Whipped Banana-Cashew Butter Chocolate Chip Chippers

My family is on baby watch today. My sister is being induced this morning, and hopefully we'll have a new member of our family in a few hours. Or maybe it takes longer than a few hours? I have no idea. I guess it could be tomorrow before she has her baby boy.

It's very exciting! I hope I get to meet him after work today. Anyway, I must hurry along with this recipe... I stayed up too late baking a cake that was a failure, and biscuits for Eric. I used a biscuit recipe from Allrecipes, and it was only so-so. I feel like I could have made better biscuits on my own. And the cake was just weird... I used yeast in it as an experiment. It's bread-cake. It's very confusing. It tastes good, but I don't know if any of you would actually bake it, so I probably won't bother posting it.



These cookies are on the healthier side. Only because I used very little butter - I mostly used cashew butter for the fat. I also used oats, banana, and whole wheat flour, so I guess they're pretty nutritious.

These cookies are delicious! They're actually pretty crisp for a banana cookie. I took a few extra steps, when making the dough, to make them very flavorful. I toasted the oats and browned the butter. It only takes an extra ten minutes, and it's worth the time.



I took these into work and didn't tell everyone that they were "healthy", and everyone seemed to really enjoy them. Of course they have chocolate chips in them, though. Everyone loves chocolate chips.

I love this recipe because it uses cashew butter. You can find some good cashew butters out there to use, or you could make your own by pureeing cashews. Mmm cashews <--- Might be my favorite nut.
Feel free to use peanut butter or almond butter, as well.


Whipped Banana-Cashew Butter Chocolate Chip Chippers
Printable Recipe

1 1/2 cups old fashioned oats
3 tablespoons unsalted butter
1 medium ripe banana, mashed
3/4 cup packed brown sugar
1/2 cup granulated sugar
1/2 cup cashew butter
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 large egg
1/2 cup unbleached all purpose flour
1/2 cup whole wheat flour
3/4 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips

Cook oats in a small saucepan, over medium heat, for 3-4 minutes, stirring frequently, until fragrant and light golden brown.

Melt butter in a small saucepan over medium heat; cook 2-3 minutes, whisking frequently, until butter browns and starts to foam. Remove pan from heat and set aside.

Add melted browned butter, banana, brown sugar, granulated sugar and cashew butter to a large mixing bowl. Beat ingredients together, using a mixer on medium speed, until well incorporated - about 1-2 minutes. Beat in vanilla and egg until combined - about 1 minute. Reduce mixer speed to low and beat in oats, all purpose flour, whole wheat flour, baking soda and salt until combined. Stir in chocolate chips until combined.

Chill dough in refrigerator for 30 minutes.

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Coat cookie sheets with nonstick cooking spray.

Drop rounded tablespoons of dough onto cookie sheets, about an inch apart. Bake 10-12 minutes or until light golden brown around edges; cool 1 minute before transferring cookies to wire racks to cool completely.

Makes 2 dozen cookies