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Healthy Pear Oatmeal Cookies

You'd never guess that these six simple ingredients make such a delicious cookie! Easy to customize and even easier to make, these chewy pear cookies are worthy of putting on repeat.

Prep Time
10 mins
Cook Time
10 mins
Total Time
25 mins
Servings: 12 cookies
Calories: 183 kcal
Course: Dessert , Baked Goods
Cuisine: American

Ingredients

  • 2 ripe bananas mashed (⅔ cup)*
  • 1/4 cup (60ml) pure maple syrup
  • 2/3 cup (160g) unsweetened almond butter
  • 2 cups (200g) rolled oats
  • 1 ½ tsp ground cinnamon
  • ½ tsp sea salt
  • 1 fresh pear peeled and chopped
Optional Additions:
  • ¼ tsp ground nutmeg optional
  • ½ tsp pure vanilla extract

Instructions

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  1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit and line a large baking sheet with parchment paper.
  2. Mash the ripe bananas in a mixing bowl until they are creamy. Add in the pure maple syrup and creamy almond butter and mix until the wet ingredients are completely combined. Note: if your almond butter has been sitting in the refrigerator or is not at room temperature, microwave it for 30-60 seconds, until it becomes easy to stir.
  3. Add the dry ingredients to the large bowl (oats, cinnamon, sea salt, and chopped pear) and mix well until a thick, sticky dough forms.
  4. Drop dough onto the prepared cookie sheet using a spoon. The cookies won’t spread very much during the baking process, so make them any size you want. I like to make 12 medium to large sized cookies, but you can also go giant or small.
  5. Bake cookies for 10 to 15 minutes on the center wrack of the preheated oven (depending on size). For 20 small cookies, bake 10 to 12 minutes, for medium-sized cookies, I bake for 14 to 15 minutes, and for large cookies, bake 15 to 18 minutes.
  6. Remove the pear cookies from the oven and allow them to cool to room temperature before moving them from the baking sheet using a spatula. You can move them to a wire rack after 10 minutes of cooling if you'd like. Serve and enjoy!

Notes

  • *If you don’t like bananas or if you have a banana allergy, replace the mashed bananas with ⅔ cup of unsweetened applesauce.
  • *If you don’t like bananas or if you have a banana allergy, replace the mashed bananas with ⅔ cup of unsweetened applesauce.
  • Store cookies in a zip lock bag or an airtight container in the refrigerator for up to 1 week. I don’t recommend storing the cooking at room temperature for longer than one day because of the moisture content.

Nutrition Information

Serving 1cookie (of 12) Calories 183kcal (9%) Carbohydrates 23g (8%) Protein 5g (10%) Fat 8g (12%) Saturated Fat 1g (5%) Sodium 98mg (4%) Fiber 4g (16%) Sugar 9g (18%)

Nutrition Facts

Serving: 12cookies

Amount Per Serving

Calories 183

% Daily Value*

Serving 1cookie (of 12)
Calories 183kcal 9%
Carbohydrates 23g 8%
Protein 5g 10%
Fat 8g 12%
Saturated Fat 1g 5%
Sodium 98mg 4%
Fiber 4g 16%
Sugar 9g 18%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.