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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I thought that these would be amazing for my diet, but I threw mine out as soon as I tasted them. The banana just overpowers everything else. I felt like I was eating some bastardization of banana bread that was worse than the original. Thanks, but no thanks.
I am so sorry you didn’t love these Joy. Maybe you could go lighter on the banana and use unsweetened apple sauce.
These are SOO dietic, perfect for my “get tiny challenge” Facebook group. I love the way they taste— lightly sweetened, chewy, soft, just overall a great wholesome snack for the chronic dieter.
Awesome! Love these great to go snacks. Perfect for carpool and hangry toddlers 🙂 (I omit the honey for my little ones because of strict health guidances)
Here are some variations I made:
MINT CHOC CHIP — I added chocolate chunks, peppermint extract and a bit of spirurlina for the green color.
CHUNKY MONKEY— chopped walnuts, dark chocolate chunks
VANILLA PEANUT BUTTER— natural peanut butter, vanilla extract, butter extract, PB2
CAROB VANILLA— carob chips, butter extract, vanilla extract
We tried these for the first time today, and we included the optional additions of chocolate chips and honey, and they were simply delicious! They are so easy, and we will definitely be making them again!
Just made this recipe. Added chocolate mini chips, raisins & cranberries. I puréed the bananas & applesauce before adding the remaining ingredients. Baked them for 25 minutes on non stick foil. They came out very good! Going to try other ingredients next time for variety. Wish I could post a photo. This made 17 cookies as stated in recipe.