On to the cookies I mentioned yesterday, finally! These are meant for breakfast – fruit, granola, oats, and peanut butter!
Sometimes you try a recipe and it’s just mediocre. Or you experiment by changing things up and destroy it completely.
This was not one of those times! 
Inspired by both this recipe and this recipe and this batch of my perfect granola. It’s super simple.
Combine the wet ingredients; try not to eat so much of this concoction and that you forget completely that you were planning on making cookies. Trust me, it’s a legitimate warning.
Combine dry.
Mix, scoop, bake…. and eat!
Granola Breakfast Cookies
Perfect for breakfast on the go!
115 calories, 6 grams fat, 3 grams protein
Ingredients (9 cookies)
- 3/4 cup mashed banana
- 1/4 cup Creamy Peanut Butter
- 1 Tbsp almond butter (or more peanut butter)
- 1/4 cup sugar free maple syrup
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 1 cup whole oats, divided
- 2 teaspoons cinnamon
- 1/4 tsp baking powder
- pinch salt
- 3/4 cup granola of choice
Instructions
Pre-heat oven to 350.
Mash banana (I used frozen, defrosted) until the lumps are gone. Mix in peanut butter, almond butter (if using), and syrup.
Grind 3/4 cup of oats into flour.
Combine dry ingredients and mix well, including oat flour and 1/4 cup whole oats.
Add wet to dry and scoop into 1/4-1/3 cup portions (I got 9 cookies using an old-fashioned ice cream scoop).
Bake 15-20 minutes, until tops are beginning to brown (mine took 15 minutes on a convection setting).
The oat flour gives them a delectable chewiness and a nice amount of fiber. Chocolate chips would easily take them from breakfast to dessert!
One of these cookies + a vanilla Chobani made for one of my most filling, satisfying, delicious breakfasts in weeks. Can’t wait to repeat it tomorrow.
(Give me a break on the bad photos – crappy kitchen lighting – and try the recipe – you won’t regret it!)
These would be perfect for me to make for Will. He tends to ignore the importance of breakfast for the sake of convenience, but wont be able to say that with granola cookies in the room
By the way, thanks again for your comment yesterday. It’s so encouraging to know that I’m not the only one who’s dealt with this issue. <3
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You’re too sweet
these look delicious! i love breakfast cookies. even if i usually eat them for lunch
Lindsay @ The Lean Green Bean recently posted..Ginger Citrus Avocado Dressing
These sound great! I’m not one for breakfast (bad I know), but I could definitely see these working for me!
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Love this! I just made some almond butter and it needs a home. Think I could change up the ratio of the nut butters?
Absolutely! I think almond butter alone would be fantastic.
Im always down for some granola, and anything with peanut butter catches my eye.
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YUM! Breakfast cookies are one thing I’ve been dying to make actually…I definitely want to give this recipe a go!
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You could stack them and cover them with strawberries, Cait-style
Haha I love it!
It’s on the list!
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These looks great. I know I am odd but I can’t stand cinnamon
I am sure that even if I took it out they would still taste fantastic.
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Ugh, what a sin!
Go the chocolate chip route instead!
Sounds like a delicious grab and go breakfast!
wow this looks delicious. i love peanut butter in cookies. super healthy too.. yeah it would taste great with yogurt.
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These look awesome! Real maple syrup for me please
Apart from the fact that I think sugar-free maple syrup is the devil’s work, these sound so good! Two types of nut butter? Oh yeah.
I’d definitely be the baker who ends up with only two cookies because she ate all the dough. Especially oatmeal/granola cookies (my favorite!). Thanks for the warning.
These look like a perfect breakfast or snack (or both)to grab on the run!
yum!
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