Breakfast Cookies make the ideal breakfast on the pass – easy, scrumptious and good for you too!
Breakfast has always been a bit of a battle for me. while my youngsters were domestic and in college I wanted to make sure they started out their time without work proper with an amazing nutritious breakfast however getting them up early enough so they had time to consume a good breakfast turned into hard, specifically once they were teens. They’d a good deal instead sleep than rise up for breakfast.
at the same time as a adult, making sure you have got time for a nutritious breakfast is difficult while you’re busy seeking to get your self out the door, let alone the kids too.
Ingredients
- 2 cups of quick oats
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1 cup peanut butter I like the cinnamon flavored Jif peanut butter
- 1/2 tsp cinnamon if using plain peanut butter
- 1/4 cup honey
- 1/4 cup applesauce
- 1 ripe banana mashed
- 1 1/2 cups of mixins raisins, sunflower seeds, dried blueberries, driec cranberries, nuts etc.
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 325 degrees F. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
- Combine all ingredients except mixins and mix with a hand mixer or a stand mixer.
- At this point you can divide the dough and add in different mixins to personalize the cookies or if you want them all the same add in 1 1/2 cups of mixins(dried fruit, nuts, seeds etc.)
- Scoop dough with a large cookie scoop or ice cream scoop (1/4 cup) and drop onto prepared baking sheet.
- Flatten cookie with your hand.
- Bake for 15 minutes or they begin to brown around edges.
- Cool and store at room temperature or freeze.