I’m making cookies today, and peanut butter is on my mind. I also love a super simple, super quick recipe that I can whip up at any point during the day. Banana Oatmeal Peanut Butter cookies are very similar to the 2 ingredient banana and oats cookies, but much better (in my opinion). Bananas and oats make the perfect base for a peanut butter cookie. And the mini Reeses pieces just make it extra special.
At only 1 point each they definitely are a guilt free treat, and can also work for a quick grab and go breakfast when there is no time in the morning to make anything. Just a few ingredients and a little of your time and you will have these whipped up in no time. If you’re a fan of bananas, oats, and/or peanut butter, this is the best way to eat them. Banana Oatmeal Peanut Butter cookies won’t disappoint!
Three reasons why you need to make this recipe!
The only sugar comes from a tiny topping of Reese's pieces.
Cookies can be filled with sugar, but not these. One cookie is under 50 calories and only 2 grams of sugar. Normal peanut butter cookies can have over 9 grams of sugar per cookie. The bananas and oats also add fiber to these cookies, so they won’t spike your blood sugar. This a great recipe if you’re on the diabetic's Weight Watcher program.
It’s quicker and easier than making banana bread.
If you’ve got brown bananas, you may normally turn to making banana bread. But now you have another option. These Banana Oatmeal Peanut Butter cookies use the sweetness of the brown bananas to make a naturally sweet cookie,
It’s as close as you can get to a whole, clean food cookie.
These ingredients are pure and all natural. No artificial flavorings or ingredients you can’t pronounce. No need to search online for random or weird ingredients - just a few bananas, oats, and some peanut butter and you’re good to go. The only processed ingredient is the Reese pieces, but we all need a little fun food in our lives too.
Ingredients you need to make Banana Oatmeal Peanut Butter Cookies:
- 2 ripe mashed bananas
- ¼ cup peanut butter
- ½ cup unsweetened applesauce
- 1 t vanilla extract
- ½ t cinnamon
- 1 ⅔ cup quick or rolled oats
- 2 T mini Reese pieces or peanut butter chips
How to make Banana Oatmeal Peanut Butter Cookies (step by step):
- Preheat the oven to 350F.
- Mash the bananas with a fork or hand mixer, add the peanut butter, and mix well.
- Add the applesauce, vanilla, and cinnamon and continue mixing. Gently stir in the oats.
- Drop by the spoonful onto a parchment lined cookie sheet.
- Top with mini Reese pieces and bake for about 18-20 minutes. Start checking them around 15 minutes though if you have a hot oven. Ovens can range in temperature, so double check just to be on the safe side.
- Let the cookies cool for 5 minutes then transfer to a plate or container.
Makes 28 cookies. Nutrition info for 1 cookie: Calories 46, Fat 2 g, Saturated fat .5 g, Carbs 7 g, Fiber .8 g, Sugars 2.4 g, Sodium 13 mg, Protein 1 g.
WW Points
- Mashed bananas 0 points
- Peanut butter 13 points
- Unsweetened applesauce 0 points
- Vanilla extract 0 points
- Cinnamon 0 points
- Rolled oats 11 points
- Mini Reese pieces or peanut butter chips 10 points
1 point per cookie based on the WW app recipe creator.
1pp each cookie
Different ways to change up this recipe:
- You can use Lily’s no sugar added chocolate chips if you want to lower the sugar. Lily’s has a peanut butter flavor chocolate chip that would work well.
- I used quick oats for this recipe (I like the smaller texture) but if you like rolled or whole oats better, either would work. The only kind that wouldn’t work is steel cut oats. They are just too tough.
- Adding a scoop of Snickerdoodle protein powder or vanilla protein powder would be divine - and a little extra protein never hurt!
- The sweetness of these cookies will depend on how ripe your banana is. If your bananas aren’t all the way there yet, add a few teaspoons of stevia for added sweetness. It doesn’t affect the point value.
Tips and Tricks for Making Banana Oatmeal Peanut Butter Cookies:
- Store them in the fridge in an air tight container for the best results.
- If you don’t have bananas or if you’re allergic to them, you could use pumpkin puree instead. But you will definitely need to add a sweetener like Stevia.
- Adding pumpkin pie spice instead of cinnamon gives it a great fall flavor - and would work so well with white chocolate chips or butterscotch chips.
- If these are really soft when they come out of the oven, make sure to let them cool all the way before removing them from the pan. They will firm up once cooled.
- If you don’t have applesauce, you can add extra banana or use pumpkin puree.
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Banana Oatmeal Peanut Butter Cookies
Ingredients
- 2 ripe mashed bananas
- ¼ cup peanut butter
- ½ cup unsweetened applesauce
- 1 t vanilla extract
- ½ t cinnamon
- 1 ⅔ cup oats
- 2 T mini reese pieces peanut butter chips will work too
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350F.
- Mash the bananas with a fork or hand mixer, add the peanut butter, and mix well.
