# Banana Oat Toddler Cookies

By Garrett (Bear) · 2026-11-02 · https://ricottabear.com/banana-oat-toddler-cookies


Soft banana oat cookies for little hands: no added sugar, held together with flax and chia, and easy to bend to whatever is in the kitchen.

## The story

A soft, barely sweet cookie for my toddler, closer to a little oat bar than a crunchy cookie. Banana and applesauce do the sweetening, and the flax and chia thicken the applesauce so the cookies hold together and come out a bit denser, which is good for small hands.

It bends to whatever is in the kitchen. Got three ripe bananas? Tap 3x and everything scales with them. No chia, no flax, or no banana at all? The swaps are under Substitutions.

## Recipe: Banana Oat Toddler Cookies

Soft, no-added-sugar banana oat cookies for toddlers, with applesauce, egg, flax, chia and cinnamon. Mix, rest 10 minutes, scoop and bake.

> Status: UNTESTED. The author has not made this yet; quantities and timings may change.

- Makes: 12 cookies (about, depending on scoop size)
- Prep: 10 min
- Bake: 15 min
- Total: 35 min

### Ingredients

- 1 ripe banana, mashed
- 79 ml (⅓ cup) unsweetened applesauce
- 1 egg
- 237 ml (1 cup) instant oats, or pulsed Coach’s Oats
- 1 tbsp ground flax
- 1 tbsp chia seeds
- ½ tsp ground cinnamon

### Method

1. **Heat the oven.** Heat the oven and line a baking sheet with parchment. Oven: 350°F / 180°C (160°C fan).
2. **Mix.** Mash the banana in a bowl, then mix in the applesauce and egg. Stir in the oats, flax, chia and cinnamon.
3. **Rest.** Leave it 10 minutes so the chia and flax soak up the extra moisture and thicken it.
4. **Scoop and bake.** Scoop onto the baking sheet and bake 14 to 16 minutes.

Notes: Not counted yet: the number of cookies depends on your scoop, so the 12 here is a guess until the first batch.