Banana Almond Breakfast Cookies

Update:  I changed the name from Bars to Cookies.  Why did I put bars I have no idea.

Hi!!

I have been really, really trying hard to eat well.  I tend to go through phases where I lose control of my eating and tend to over-do on everything.  Do you ever go through phases like that?  You have to know I am a big cookie person, I love to create them, I love to eat the batter and I love to bake them, so I needed to come up with a cookie that I can have that is guilt-free and the batter had to taste good too!

So keeping in mind of making them, I grabbed everything healthy that I had on hand to put these little cookies together.  These are not your traditional cookies, these a true, pick me-up and go breakfast cookie.  I loaded these bad boys with banana, maple syrup, flax seed, wheat germ, gluten-free oats, almonds, cinnamon and mixed dried berries that I got from my Nature Box.  But I know dried cherries would be perfect in these cookies, it’s just I couldn’t find my stash of them, so I used mixed dried berries.

Since my trip to Monterey last week, I have been on a granola nut kick, and I had that in mind while making these cookies, plus I wanted something healthy for my Husband to take for his mid-morning snack, since he doesn’t eat breakfast.  These cookies hit the spot and is everything I was looking for.  I based this recipe on a few other healthy cookies that I have made like my Cinnamon and Raisin Granola Cookies, Breakfast Cookies and my Healthy Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookie.

These cookies are thick, hearty and taste just like banana oatmeal.  I was hoping for more of an almond taste, but the banana taste really stands out, which I don’t have any problem with that.  These cookies are also a softer cookie, but not mushy.  I found with any cookie I have made with real fruit, especially banana, it’s best to keep them refrigerated.  Otherwise they tend to go bad or at least get really soft and kind of icky!   I tested these cookies a few days later, and they were just as good as the day I made them.  Yah!

If you’re at all inclined, you could also add chocolate chips to them, but for me, I’m trying really hard to be good and I wanted to go as healthy as I could, after all bathing suit season is coming and I am TERRIFIED to see what I’ll look like in a bathing suit.  Eck!!  So I have been eating better (4 days now, lol) and hitting the gym for my Zumba classes, and I have recently tried the Elliptical Trainer which isn’t to bad.  It’s a nice change-up from the treadmill.  I wish they made a magic pill for skinny, but hard exercise and good eats is truly the only way to go!  Like the bright orange color in my carrot juice?  Crazy Orange!  I love it!

Banana Almond Breakfast Cookies

 

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Prep time

10 mins

Cook time

13 mins

Total time

23 mins

 

A thick, hearty, healthy breakfast cookie that tastes like Banana Oatmeal.

Serves: 20 Cookies

Ingredients

• ½ cup applesauce, unsweetened
• 1 (123 grams)banana, mashed
• ¼ cup almond nut butter
• 2 tbsp. maple syrup
• 2 pkts. stevia
• ¼ tsp. almond extract
• ½ tsp. cinnamon
• ½ cups oats
• ½ cup oat flour (oats processed into flour)
• ¼ cup wheat germ
• ¼ cup flax seed, ground
• ¼ cup almond meal flour
• ¼ cup slivered almonds or diced almonds
• ¼ cup dried mixed berries or dried cherries (whatever dried fruit you like)

Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees
2. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper; set a side
3. In a large bowl stir together applesauce, banana, nut butter, maple syrup, stevia, almond extract and cinnamon.
4. Stir in oats, oat flour, wheat germ, flax seed and almond meal until combined.
5. Stir in almonds and dried fruit.
6. With a large cookie scoop, scoop batter on to cookie sheet. You can place them close together since the cookies don't spread or rise.
7. Bake for 10-15 minutes until lightly golden.
8. Allow cookies to sit on cookie sheet for a few minutes until they are set enough to move to cooling racks.

Notes

Calorie per cookie: 74.6, Fat: 4, Cholesterol: 0, Sodium: .05, Potassium: 43.2, Carbs: 8.2, Fiber: 2, Sugar: 2.5, Protein: 2.7

Nutrition Information

Serving size: 1 Cookie

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If you’re an oatmeal and banana fan, I think you will really like these cookies.  Plus one thing I failed to mention, is that these cookies are also vegan.  When I gave a cookie to my Husband to test, he laughed because he never had a cookie that tasted like oatmeal, but in a different form.  These are such a versatile cookie, you could also sub the almonds for another kind of nut or use peanut butter in place of almond nut butter.  The possibilities are endless.  I am sure I will be making different variations of this cookie, so I can change-up my breakfast snack.

Have a lovely day!

Toodles,

Jennifer