Description
Start your busy mornings right with these easy, high-protein breakfast cookies. They use wholesome ingredients like oats and peanut butter, making them a perfect grab-and-go option for quick morning meals and meal prep.
Ingredients
Scale
- 2 ripe bananas, mashed
- 1 cup natural peanut butter
- 1 large egg
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1/2 cup maple syrup or honey (for low sugar, reduce or substitute)
- 1 1/2 cups rolled oats
- 1/2 cup whole wheat flour or oat flour
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 cup mini chocolate chips or chopped nuts (optional)
Instructions
- Preheat your oven to 350°F (175°C). Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
- In a large bowl, combine the mashed bananas, peanut butter, egg, and vanilla extract. Mix well until smooth.
- Stir in the maple syrup or honey until fully incorporated.
- In a separate bowl, whisk together the rolled oats, flour, baking soda, cinnamon, and salt.
- Gradually add the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients, mixing until just combined. Do not overmix.
- Fold in the chocolate chips or nuts, if using.
- Drop rounded tablespoons of dough onto the prepared baking sheet, leaving about 2 inches between each cookie. Gently flatten the tops slightly with a fork.
- Bake for 12 to 15 minutes, or until the edges are lightly golden brown.
- Let the breakfast cookies cool on the baking sheet for 5 minutes before transferring them to a wire rack to cool completely.
- Store your make ahead breakfast cookies in an airtight container for up to one week.
Notes
- For a gluten free breakfast cookies option, make sure your rolled oats are certified gluten free.
- You can substitute peanut butter with almond butter or sunflower seed butter for variety.
- These are excellent for meal prep breakfast ideas; bake a large batch on Sunday for the week.
- If you want a lower sugar cookie, use unsweetened applesauce instead of some of the sweetener.
- Prep Time: 10 min
- Cook Time: 15 min
- Category: Breakfast
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 cookie
- Calories: 180
- Sugar: 8
- Sodium: 95
- Fat: 10
- Saturated Fat: 2
- Unsaturated Fat: 8
- Trans Fat: 0
- Carbohydrates: 20
- Fiber: 2
- Protein: 7
- Cholesterol: 15