Banana Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies

These cookies are courtesy of Bethenny Frankel.  I made these when we had friends over for dinner and they were a big hit.  All the kids (and adults) loved them!  They are healthy, filling and so delicious.  I made these today in anticipation of  Bethenny's visit to Dallas this week.  haha.  She'll be here Friday for a Skinnygirl Margarita signing and I'm going with some friends.   Her book The Skinnygirl Dish really helped me change what kinds of foods I eat.

1 1/2 cups oat flour
3/4 cup rolled oats
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup raw sugar
1/3 cup chocolate chips
1 teaspoon canola oil
1/3 cup soy milk
1/2 cup banana puree (1 medium-size banana)
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
combine all the dry ingredients in a bowl.
combine all the wet ingredients in a separate bowl. Mix the dry and wet ingredients together, until well combined.
use a medium-size ice cream scoop or a large spoon to scoop batter onto a cookie sheet covered with wax paper.
bake for 12 minutes, rotating the pan halfway through cooking, or bake until the edges of the cookies are light brown.

Notes:  I didn't have soy milk so I used 2% milk.  I also found a bag of Sunspire grain sweetened chocolate chips at Sprouts that are all natural and taste great.  Sunspire does not use any refined sugars, hydrogenated oils, trans-fats or preservatives!  Lastly, these cookies don't flatten out in the oven so I pressed them down a bit with a fork before baking.

TIP:  When finding a recipe online, read some of the reviews.  You can find great tips and tricks for making the recipe as well as different ways to modify it.

Jack Henry enjoying his cookie.