Oatmeal cookies made from banana and oatmeal

Step-by-step cooking

1. Step 1:

   

   How to make oatmeal cookies from banana and oatmeal? Prepare the products. Oat flakes are suitable for any — both fast cooking and those that cook for a long time. Depending on the quality of the flakes, the cookies will turn out either soft or coarser in structure. I took the flakes, which cook for 5 minutes. Choose ripe bananas, even overripe ones — the cookies will turn out more fragrant. Wash the raisins and pour boiling water over them.

2. Step 2:

   

   Break the banana into a bowl. Mash it with a fork until it is mashed. If there are small pieces left, it's not scary, it will even taste better. At this stage, you can add sugar or honey. Add them to taste, depending on the sweetness of the banana. I put in cane sugar. Pour in the odorless vegetable oil. Mix it up.

3. Step 3:

   

   In a separate bowl, pour oat flakes, salt and any other additives — seeds, nuts, spices. I took sesame and sunflower seeds. Flax seeds, ground cinnamon, nutmeg, vanilla are also suitable. Mix the flakes with the additives.

4. Step 4:

   

   Pour the cereal mixture into the banana mass in portions and mix until smooth. At first it will be convenient to stir with a fork, then with your hands. If the mass is too dry, you can add a little more banana or pour in a couple of spoonfuls of water.

5. Step 5:

   

   Add the dried fruits and baking powder last, mix. Raisins, steamed by this time, before that, throw them on a sieve. In addition to raisins, you can put dried cranberries, cherries, prunes, dried apricots, candied fruits. Cut large dried fruits into smaller pieces.

7. Step 6:

   

   Cover the baking sheet with baking paper. With your hands moistened with cold water, make balls the size of walnuts out of the oatmeal mass. Lay them out at a distance from each other. I got 12 pieces.

8. Step 7:

   

   With a spoon or the bottom of a glass, press the balls on top to make a flat cake. Here I will advise you to make thinner cookies, then they will bake faster and better.

9. Step 8:

   

   Bake cookies in an oven preheated to 170 °C for 20 to 30 minutes. The exact time will depend on the characteristics of your oven and the thickness of the cookies. The finished cookies will turn golden. Remove them from the oven and cool completely.

10. Step 9:

    

    Serve the cookies to the table. Bon appetit!