If bananas, cookie dough, and oatmeal all had a baby - this is what you'd get! This cookie dough oatmeal has the texture and important flavors of an oat cookie dough, and is naturally sweetened with bananas and yogurt.
Course Breakfast, Dessert
Cuisine American
Keyword healthy cookie dough oatmeal
Prep Time 5 minutesminutes
Total Time 5 minutesminutes
Servings 1
Calories 431kcal
Author Snacking in Sneakers
Ingredients
Ingredients:
1/2small banana(I’ve found starchier yellow bananas work better for this compared to brown so the banana taste isn't overpowering)
2tbspunsweetened applesauce
1/4cupplain nonfat greek yogurt(or full fat if you prefer!)
1/2cupquick/instant or rolled oats(not steel cut – for gluten free choose certified GF oats)
1/2tspvanilla
Pinchsalt
1-2tbspdark chocolate chips
1-2tbspshredded coconut(unsweetened or sweetened, your choice)
Instructions
Directions:
Add banana to a bowl and mash with a fork. Add applesauce and yogurt and stir with a spoon until relatively smooth.
Add oats and mix with a spoon until well combined. Stir in vanilla and salt, then fold in chocolate chips and coconut. Enjoy!
Notes
Nutrition analysis (approximate for entire recipe; assumes 2 tbsp chocolate and coconut; assumes sweetened coconut):431 calories, 13 g fat, 8 g sat fat, 157 mg sodium, 68 g carbohydrate, 8 g fiber, 31 g sugar, 12 g protein, Vitamin A: 1%, Vitamin C: 18%, Calcium: 10%, Iron: 16%