus on healthy ingredients.

    My kids, however, are missing the sweet treats (that are not fruit).

     Healthy Cookies Batter

    Sugar Detox Light

    I’m 100% hard core into the sugar detox but I know I have to take it easy on the kids for a couple of reasons:

    • I want to teach them moderation in eating instead of the all or nothing trap I tend to fall into.
    • The detox recipes are pushing them to try new foods outside their comfort zone (and they are being real troopers!).
    • With summer activities in full swing my kids are getting tons of exercise.
    • Life is miserable with unhappy kids.

     

    No Sugar No Flour No Dairy No Eggs

    You can whip up a batch of healthy cookies in no time with simple ingredients you probably have on hand.

    This recipe uses no flour, no dairy, no eggs, and no added sugar but still make delicious cookies. How is this possible?

    • The banana takes the place of refined sugar make the cookies sweet.
    • The oatmeal takes the place of wheat flour given them the smooth texture with no gluten (no special flours needed)
    • Nut butter adds healthy fat that give the cookies the yummy-nummy “mouth feel” without dairy.

    My favorite thing about this cookie reci[pe? You don’t need any of the special ingredients sometimes called for in gluten-free recipes (no coconut flour, almond flour,  xanthan gum, or guar gum) and they have absolutely no artificial sweetener. SCORE!

    Healthy Cookies on cookie sheet

    How to Make Healthy Cookies with Oatmeal

    Oatmeal is not as smooth as wheat flour. To get a more traditional cookies texture I mix the batter in my food processor. This chops the oats into smaller pieces and makes sure there are no banana chunks in the cookies.

    Once the batter is prepared you can add your own mix ins to customize the flavor. We love adding frozen raspberries, nuts, chocolate chips and even shredded coconut. (The cookies are also delicious plain!)

    • Since the cookie dough is sticky it is easiest to add the mix ins to the top of the cookies once they are on the cookie sheet.
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    Healthy Cookies baked

    Healthy Cookies with No Sugar No Flour No Dairy and No Eggs

    ★★★★★ 4.3 from 3 reviews
    • Author: Bren
    • Prep Time: 5 minutes
    • Cook Time: 15 minutes
    • Total Time: 20 minutes
    • Yield: 13 cookies 1x
    • Category: Baked Goods
    • Cuisine: American
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    Love cookies but want a recipes with no flour, no dairy, no eggs, and no added sugar? You’ve hit the jackpot! You can feel good about serving these delicious cookies to your kids. Add your favorite add ins.


    Ingredients

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    • 2 large bananas, very ripe (3/4 cup mashed banana)
    • 1 cup old fashioned oats
    • 3 tbsp peanut butter or almond butter (no sugar added)
    • 1/2 tsp cinnamon
    • 1 tsp vanilla extract
    • 1/8 tsp salt

    Instructions

    1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
    2. Add bananas to food processor and blend until smooth.
    3. Add remaining ingredients and blend until well combined and smooth.
    4. Scoop 2 tbsp of batter per cookie onto parchment lined cookie sheet.
    5. Smooth slightly into cookie shape.
    6. Add a few pieces of fruit, nuts, or chocolate chips (if desired).
    7. Bake cookies for 12-14 minutes.  The cookie may look slightly unbaked on the surface but should be cooked through, check by breaking open a cookie.


    Nutrition

    • Serving Size: 1 cookie
    • Calories: 52
    • Sugar: 1.3
    • Sodium: 23.3
    • Fat: 2.3
    • Carbohydrates: 6.7
    • Protein: 1.7

    Keywords: healthy cookies

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    More Healthy Cookies

    Check out my Healthy Chocolate Cookies too. They are so healthy you can eat them for breakfast!

    Healthy Chocolate Cookies FB

    Baking with Kids

    These cookies are easy to make, only contain a few ingredients, and don’t take long to prepare. It’s the perfect recipe to make with young kids.

    Plus, as a bonus, the cookies contain no eggs so you don’t have to worry about little people licking their fingers… MOM win!

    Healthy Cookies baked

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    Reader Interactions

    Comments

    1. Melody Marini

      June 13, 2021 at 9:37 am

      Can you substitute steel cut oats?

      Reply
      • Bren

        July 20, 2021 at 9:38 am

        I have not made them with steel-cut oats. Let me know if you try!

        Reply
    2. Julia

      December 15, 2019 at 6:27 pm

      I’d like to know if applesauce will work instead of banana, as we have banana allergies here. Thank you.

      Reply
      • Bren

        December 17, 2019 at 8:32 am

        I’ve never made the recipe with applesauce, sorry!

        Reply
    3. Michèle

      August 21, 2019 at 6:28 am

      Hi Bren!

      Do you think I can freeze the cookie dough? Would that work?

      Reply
      • Bren

        September 30, 2019 at 2:43 pm

        I’ve never tried freezing the dough, it might turn brown/black due to the bananas.

        Reply
    4. Tracy

      June 15, 2019 at 6:30 pm

      The batter was runny. Maybe I over processed the bananas. I added a Tbl of ground flax, shredded coconut and almond flour each. They turned out great! Thank you!!
      Tracy from Northern California

      ★★★★

      Reply
      • Bren

        September 30, 2019 at 2:56 pm

        Thanks, Tracy!

        Reply
    5. Christie

      March 17, 2019 at 12:03 pm

      How much fiber are in these?

      Reply
      • Bren

        March 18, 2019 at 10:30 am

        1.3g per cookie if you make 13 cookies.

        Reply
    6. Dhanashree

      January 27, 2019 at 5:32 am

      Hi! Can I replace the peanut butter with olive oil? In what proportion?

      Reply
      • Bren

        January 27, 2019 at 1:15 pm

        No, replacing the peanut butter would change the consistency of the cookies. You can use any nut butter or spread: cashew, sunflower, almond or even Nutella.

        Reply
    7. Maria

      May 05, 2018 at 3:48 pm

      Hello, thanks for the healthy recipe; for how long do they last fresh?
      Should I store them in the fridge?

      Reply
      • Bren

        May 09, 2018 at 9:00 am

        I keep them on the counter for about 4 days, in the refrigerator for up to a week or freeze.

        Reply
    8. Mary

      April 24, 2018 at 11:04 am

      So glad I stumbled upon these recipes! My husband is a VERY picky eater, with no fruits or vegetables in his diet (Do french fries count??) He also doesn’t like fish. So what’s a wife and moom to do when it comes to eating healthier?

      Reply
      • Bren

        April 24, 2018 at 11:40 am

        I hope the cookies are a hit! I like “sneaky” fruits and vegetables!

        Reply
    9. Norma

      January 09, 2018 at 8:00 pm

      Why do my cookies crumble??

      Reply
      • Bren

        January 14, 2018 at 7:14 pm

        I’m not sure, Norma. Did you measure the ingredients precisely and use old fashioned oats?

        Reply
    10. barbara

      August 22, 2017 at 11:28 am

      Is there anything that we can replace the peanut butter or any kind of nuts butter with cannot send him to school if they have any kind of nuts in them

      Reply
      • Bren

        August 22, 2017 at 2:02 pm

        I’ve never made them without peanut butter or almond butter but you may be able to substitute sunflower seed butter. Good luck!

        Reply
      • Asma

        November 24, 2018 at 3:34 am

        Sesame paste will give you same taste and texture.

        ★★★★

        Reply
    11. Stephanie

      June 24, 2017 at 1:46 pm

      My kids love these!

      ★★★★★

      Reply
      • Bren

        June 25, 2017 at 9:43 am

        I’m so glad they love the recipe!

        Reply

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