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| Blueberry Almond Banana Oat Breakfast Cookies ~ so much breakfast goodness, all rolled up into a tasty breakfast cookie! Who says you can't eat cookies for breakfast? |
I am really digging these Breakfast Cookies. Where have they been all my life? I'm making a different type every few days. It's such an easy way to eat your oats. I'm trying to eat a serving of oats a day, but sometimes I just can't face another bowl...so these cookies are coming in mighty handy! And depending on the size I make them, 3 or 4 cookies are a 1/2 cup serving oats. I love eating four cookies for breakfast ~ it seems so indulgent, but it's not! Needless to say, these are our new favorite way to eat oats. It just amazes me that they have no sugar added & are dairy, egg & flour free. Eating cookies is just so much more fun then eating a bowl of oatmeal, wouldn't you agree? :)
Blueberry Almond Banana Oat Breakfast Cookies
2 tubs Mott's Healthy Harvest Blueberry Applesauce
(it comes in a 6-pack ~or~ use
1 cup regular unsweetened applesauce)
1 tsp almond extract
1 tsp cinnamon
1 1/2 cups oatmeal, quick or old fashioned ~ uncooked
2 ripe bananas, mashed with fork until creamy
1/3 cup raisins
1/4 cup chopped, toasted almonds
4 tblspns ground flax
4 tblspns oat bran
1 cup wild frozen blueberries
1) preheat heat oven to 350 degrees
2) mix almond extract & cinnamon into the blueberry applesauce
3) blend blueberry applesauce mixture with next 6 ingredients
4) gently fold in frozen blueberries & let dough sit for 10 minutes
5) drop cookie dough, by spoonfuls, onto a parchment paper lined cookie
sheet & flatten cookies into rounds
6) bake approx. 30 minutes, they will turn a golden brown
7) let cool on rack & store in covered container
These cookies taste great for breakfast & also for a healthy after school snack. Served with a glass of ice cold milk, they are the best ~ at least that is what my 7 year old says. :) There will be more of these Breakfast Cookie recipes coming soon. There are just so many other combinations I want to try out. Enjoy!