Healthy Banana Bread Bites | Our Favorite Travel Snack

When you’re craving sweets, but not the guilt afterward, whip up a quick batch of these banana bread bites. 

*Pro Tip: You can freeze these cookies and heat them up later. They’re also a delicious snack for traveling! On my 11 hour flight to Italy, I substituted the nasty plane food with these protein & fiber-packed cookies.

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Prep: 15 minutes, Cook: About 15 minutes, Total Time: 30 minutes

Ingredients:

• 2 ½ cups of old-fashioned rolled oats, divided

• ¼ cup chopped walnuts

• ½ teaspoon baking powder

• ¼ teaspoon sea salt

• ½  teaspoon ground cinnamon

• ⅛ teaspoon ground nutmeg

• ⅔ cup mashed ripe bananas (about 2 medium bananas)

• 1 large egg, beaten

• ¼ cup honey or maple syrup

• 1 ½ tablespoons vegetable oil

• 1 ½ vanilla extract

 

Additions (We highly recommend both!)

• ½ cup chopped walnuts or almonds

• ⅓  cup chocolate chips

 

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Instructions:

1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper. Set aside.

2. Add 1 ½ cups of the rolled oats and the ¼ cup chopped walnuts to a food processor. Process until finely ground, almost a flour-like consistency. Pour into a large bowl. Add the remaining 1 cup oats, baking powder, salt, cinnamon, and nutmeg. Mix.

3. In a medium bowl, add mashed banana, egg, honey or maple syrup, oil, and vanilla. Whisk. Transfer wet ingredients to the dry ingredients and mix.

4. Fold in the mix-ins.

5. You can make the cookies any size you want--just remember the cooking time varies with the size. My cookies are a little bit bigger than a golf ball, and they take about 12 minutes. If you make them bigger, they take 14-16 minutes. Scoop the dough into balls onto the prepared parchment-lined baking sheet. Gently flatten the cookies. Bake until golden brown and set. Then let cool completely.