Chewy Banana Almond Butter Cookies
Chewy banana almond butter cookies drizzled with chocolate then topped with crunchy toasted pecans pull double duty as a grab-and-go breakfast and an afternoon snack.
America is hypocritical about a lot of things. For me, breakfast tops the list. I’m not joking. The socially acceptable breakfast foods in this country are a farce. Pancakes and waffles are basically cooked cake batter coated with powdered sugar and maple syrup. Biscuits and jam are just carbs slathered with fruit-flavored high fructose corn syrup. Nutella French toast is literally frosting on butter-fried bread. And don’t even get me started on Pop Tarts.
My sugary point is that no one bats an eye when you start your day with any of those sweets on your plate, but if I have a cookie for breakfast suddenly everyone’s giving me funny looks. It’s a textbook double standard. If your morning pick-me-up is a mocha Frappuccino with 80 grams of sugar people think nothing of it, but crawl out of bed to eat a banana cookie and they lose their freaking minds.
I take exception to this.
Breakfast and cookie are two words that society wants to consciously uncouple but it’s not going to happen on my watch. I say banana almond butter cookies are the breakfast of champions. They are delicious and filling and, let us not forget, portable. I’ve been known to put them in my purse and my pockets. Once I stuffed them in my cheeks like a squirrel.
Pretend I never said that squirrel part. Instead focus on the fact that banana almond butter cookies can go anywhere and be eaten any hour of the day. Breakfast time is not taboo because these cookies are kinda sorta healthy. And they’re vegan to boot. There’s no oil, no butter and no egg. Just banana, nut butter and a few simple pantry staples.
These soft, sink-your-teeth-in-them cookies are sugar and spice and everything nice. You can’t say that about cold cereal. In fact, forget cereal. Banana almond butter cookies put breakfast in a whole new league. Now go hit a home run and try this recipe.
Chewy Banana Almond Butter Cookies
Recipe details
- 12 cookies
- Prep time: 10 Minutes Cook time: 10 Minutes Total time: 20 min
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Can you post nutritional facts such as calories and how many grams of sugar? Thank you