Addictive peanut butter and oatmeal snack variations with banana, sweet potato, Biscoff cookie butter, avocado, overnight oats

Ingredients

• 1.25 cups mashed ripened/browned banana (about 4 not too big bananas, weighed without peel about 10.5 oz)

• 1/2 cup no-sugar added peanut butter (ingredients list should be salt and peanut only (4.5 oz)

• 2 teaspoons honey or real maple syrup

• 1 teaspoon real vanilla extract

• 2 cups rolled oats

• 1/8 tsp each salt, ginger, nutmeg, clove, coriander (skip the ones you don’t have)

• 1/3 cup sweetened cranberries – preferably soaked in dark rum

Instructions

• Get some bananas ahead of time and get them overripened/browned.

• Place the bananas, and all other ingredients except the oatmeal in a bowl and mash them using a butter cutter(see below) or potato masher or use a fork

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• Add the oatmeal and mix it well

• Preheat the oven to 350

• Line an oven sheet with parchement paper and drop 20 to 24 tablespoon cookie butter onto to the sheet.

• Flatten them to a cookie thickness, they will be sticky, they wont expend so place them tightly

• Bake them for 14 minutes

• Let them cool down before enjoying

Variations

• Instead of very ripe banana,

  • you can use baked sweet potato. This is a bit dryer, but tastes nice. Maybe add a banana or two, or some rum

  • you can use ripened avocado and cocoa powder

  • or apple butter or peach

• Instead of peanutbutter

  • try using Biscoff cookie butter and vanilla, but don't add honey or any other spices

• Overnight oats version

  • Make the recipe, and let it jelled in the fridge overnight.

  • I didn't notice significant difference between straight baked vs overnight. I assume overnighted ones were easier to digest.

You should try all, there is one preffered option for sure :), all are great for breakfast and snack for anytime