Banana Miso Cookies
Chewy, savory-sweet cookies built on jammy cooked-down banana and white miso, rolled in turbinado and topped with sesame and flax, finished with the pan-slam technique for crackly tops and gooey centers — your menopause-friendly answer to the snickerdoodle. Coconut oil and coconut sugar keep them on-plan.
Why it works
Wind-down treat
Banana and oats are calming carbs with magnesium — a gentler-on-sleep way to end the day.
banana · oatsGut-friendly depth
White miso brings fermented, savory umami that balances the sweet.
white misoFiber & steadier sugar
Oat beta-glucan adds fiber for satiety, and jammy banana means far less added sugar.
oats · banana01 Banana concentrate
Banana concentrate
- 2ripe bananascooks down to ~85 g
- Mash the bananas in a small pan and cook over medium heat, stirring often, until thick, glossy, and jammy — reduced to about 85 g (5–8 min).
- Cool completely. (Concentrating the banana removes water so the cookies stay chewy, not cakey.)
02 Miso-banana base
Miso-banana base
- 115 gcoconut oil, gently warmedin place of butter
- 32 gwhite miso
- 100 gcoconut sugar
- 1egg yolk + 1 tsp vanilla
- 50 gof the cooled banana concentrate
- Whisk the miso into the warm coconut oil until smooth.
- Add the coconut sugar and 1 tsp water; whisk 30–60 seconds.
- Whisk in the egg yolk, vanilla, and banana until smooth and glossy.
03 Bring the dough together
Bring the dough together
- 90 g + 90 goat flour + all-purpose flour
- ½ tspbaking soda
- optionalchopped walnutsplant omega-3s for mood
- Fold in the flours and baking soda (and walnuts, if using) until just combined — don't overmix.
- Cover and chill at least 1 hour; 4–24 hours is even better (rest 10–15 min at room temp before scooping).
04 Bake
Bake
- for rolling + topturbinado sugar, then sesame + flax seedssesame = calcium; flax = omega-3 + lignans for hot flashes
- Heat oven to 350°F. Scoop into 40–45 g balls, roll in turbinado, and sprinkle sesame and flax seeds on top.
- Bake 7–8 min, until puffed and the edges start to set.
- Pull the pan and give it one firm slam on the counter to collapse the centers; bake 2–4 min more, until edges are golden and centers still look soft.
- Cool on the sheet 10 min, then transfer to a rack.
Make it work harder (optional)
For deeper flavor and thicker cookies, chill the dough overnight before scooping.
What's in it & what it does
Banana
Cooked to a jammy concentrate: natural sweetness plus magnesium for winding down.
White miso
Savory, gut-friendly depth that balances the sweet.
Oat flour
Beta-glucan fiber for satiety and steadier blood sugar.
Sesame & flax topping
Calcium from sesame plus omega-3 and hot-flash lignans from flax — a nutrient-dense finish.