I don’t claim to have invented this recipe, in fact I’ve seen loads of variations of it knocking around the internet recently but I can’t remember where I found this particular one. I think it was on Pinterest somewhere.
I’ve called this ‘baby-friendly’ but really it’s for quite old babies that are capable of eating well and have plenty of teeth. These cookies can be quite chewy. It’s an odd texture and it’s hard to describe unless you’ve tried one. It’s kind of rubbery? But not in a bad way.
The best thing about these cookies is that they have no added sugar, they just use the sweetness from the bananas. There are only two ingredients (or 3 if you want to be a bit naughty and add chocolate chips like I did!) and are a healthy and cheap alternative to baby snacks you buy in the shops like rusks etc.
Banana & oat cookie recipe
- 2 bananas
- 100g porridge oats
(- chocolate chips/raisins/whatever else you want to add in)
1. Preheat the oven to Gas Mark 4
2. Mash the banana in a bowl
3. Mix banana & oats together (and add any extra bits like raisins, chocolate chips etc)
4. Spoon mixture out onto lightly greased baking tray (don’t worry about putting them close together as these cookies don’t really expand)
5. Bake in the oven for 10 minutes
6. Try not to scoff the lot