Chewy and Healthy Flourless Banana Cereal Cookies held together by peanut butter powder! Made with oatmeal and cheerios, these delicious peanut butter banana cookies are perfect for breakfast. Vegan, gluten free and sugar-free too!
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Who wouldn’t want to eat cookies for breakfast?
Other than the usual oats, these banana cookies use actual breakfast cereal, so there’s that excuse you were looking for 🙂
They did give me more of a breakfast vibe, but that definitely doesn’t mean you can’t have these peanut butter cookies as dessert – or even a healthy snack!
The Key for these Healthy Flourless Banana Cereal Cookies
Instead of using real peanut butter like most of those 3 ingredient peanut butter banana oatmeal cereal cookies you find, these ones use peanut butter powder, or powdered peanut butter.
It’s basically dehydrated peanuts, where most of the natural oils – i.e. the fatty part – has been removed from the roasted peanuts. So all you’re left with is a powder. Here’s a link to some more details.
And the magical part here is that when you”rehydrate” it by adding a bit of water, you get a spread that’s just like peanut butter but without all that fat.
All the ingredients for Peanut Butter Powder Banana Cereal Cookies:
Other than the powdered peanut butter, these banana cookies are made with breakfast foods like oatmeal and cereal, and a few pantry staples.
- A very ripe Banana
- Instant Oats or Quick Oats or even Rolled oats here
- Cheerios Cereal a classic breakfast cereal; Also gives you peanut butter banana cheerio cookies 🙂
- Peanut Butter Powder also called Powdered Peanut Butter; PbFit and Pb2 are my go-to.
- Almond Milk
- Vanilla Extract
- Baking Soda
How to make peanut butter powder banana cookies:
Other than being healthy, this flourless banana cereal cookies recipe is super easy because it comes together in just one bowl!
I guess you do need that food processor for a bit at first, but if you’re feeling adventurous, drop that part and let me know if it still works.
- Prep: Preheat you’re oven to 350 and line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
- In a food processor, process the oats for a bit to make a rough flour.
- Mash the banana in a bowl with a fork.
- Add in the wet ingredients (vanilla and milk) and whisk.
- Now add in the dry ingredients (oats, cereal, peanut butter powder and baking soda) and mix it all up.
The mixture will be quite sticky.
- Use a spoon to scoop out some of the mix, place it on a parchment lined baking sheet and shape them.
The cookies won’t spread so go crazy on the shape if you want!
- Now just bake them for 10 minutes.
Don’t forget to let the cookies cool down a bit! They’re going to be fairly soft otherwise.
Can you store peanut butter banana cereal cookies
Yes! These peanut butter powder oatmeal cookies make a great meal prep breakfast, snack or dessert option. They’re freezer friendly too!
You can keep these in a sealed airtight container on the countertop for about 2 days, in the fridge for maybe 5 days, and in the freezer for even a few months!
Can I use real peanut butter for Banana oatmeal cereal cookies
Yes! I used PbFit powdered peanut butter for these cookies to make them low fat and low calorie, but you can definitely replace it with actual peanut butter too. You want to make sure you don’t add the milk in this case. You might also be able to skip on the baking soda since the fat from the peanuts will give them the rise they need.
What about chocolate chips?
Feel free to throw in some chopped chocolate bars, chocolate chips, or even raisins and you have a healthy chocolate chip breakfast cookie!
Are flourless banana cereal cookies healthy?
Yes!
The chewy banana cereal cookies are gluten free!
Since there’s no flour used in these peanut butter banana cereal cookies, you can easily have a gluten free recipe if you make sure to use gluten free oatmeal. Either rolled, instant or quick oats work here.
Be sure to not use steel cut oats though, haha.
Sugar free too
These cookies have no added sugar – they’re naturally sweetened by the banana itself, and are perfect for a sugar-free way to satisfy those sugar cravings.
One thing you want to watch out for though is the sugar in peanut butter powder. A lot of brands add sweetener to their powdered peanut butter, so make sure you buy one that doesn’t so that you truly have a sugarfree cookie recipe.
Banana Oatmeal Cereal Cookes are Vegan and Dairy free!
There’s no egg, no egg white, no milk and no butter in these banana bread cereal cookies, so they’re perfect for anyone looking for a non dairy or specifically Vegan recipe.
They keep well for a week, but I got a feeling you’re not going to bring out that cookie jar at all.
Some more Peanut Butter Banana Breakfast Recipes to try
- Peanut Butter Powder and Oatmeal Banana Bread
- Super Skinny Chocolate Peanut Butter Marbled Banana Muffins
- Peanut Butter Banana Oatmeal Bake
- Thick & Creamy Peanut Butter Banana Protein Shake
Healthy Flourless Banana Cereal Cookies (Gluten Free & Sugar Free)
Ingredients
- 1 medium Overripe Banana, ½ cup mashed, 120
- ⅔ cup Instant or Rolled Oats, 60g
- ⅔ cup Cheerios, 18g
- ⅔ cup Peanut Butter Powder, 85g
- ½ tsp Baking Soda
- 6 Tbsp Almond Milk
- ½ tsp Vanilla Extract
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°F.
- Place oats in a small food processor and process until it gets a rough flour-like consistency.
- In a bowl, mash the banana with the back of a fork until smooth.
- Add almond milk and vanilla and whisk.
- Add oats, cheerios, peanut butter powder and baking soda and mix.
- Optional: Fold in about 3 Tbsp of any mix-ins if using.
- Scoop out about 2 Tbsp mixture at a time, and place on a cookie sheet. Flatten or shape as desired (cookies will not spread).
- Bake for 10 min or until golden brown. Let rest on pan for about 5 minutes to firm up. Transfer to wire rack to cool completely.
Notes
- Cool cookies completely before storing.
- Room temperature: 2-3 days in an airtight container.
- Fridge: 5 days in an airtight container.
- Freezer: 3 months in an airtight, freezer-safe bag. Thaw before eating.
- PbFit Original Powdered Peanut Butter
- Servings: 12 3” wide cookies | Serving size: 1 cookie
- Calories: 62kcal
- Fat: 1.4g | Saturated fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 9.1g | Fiber: 1.8g | Sugar: 1.8g
- Protein: 4.6g
Should the parchment paper be lightly greased for this recipe?
Hi Cindyzee! I’m so excited you want to try this recipe out.
You don’t need to grease the parchment paper here. The greasing would be required if you’re using just the plain (un-lined) cookie sheet.
I’d love to know how they turn out!