‘C is for cookie and that’s good enough for me’ – Cookie monster
I am on another mission to get more nuts into Baby B’s diet. Since daycare’s quite understandably don’t allow nuts, all his intake has to be at home. He loves cookies, what kid doesn’t? So I thought this would be a fun way to integrate them.
You can use whatever combination of nuts you like. I used cashews, walnuts and pecans. The smell of roasting nuts is so delightful, it automatically warms your home. I love the spicing here too, cardamom for calm and cinnamon for heat.
They only take 20ish minutes including prep, so you can make them with your little one too. Just remember to make sure the bananas are ripe, as that is where the sweetness comes from. This is also a great way to use up those ripe bananas, so there is less food waste from your kitchen.
Ingredients
- 1 1/3 cups different types of nuts (walnut, pecan, cashews)
- 2 ripe bananas, peeled and chopped
- 1 tsp. vanilla powder
- ½ tsp. cinnamon
- ¼ tsp. cardamom
- ¼ tsp. sea salt
- 1 tbsp. raisins
Method
- Preheat the oven to 350F and line a baking sheet with parchment paper
- Use a blender to grind the nuts to a coarse crumble (see picture of the final product, you should still be able to see the nuts) add to a bowl.
- Add your banana to the bowl, along with the vanilla, cinnamon, cardamom and salt and mix until there are no lumps in the bananas
- Stir in the raisins
- At this point you should have a ‘dough’ mixture that comes together. Roll tablespoons of the dough into balls and pat the cookies down to c. ¼ inch
- Place on the prepared baking tray
- Bake for 20 minutes
- To prevent burning flip after 15 minutes. if they are not firm enough to flip, leave for a couple more minutes
- 20 minutes is the maximum they need, as they firm when cooling also
- Cool on a rack
