Creamy peanut butter banana shake is flecked with hunks of peanut butter cookie dough in this vegan and gluten-free peanut butter banana cookie dough shake.
When in doubt, peanut butter it out.
That's my motto when faced with dessert indecision. I also like to almond butter and sunbutter it out, but those are stories for another day.
Between the blog and the book, I've been baking up a storm. A storm as in 3 to 4 batches of cookies per week for the last 4 weeks. It was all glitz, glamour, and goodness during the first and second weeks. A cookie for breakfast, a cookie in the afternoon, 2 cookies after dinner. Glorious cookie indulgence. However, by week three, I was just about maxed out on cookie consumption, so I started freezing some of the cookie dough for a rainy, cookie-hungry day. Ironically, as I'm writing these mild complaints about too many cookies, my stomach is stuffed with about 2 ½ of them. You know, because 3 would have spoiled my dinner.
What was my point again? Ahh, yes. That I've been hoarding cookie dough in our freezer.
A refined-sugar-free version of this peanut butter cookie dough endured the great freeze, and I ended up incorporating it into a shake-like peanut butter smoothie for dessert one night. Dan and I loved the simple combination so much that I decided to remake it and share the goodness with you.
Tall, frosty, and packed with peanut butter cookie dough.
To make this shake, you'll start by whipping up a tiny batch of gluten- and refined-sugar-free peanut butter cookie dough. Roll the dough into balls and chill for a quick handful of minutes.
While the dough is chilling, you'll combine frozen bananas, nut milk, peanut butter, and vanilla in a food processor. Give it a good pulse and then whirl the combination into a super thick shake. Add half of the cookie dough to the food processor and pulse to chop and disperse bits throughout before scooping into a glass. As a final touch, you'll crumble the remaining cookie dough over top.
The treat that peanut butter dreams are made of...
📖 Recipe
Peanut Butter Banana Cookie Dough Shake (vegan, gf)
Ingredients
Peanut Butter Cookie Dough
- 2 tablespoons oat flour
- 1 tablespoon natural peanut butter
- 1 tablespoon coconut sugar
- ½ teaspoon pure vanilla extract
- tiny pinch sea salt
- 1 teaspoon water
Peanut Butter Banana Shake
- 2 very ripe bananas, peeled, sliced, and frozen
- ¼ cup unsweetened nut milk
- 1 tablespoon natural peanut butter
- 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
Instructions
Peanut Butter Cookie Dough
- In a small bowl, combine the oat flour, peanut butter, coconut sugar, vanilla, and sea salt and use a fork to mix until crumbly. Add in the water and mix again until just incorporated. Scoop out about 2 teaspoons of the mixture, roll into a ball, and repeat. It yields approximately 4 cookie dough balls. Pop in freezer until ready to use.
Peanut Butter Banana Shake
- In a food processor, combine the banana, nut milk, peanut butter, and vanilla. Pulse a few times and then process until thick and creamy, stopping to scrape down the sides as needed. Add 2 of the cookie dough balls and pulse 5 to 10 times to roughly chop.
- Scoop into 2 small glasses. Crumble remaining pb cookie dough balls and sprinkle on top.
lynsey | lynseylovesfood says
yes! this dessert i have heart eyes for!! xo
Ashley says
Haha, love this, Lynsey! Your comments always make me smile :)
Thalia @ butter and brioche says
For a cookie dough and peanut butter based recipe this is definitely surprisingly healthy! I can so see myself making this - looks divine.
Ashley says
Thanks, Thalia! I hope you have a chance to make it!
Celeste Jackson says
This looks delicious! So exciting that you creating desserts that are fun to indulge in with healthful ingredients. Keep it up!
Ashley says
Thank you!!
cristina says
oh. my. gosh...amazing!!!
Ashley says
Thanks, Cristina!!
Jenn says
Any thoughts on replacement for the banana? Can't eat em :(. Looks yummy though!!
Ashley says
Hi, Jenn! I'd try a combination of frozen full-fat coconut milk and ice. It will be a bit richer, but it should substitute nicely.
Martha smith says
Just made this as a special lunch time treat! AMAZING! I added cinnamon as well because I just love tge flavour. So so nice! And people think being vegan is boring...