Banana Bread Breakfast Cookies

Posted by Jill on March 14, 2013 in Breakfast, Cookies, Daniel Fast, Food | 9 comments

I’m really lazy when it comes to breakfast. We generally have cereal or smoothies for breakfast. As I’ve been trying to cut out cereal because most of it is so bad for you, I’ve been looking for healthy, yet yummy alternatives.

I’ve found my go-to breakfast: Banana Bread Breakfast Cookies! Reinman ate one and said, “Wow! These are great! They just like banana bread.” Win, win, win!

I was going to just call them “Breakfast Cookies” but adding in the banana bread part seemed perfect.

These are super filling, super healthy, and very, very tasty. I added raisins and a handful of chocolate chips which gives these cookies their sweetness. This recipe is also very versatile, which means you can add in whatever you want. Different nuts, coconut flakes, chocolate chips, seeds, whatever you want!

Banana Bread Breakfast Cookies

recipe slightly adapted from The Pulp Kitchen

Ingredients:

• 1 cup quick oats
• 1/4 cup flaxseed meal
• 1/2 cup nuts, chopped (I used walnuts)
• 1 cup mixed fruit, seeds, or other add-ins (I did 1/2 cup chocolate chips, 1/2 cup raisins)
• 1/4 tsp salt
• 1 & 1/2 tsp cinnamon
• 1/2 tsp all spice
• 2 ripe bananas
• 1/2 cup applesauce
• 1 tsp vanilla extract

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
2. Mix all the ingredients except the bananas, applesauce, and vanilla in a large bowl. Set aside.
3. In a small bowl, mash up your bananas. Then add applesauce and vanilla.
4. Mix your wet ingredients into your dry ingredients. If the mixture seems to dry, you could add in a little bit of milk or water to bring it together. I didn’t have to do that this time.
5. Place heaping tablespoon-fulls of dough onto the lined cookie sheet. Mold into circles and press down a bit. Bake 18-20 minutes or until lightly browned on top.
6. Enjoy!

– Jill

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