Hearty Oatmeal Breakfast Cookies
These little cookies are packed with nutrients! They contain 3 grams of fiber and protein and healthy fats, all under 112 calories! Bake them on Sunday to have a quick breakfast all week, or eat them with a piece of fruit and a glass of milk and you've got yourself a balanced breakfast.
Servings 12
Ingredients
- 2 mashed overripe bananas
- 2 tablespoons sunflower seed butter
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1/2 cup packed shredded apple (I used Gala)
- 1 cup rolled oats
- 3/4 cup oat flour
- 2 tablespoons hemp seeds
- 1 tablespoon chia seeds
- 2 tablespoons shredded coconut (optional)
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350F. Line a cookie sheet with parchment paper.
- In a large mixing bowl, mash together your bananas, sunflower seed butter and vanilla.
- Add your shredded apple, oatmeal, oat flour, hemp seeds, chia seeds and shredded coconut. Mix all the ingredient together.
- Form 12 cookies and place them on the prepared cookie sheet. They don't spread, so don't worry about putting them close together.
- Bake for 15 minutes. Enjoy!
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Notes
Store in an airtight container at room temperature for 2-3 days or in the fridge or freezer.
To make the oat flour, I simply blended rolled oats in my blender for a few seconds.
If preferred, feel free to use peanut butter or almond butter instead of sunflower seed butter.