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Healthy treats.
As a healthy-minded momma, I don’t often give my kids sweet things. They usually only have treats on the weekend, and boy, do they look forward to it! Even so, I try to keep their treat options as healthy as possible.
Homemade fudgesicles, homemade peanut butter cups, homemade marshmallows, and healthy cookies are all things they love to enjoy as their treats. And these banana nut butter buckwheat cookies are some of my kiddos’ recent favorites.
They’re free of grain, dairy, and refined sugar (barring whatever sweetener your chocolate chips contain). And, they’re full of nutritious ingredients like bananas, nut butter, honey, cinnamon, raisins, and buckwheat flour.
Yes, this is grain-free.
Yes, that’s right. They’re grain-free and contain buckwheat flour. In case you’re confused, buckwheat is definitely not wheat, and it’s not a grain. It’s actually a pseudocereal, or a seed that is consumed like a grain. Pseudocereals don’t grow on grasses, like grains do, but rather are cultivated as an annual flowering herb. They don’t contain gluten, and are therefore safe for celiacs and gluten-intolerant people to eat.
Buckwheat seeds, or groats, are often eaten whole as a porridge, or a pilaf, and are quite nutritious. It is a wonderful source of amino acids, minerals like manganese, copper, magnesium, phosphorus, and iron, and antioxidants such as rutin, quercetin, and catechin. In fact, it’s so full of these that many people consider it a “superfood!”
Baking with Buckwheat
Long before I knew just how healthy buckwheat was, it had become one of my favorite gluten-free flours to bake with. Though it has a strong flavor some people don’t appreciate, it has a wonderful texture and often doesn’t require the added starches and gums that most gluten-free flours need.
Buckwheat flour makes wonderfully fluffy pancakes and muffins. It even tastes delicious in sweeter treats like brownies and—you guessed it—cookies.
So if you’re looking for an easy, tasty, and nutritious treat for your family to enjoy, give these banana nut butter buckwheat cookies a try!
Banana Nut Butter Buckwheat Cookies (Grain-Free)
Ingredients
- 1 over-ripe banana mashed (about 1/2 c.)
- 1/2 cup nut butter almond, peanut, etc.
- 1/4 cup honey local is always best
- 1/3 cup buckwheat flour
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1/4 cup raisins
- 1/4 cup dairy-free chocolate chips
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350° and line a cookie sheet with parchment paper.
- Mash the banana, then add in remaining ingredients. Mix until well combined.
- Drop dough by heaping tablespoonfuls onto cookie sheet.
- Bake for 12 minutes or until light golden brown.
Notes
Nutrition
The texture on these is amazing! I can’t wait to try them for a healthy after school snack for the kids!
Thanks so much, Celeste! I hope your kiddos enjoy them as much as my do! 🙂
Anything with a nice hefty dose of nut butter!
Haha! Definitely agree, Rebecca. 😉
I love the buckwheat flour in these! I bet they’re delicious. So yummy with the raisins and chocolate too.
Thank, Emily! They are pretty yummy!
It was my first time baking with buckwheat flour. The cookies turned out great with this recipe. I doubled the quantity used there though, to make double batch. Great texture. And full of nutritional things, would be a treat for my 18 month old boy.
I’m so glad you enjoyed them!
I’m just getting into buckwheat and definitely plan on making these. I have all the ingredients on hand!
Great! I hope you enjoy them, Megan!
Great recipe for when you only have one old banana!
Haha. Yeah, that doesn’t happen too often around here, but this is a great use for one!
Raia, thanks for sharing this recipe!
You’re so welcome, Michele!
Fun, simple recipe to riff on. I doubled the recipe, and since my peanut butter was unsalted, I ground some sea salt into the batter. I also added rolled oats for the second baking which added a great texture, and a squeeze of lemon which might be the kind of thing that messes with the chemistry but was nice regardless. I liked the mix of chocolate and raisins since the raisins added a nice chew. Thanks for sharing!
Thanks for sharing your additions! They sound great. 🙂
Hubby and I love buckwheat pancakes, and he suggested for me to find a cookie recipe with buckwheat flour. So when I found this I was excited to try it. They were SO good! Love how healthy they are. Hubby and non vegan friend who I shared these with also loved them. I will bake these again, and soon 🙂
Thanks for the easy and delicious recipe!