- Add the applesauce, vanilla, and cinnamon and continue mixing. Gently stir in the oats.
- Drop by the spoonful onto a parchment lined cookie sheet.
- Top with mini Reese pieces and bake for about 18-20 minutes. Start checking them around 15 minutes though if you have a hot oven. Ovens can range in temperature, so double check just to be on the safe side.
- Let the cookies cool for 5 minutes then transfer to a plate or container.
Lamia
How many smart points would these be without the Reese pieces?
Drizzle
Hi, my guess would be 2sp each.. I will try and change it soon, there are still a few recipes lingering that I have not gotten to yet
Michelle
What type of oats did you use. Quick oats?
Drizzle
yes 🙂
Eva DiGiammarino
I don't have applesauce...can I use a substitute?
Drizzle
You can use extra banana
Jody
Ok.." I'm just a tad bit confused... Also new to WW.. lol
But in your recipe you said 1 point per cookie..
But when someone asked what points would be without Reece's Pieces, you said 2.. ??
Drizzle
Hi Jody, I have few older recipes I have not updated yet to smart points, I keep meaning to go back to them but the time gets the better of me.. these are 1 point plus each (old WW program) so for smart points I think they will be 2 each
Jody
I think I've figured it out... lol
Points plus points
Smart Points 🙂
Drizzle
Haha, just saw this after replying 🙂
Brittany
How many does this make?
Brittany
Never mind - found it ????
Drizzle
Glad you found it, enjoy the cookies 🙂
Sharon
Could you give me the nutritional information. I am using my fitness pal and would like to know the nutritional information.
Drizzle
Sorry this is an older recipe, before I started working out the nutritional numbers so I don't currently have them
Jessica Lennox
I just did the math on everything
each cookie comes to 44.9 calories, 3.4 carbs (1.9 sugar), 1.2 protein, 1.7 fat
total for the bach is: 1259 calories, 96 carbs (54g sugar), 35.6g protein, 48g fat
Hope this helps. Looking to add a scoop of snicker doodle protein powder. 🙂
Drizzle
Thanks Jessica 🙂 Some of these older recipes I forget about 🙁
Jessica lennox
Omg no problem 🙂 thank you for sharing! We are making these this week, they look delicious!
Debbie
I put the ingredients into the WW recipe builder and they are 1 SP each, instead of the candies pieces I added sugar free chocolate chips and used old fashion oats, not quick.
Drizzle
Nice! thanks for the info 🙂
Tammy
I just put this into the recipe builder as is except for amount of 24 cookies. Only 1 freestyle point. Yay
Drizzle
That is awesome, thanks for the tip 🙂
Alison
Hi I can't have peanut butter could I add honey or sryup.
Drizzle
Sure, you can try.. not sure they will be exactly the same but it is worth a shot 🙂
Kristin
Can I substitute the peanut butter for pb2? Also couldn't find mini Reese's so I bought regular size peanut butter chips and bought mini m&M's, which would be better to fit into point wise? Last question lol but if I use pb2 does that lessen the points to 1sp?
Thanks!!!
Drizzle
Hi Kristin, I have never used PB2, I know a lot do though and I think it works fine as a substitute, I can't confirm the points as again I don't use it, maybe try building the recipe on the WW recipe builder? I would think the chips and M&M are similar is points, maybe chop up the reg size chips and use those?
Ashley
What do you mean by t? Tablespoon or teaspoon?
Also, do you know the points on the new Freestyle program?
Drizzle
Hi Ashley, these would be the same on freestyle, we still use smart points for freestyle, and only recipes with the new zero point foods changed in points, and t is tsp T is tbsp
Cassie
I joined weight watchers but I don’t understand what you mean when you say recipe builder! Could someone help me and explain?
Drizzle
HI Cassie, when you go into your WW app, press the + then "my foods" then "recipes" then "create" this will now allow you to build a recipe, you will enter how many servings it makes and all your ingredients, then it will figure out the points per serving for you and you can save it
Angela Brown
I made these tonight, and my hubby and I both are that they are terrible. I used natural peanut butter, and steel cut oats. The we're like eating drywall. Did I do something wrong?
Drizzle
Hi Angela, these cookies are definitely not for everyone, with only a few ingredients there really is nothing you could do wrong so to speak, they just might not be what you were expecting .. The texture is not really cookie like but they are a good alternative snack for those that enjoy them, sorry you did not
Gail
HI! I love your recipes:) I just came across this one and will be making it as soon as I have some ripe bananas! I was wondering if these would freeze well?
Drizzle
Hi Gail, yes they should freeze fine, happy baking 🙂
Nicole
Just wondering if you have the freestlye points for this one? Thanks
Drizzle
Hi they will be the same as old smart points, nothing in them is a zero food so there was no changes 🙂
Dolores
I added 1 1/2 teaspoons of Stevia because they weren’t sweet enough for me. Does that affect the point value?
Drizzle
Hi Dolores, no I don't think that will change the point value overall