She Says: Barney Butter & Banana Cookies
When I received, from Jennifer Barney herself, some of the Blog Famous Barney Butter I was truly excited. I’d been reading about the stuff for months, but living in Rhode Island, had none available to me. Thank you so much Jennifer!
My feelings toward Barney Butter are complicated. You see, I do not actually like peanut butter that tastes like Skippy or Jiff. I’ve only ever had the natural, unsalted kind and I love that and only that. Same is true for almond butter – only ever had the pure almond butter stuff and love it. Barney Butter is not what I’ve come to know and love as almond butter, but rather, it’s like a much healthier, nutritious version of Skippy for almond butter. If you grew up liking skippy, I can guarantee you will like Barney Butter and it will be better for you because the only ingredients are almonds, evaporated cane juice, palm fruit oil and sea salt. See Mark for an example of an instant Barney Butter Lover.
For me, however, it was a little too sweet to eat with bread or oats. I guess I prefer a more savory nut butter for every day use and Barney Butter is a sweeter, creamier type of nut butter. Once I came to accept Barney Butter for what it is and let go of my disappointment that it was not like the freshly ground stuff, I came to appreciate it more. I mean it’s quite tasty and, in my opinion, perfect for baking. I know it’s hard sometimes to find a healthy nut butter to bake and I thought Barney Butter, with its truly creamy texture, would be great.
My little package of Barney Butter came with a recipe for Barney Butter Oatmeal Cookies, so I was inspired to come up with …
Barney Butter & Banana Cookies
You need:
- 1 cup oats (for grinding, or just 1 cup oat flour if you have it)
- 1 cup oats
- 1 t baking powder
- 1/4 cup turbinado sugar
- 2 mashed bananas
- 2 egg whites
- 1/3 cup ground flax
- 1/2 cup of Barney Butter
- 2 t vanilla extract
Steps:
(1) Grind 1 cup of oats in a food processor until they are a little more course than flour.
(2) Combine ground oats with the other cup of oats and baking powder. Whisk together all these ingredients. (3) In another bowl, mash the two smallish bananas. Add the turbinado sugar and flax until mixed, then add the two egg whites and mix again.(4) Stir in the Barney Butter and vanilla extract. Try not to eat too much of this mixture from the bowl as you will need it momentarily. (5) Add the wet mix to the dry mix, stirring to combine all ingredients. (6) Scoop out cookie dough onto cookie sheet and bake for about 10 minutes at 350*.
As I suspected, the results were amazing! Barney Butter is quite perfect in these healthy little cookies. I made them for Mark to bring to his studio tonight, so I had to cover them and put them on top of the fridge so I won’t eat them all!
Tags: almond butter, almond butter cookies, bananas, barney butter, cookie recipe, Food Review, peanut butter cookies
January 14th, 2009 at 1:17 pm
gorgeous cookies!
January 14th, 2009 at 1:19 pm
I haven’t found an almond butter I like yet, so maybe Barney Butter is the answer.
Your cookies look amazing! Banana and nut butters are a good match.
January 14th, 2009 at 1:21 pm
Oh the infamous Barney Butter. Yay for getting to try it! One day some might make it’s way to Canada…or so I can only hope.
And the cookies sound great!
January 14th, 2009 at 1:25 pm
yumm those cookies look really good! I always have a hard time parting with my bananas for baking since I love eating them with oats, in a banana pb sandwich, in yogurt…oh the possibilities.
January 14th, 2009 at 1:26 pm
thanks for this review of the barney butter! i haven’t been able to try it yet, but i think i am like you that i like the savory nut butters better as well. im not a huge fan of the peanut butter & co ones, which i think are reminiscent of skippy and jiff as well.
but still, i want to try this one day lol
January 14th, 2009 at 1:28 pm
ooooooooooh wonderful!!! interesting ground oats and non ground oats. maybe i could use ww flour and oats? i want to make these, mmm!
January 14th, 2009 at 1:37 pm
Ooooh – nice cookies
January 14th, 2009 at 1:42 pm
Love the idea of the banana bb combo in a cookie! Very nice. Great pic of Mark haha
January 14th, 2009 at 1:45 pm
Thanks for the Barney Butter review! I always wondered why everybody raved over it and now I realize its because it doesn’t taste like normal natural nut butters but instead is a little sweeter!
I guess I will give it a try in the distant future because well, I would have to order it online and pay shipping and I’m too cheap for that!
January 14th, 2009 at 1:59 pm
Man your description makes me want to try Barney Butter even more than I already wanted to!! Damn east coast!!
January 14th, 2009 at 2:05 pm
I also have not been able to try barney butter, I can’t seem to find it. I would probably like it because I grew up on jiff.
