Healthy Breakfast Cookies
This healthy breakfast cookies recipe is loaded with nutritious ingredients! They are easy to make in 20 minutes and one bowl, and are hearty enough to keep you full until lunch!
- Prep time
- 5 min
- Cook time
- 12 min
- Yield
- 16 servings
- Difficulty
- MEDIUM
Ingredients
Quantities are shown as originally provided.
- 2 bananas (overripe (about 1 cup mashed banana))
- ¼ cup creamy peanut butter
- ¼ cup applesauce
- 2 Tablespoons honey ((or pure maple syrup))
- 1 egg
- 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
- 2 cups quick cooking oats
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- ¼ teaspoon sea salt
- ¼ cup dried cranberries
- ¼ cup mini chocolate chips
Instructions
- 1
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Line two baking sheets with parchment paper, set aside
- 2
In a large mixing bowl, mash the bananas.
- 3
Add peanut butter, applesauce honey, egg and vanilla and stir to combine.
- 4
Add oats, cinnamon and sea salt and stir until combined.
- 5
If desired, add mix-ins and stir until evenly distributed.
- 6
Use a 1 tablespoon measuring spoon or a 1 ½ TBS cookie scoop to measure portions of the dough and place them on the prepared baking sheet spaced about 2” apart. Gently flatten the tops of each cookie (they do not change shape or flatten when they bake).
- 7
Bake in the preheated oven for 12-14 minutes, or until the tops are just set and the bottoms are very lightly browned.
- 8
Let cool on the baking sheet for 5 minutes before transferring to a wire cooling rack to cool completely.
- 9
Serve slightly warm or at room temperature.