Healthy Oatmeal Breakfast Cookies
I am sure as a parent you have heard this question before. Cookies for breakfast? No WAY! Well, with these Healthy Oatmeal Breakfast Cookies, you can eat cookies for breakfast, lunch or dinner!
I keep a batch of these cookies on hand during the week for snacks, quick grab-n-go breakfasts, or for a pre-workout snack.
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The best part? There are only 5 ingredients!
Healthy Oatmeal Breakfast Cookies
- 2 cups oatmeal, uncooked quick
- 2 ripe bananas
- 1 cup unsweetened applesauce
- 1 tsp cinnamon
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- (optional add-ins: 1/3 cup of raisins, chocolate chips or cranberries. For a sweeter cookie, you can also add 1 TBSP of honey)
- Preheat heat oven to 350 degrees.
- Mix together, oatmeal, bananas, vanilla extract, applesauce and cinnamon.
- Prepare a cookie sheets with parchment paper. Drop cookie dough in spoonfuls onto the the cookie sheet, and then flatten cookies into round shapes. ( I made about 17 medium cookies)
- Bake approx. 25 – 30 minutes, or until golden. Remove from oven & let rest on cookie sheet for 5 minutes and then move to cooling rack. Be careful, cookies will be very soft until they cool entirely.
- Store in an airtight container for 3-4 days.
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Ingredients
- 2 cups oatmeal uncooked quick
- 2 ripe bananas
- 1 cup unsweetened applesauce
- 1 tsp cinnamon
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- optional add-ins: 1/3 cup of raisins, chocolate chips or cranberries. For a sweeter cookie, you can also add 1 TBSP of honey
Instructions
- Preheat heat oven to 350 degrees.
- Mix together, oatmeal, bananas, vanilla extract, applesauce and cinnamon.
- Prepare a cookie sheets with parchment paper. Drop cookie dough in spoonfuls onto the the cookie sheet, and then flatten cookies into round shapes. ( I made about 17 medium cookies)
- Bake approx. 25 - 30 minutes, or until golden. Remove from oven & let rest on cookie sheet for 5 minutes and then move to cooling rack. Be careful, cookies will be very soft until they cool entirely.
Nutrition
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Hi what if I don’t have applesauce ? Can I add coconut ?
Really looking forward to trying these. Do you have an idea of whether plantain would make a good substitute for the banana? (And, if yes, would it be a one-to-one exchange?)
Hi and thank you for the recipe. I had 3 bananas and calculated accordingly to match the recipe. I used half quick oats and half regular, I put in 3 TBS of maple syrup and 1/2 cup of chocolate chips. I used a 1/4 cup scoop to measure cookies and it made exactly 2 dozen. They were very tasty, not too sweet and everyone in the family enjoyed them (including my sugar addict 4 year old).
I made these last night and they came out so yummy! I can’t wait for my kids to try them! My 13 yo son doesn’t like to eat anything till about 1/2 o’clock so I’m always looking for something to entice him to eat breakfast.
Can’t wait to make these. I’ve been looking for another breakfast cookie recipe (lost the old one) although I know that one used crushed pineapple (might be a good- and sweeter- banana substitute if drained a bit).
Anyways, I always eat breakfast cookies crumbled up and with yogurt on the side as a dip. Delish!
Thanks for the recipe.