January 14th, 2009 at 2:09 pm
YUM! Nut butter, bananas and cookies…3 of my favorite things. I’m bookmarking this recipe to try, now if only I could find some of this famous Barney Butter!!!
January 14th, 2009 at 2:12 pm
I didn’t know Barney Butter was named after a real person! I thought it was named after the big purple dinosaur!
January 14th, 2009 at 2:24 pm
Thanks for the review! I am the same about PB. I like natural – and stay away from things that are ultra sweet. I will say that I am dying to try Barney Butter though, simply because everyone loves it so much. It also looks like it would be good in recipes.
January 14th, 2009 at 2:31 pm
I haven’t tried Barney Butter yet, but I’m more of a “natural flavors” kind of gal myself. Thanks for the recipe!
January 14th, 2009 at 2:36 pm
Gaaaah I want to try this stuff!! So far no luck finding it in TX, though. Sad.
Your cookies look delicious- and what a sweet girlfriend you are to make them for Mark. Lucky guy!
January 14th, 2009 at 2:38 pm
What amazing cookies. Great job!
January 14th, 2009 at 2:50 pm
YUMO! those cookies look fantastic!
January 14th, 2009 at 3:02 pm
omgggg must have those cookies!!!
i see barney butter all over blogs, i think i’m just going to give in and get it….. im clearly so out of the loop!
January 14th, 2009 at 3:16 pm
i’m with you in really not liking the taste of any extra sweetener in my nut butters. i’m all about the salt though – probably because i grew up on smuckers natural pb (ingredients: peanuts + salt). plus, i love salt in general. probably one reason (other than my ridiculous job and accompanying type a personality) why my blood pressure sucks.
January 14th, 2009 at 3:23 pm
Oh wow, those look delicious! Great job!
January 14th, 2009 at 3:32 pm
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January 14th, 2009 at 3:33 pm
Great review of Barney Butter – I think you nailed it on the head. I’ve grown accustomed to the more natural tasting nut butters, so I’m always surprised by how different BB is. I like it, but sometimes I crave the natural stuff more.
You certainly put the jar to good use – those cookies look so incredible! I just finished my jar so I probably won’t have BB for a long time, but next time I am definitely using this recipe. I may just have to try it with regular PB, too!
January 14th, 2009 at 3:49 pm
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Who authorized that picture??????????
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
January 14th, 2009 at 4:05 pm
yummmmm!
January 14th, 2009 at 4:10 pm
Yum! These sound awesome! I’ll have to make them when my next shipment arrives!
January 14th, 2009 at 4:28 pm
INCREDIBLY holy yum cookies.
January 14th, 2009 at 6:49 pm
The recipe looks good…I just don’t know if I’m willing to share 1/2 c. of almond butter with the cookies. It’s mine–ALL MINE!
January 14th, 2009 at 9:08 pm
omg, i want those cookies!!!! and i wouldn’t mind barney butter, either
January 14th, 2009 at 9:13 pm
Those cookies look so good!!!!
January 14th, 2009 at 9:43 pm
These look amazing! I can’t wait to try them!!
I love the grocery shopping info too!
Thanks!
January 14th, 2009 at 11:27 pm
oh delicious idea for cookies!
I have never had any barney butter but so happy it will be at fresh market! woohooo!!
I’m like you- I only enjoy the gritty natural stuff…
January 14th, 2009 at 11:28 pm
They look super tasty! I’m so curious about this Barney Butter…
January 15th, 2009 at 9:36 am
Fabulous cookie recipe! Two of my favorite flavors together!
January 15th, 2009 at 2:58 pm
Those look DELICIOUS.
January 15th, 2009 at 3:54 pm
And I just ordered Chunky Barney Butter and three of the little 90 cal packets
Instant portion control, love it!
January 19th, 2009 at 12:27 am
Oh my goodness, these look incredible!! I got the same recipe in the package and saved it for later use. I think adding banana and flaxseed is really great. I’m definitely saving this recipe for future use! Thanks, Heather
January 21st, 2009 at 11:16 am
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January 21st, 2009 at 12:42 pm
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February 15th, 2009 at 1:07 am
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June 1st, 2009 at 4:53 pm
Just wondering… Is it supposed to be a full tablespoon of baking powder in this recipe? I made these guys on Saturday and they tasted like baking powder!
I’m an uber novice baker, so maybe I did something else wrong? In any event, I thought I’d bring it to your attention in case you meant to put a lower case t instead of a capital T. Great recipe, though! I ate my fair share anyways, hah.
August 25th, 2009 at 9:45 am
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