Sugar-free Banana Cookies (Gluten-free, Paleo, Vegan)

These Sugar-free Banana Cookies are also Gluten-free, Paleo and Vegan. You'll find they're hard to stop eating, so thankfully it's fast & easy to whip up another batch!

With just 5 main ingredients (and two chunky add-ins), these soft cookies will be a new favorite for healthy desserts, to pack in lunches and for holiday platters.

I love the idea of using these cookies as a healthy alternative for those who can't or don't want to eat their sugary counterparts at gatherings!

Course Afternoon tea, Dessert, Lunch Box, Snack

Cuisine American

Keyword banana cookies, gluten-free, no added sweetener, paleo, refined sugar-free, sugar-free, unsweetened, vegan

Prep Time 15

Cook Time 18

Total Time 33

Servings large cookies

Calories 252kcal

Author Megan

Cost $2

Equipment

Ingredients

2 bananas medium ripe with a few black spots (not overly ripe) sliced or in small chunks; [12.5 ounces: unpeeled] (+ slices for topping, optional)
½ cup pecan butter or fine to use almond butter or preferred nut/seed butter; 4 ounces
5 Tablespoons water
1 cup almond flour blanched, 3.5 oz, 99 grams
1 teaspoon baking powder
½ teaspoon sea salt
1/2 cup pecans or walnuts, chopped (+ more for topping, optional)
1/2 cup raisins
optional add-in or sub: ¼ to ½ cup carob chips or chocolate chips

Instructions

Preheat oven to 350℉. Line 1 large baking half sheet (or two smaller cookie sheets) with parchment paper.
To a large mixing bowl, add small banana chunks/slices, nut butter and water. Beat with electric beaters until mostly smooth and creamy.
Add almond flour, baking powder and sea salt. Use a fork to partially mix the baking powder into the almond flour (just so it doesn’t stick to any raisins before being mixed). Add in the pecans or walnuts and raisins. Beat together until fully mixed.
Scoop 10 even mounds if using 2 ounce scoop, onto prepared cookie sheet. Top each with banana slice, and press down slightly, or top all/half with walnut halves on top.
Bake 17 to 18 minutes, or until golden brown and done looking all over.
(Sugar-free Banana Cookies can get darker on the bottom pretty fast, especially when made with pecan butter, but you can't taste the darker bottom; it doesn't taste burned. Just don't cook beyond 18 minutes.)
Cool before eating.
(If you make smaller cookies, cooking time will be a bit shorter.)

Notes

Keto or Low Carb version

Omit the raisins. Or sub LC chocolate chips for the raisins. Net carbs per cookie is 7g.

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