Banana and Peanut Butter Cookies
Could there be a food combination better than peanut butter and banana? Enjoy the marriage of these two delicious flavors with this recipe for Banana and Peanut Butter Cookies. You won't be able to stop talking about these healthy peanut butter cookies!
Notes
Variation: If you want a stiffer, heavier cookie, add 1/4 cup whole-wheat flour or unbleached white flour to the recipe, and delete 1 teaspoon baking powder. These cookies are very soft and cakelike.
Ingredients
- 1/4 cup safflower oil
- 2/3 cup mild honey
- 4 egg whites, or 1/2 cup egg substitute
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1/2 cup organic peanut butter, to taste
- 1 cup very ripe banana, mashed (about 1 large banana)
- 3/4 cup whole-wheat pastry flour
- 2 teaspoons double-acting baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon salt (preferably sea salt)
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
- Cream together the oil and honey.
- Beat in the egg whites or egg substitute, vanilla, and organic peanut butter, then stir in the mashed banana.
- Sift together the flour, baking powder, and salt and stir into the liquid mixture. Blend well.
- Drop onto lightly sprayed baking sheets by scant tablespoonfuls 1 inch apart.
- Bake at 350 degrees F for 12 to 15 minutes.
- Cool on racks.
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CreativityGoddess
May 29, 2012
Hi nkuzuolu 0194575 - Your choice for egg substitute largely depends on your personal taste, but you can find a lot of helpful information in the following article: http://vegetarian.about.com/od/vegetarianvegan101/f/eggsubstitute.htm Hope this helps! -Editors of FaveHealthyRecipes.com
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