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Breakfast Cookies Recipe

Customize these easy breakfast cookies using your favorite nuts, seeds, dried fruit, and chocolate chips!

Prep Time
10 mins
Cook Time
10 mins
Total Time
20 mins
Servings: 9 Large Cookies
Calories: 322 kcal
Course: Breakfast
Cuisine: American

Ingredients

  • 2 large eggs *
  • ½ cup (120ml) unsweetened applesauce or 1 large ripe banana, mashed**
  • ½ cup (120ml) unsweetened almond butter
  • ⅓ cup (80ml) pure maple syrup
  • 2 cups (200g) quick oats
  • 1/2 tsp ground cinnamon optional
  • 1/2 tsp sea salt
  • 1 to 1.5 cups (100-200g) Add-ins see note***

Instructions

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  1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit and line a large baking sheet with parchment paper.
  2. Mix the eggs, applesauce (or mashed banana), almond butter, and pure maple syrup together in a large mixing bowl until creamy. Note: if your almond butter has been chilling in the refrigerator, microwave it for 30 seconds without the lid on or until it is warm enough to stir easily.
  3. Add the oats, ground cinnamon and sea salt, and mix until everything is well combined. This mixture will seem wet and sticky. This is normal.
  4. Add 1 to 1.5 cups of nuts, seeds, dried fruit, and chocolate chips. I use ⅓ cup of semi-sweet chocolate chips, ¼ cup dried cranberries, ¼ cup pumpkin seeds, and ¼ cup hemp seeds. Mix well until everything is combined.
  5. Spoon the cookie dough onto the prepared baking sheet, making any size cookies you want. Note that the dough does not stick together on its own, so you will need to form the cookies into the shape you want. I use the spoon to do this.
  6. Bake on the center rack of the preheated oven for 9-12 minutes, or until the cookies appear set up. I make large cookies, so I bake them for 12 minutes. Smaller cookies require slightly less time.
  7. Allow the cookies to cool for at least 15 minutes before moving them. Cookies have a tendency to crumble when they are still warm, but they set up after they have cooled.

Notes

  • *For an egg-free recipe, omit the eggs and use 2 large ripe bananas instead (this should be about ½ cup of mashed banana). If you go this route, only use the two ripe bananas (not three). If you’d like, you can use one flax egg as well (1 tablespoon of ground flaxseed mixed with 3 tablespoons of water).
  • *For an egg-free recipe, omit the eggs and use 2 large ripe bananas instead (this should be about ½ cup of mashed banana). If you go this route, only use the two ripe bananas (not three). If you’d like, you can use one flax egg as well (1 tablespoon of ground flaxseed mixed with 3 tablespoons of water).
  • **Replace with pureed sweet potato, or pumpkin puree. You can also replace this ingredient with 1/2 cup of additional almond butter - this will generate richer, softer cookies.
  • **Replace with pureed sweet potato, or pumpkin puree. You can also replace this ingredient with 1/2 cup of additional almond butter - this will generate richer, softer cookies.
  • ***Add-Ins:  Use 1 to 1.5 cups of any dried fruit, chocolate chips, nuts or seeds you love in cookies. Great options are semi-sweet chocolate chips, dried cranberries, raisins, pumpkin seeds, hemp seeds, pecans, walnuts, etc.
  • ***Add-Ins:  Use 1 to 1.5 cups of any dried fruit, chocolate chips, nuts or seeds you love in cookies. Great options are semi-sweet chocolate chips, dried cranberries, raisins, pumpkin seeds, hemp seeds, pecans, walnuts, etc.
  • I use ¼ cup dried cranberries, ¼ cup chocolate chips, ¼ cup pumpkin seeds, and ¼ cup hemp seeds.
  • I use ¼ cup dried cranberries, ¼ cup chocolate chips, ¼ cup pumpkin seeds, and ¼ cup hemp seeds.

Nutrition Information

Serving 1Cookie (of 9) Calories 322kcal (16%) Carbohydrates 36g (12%) Protein 11g (22%) Fat 15g (23%) Saturated Fat 3g (15%) Polyunsaturated Fat 1g Monounsaturated Fat 1g Cholesterol 49mg (16%) Sodium 149mg (6%) Fiber 5g (20%) Sugar 18g (36%)

Nutrition Facts

Serving: 9Large Cookies

Amount Per Serving

Calories 322

% Daily Value*

Serving 1Cookie (of 9)
Calories 322kcal 16%
Carbohydrates 36g 12%
Protein 11g 22%
Fat 15g 23%
Saturated Fat 3g 15%
Polyunsaturated Fat 1g 6%
Monounsaturated Fat 1g 5%
Cholesterol 49mg 16%
Sodium 149mg 6%
Fiber 5g 20%
Sugar 18g 36%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.