[SingDanceRunLife]

Hi everyone -- Just wanted to share an awesome recipe with you guys for breakfast cookies!

My friend posted it on Facebook, and they looked and sounded delicious, so I made a go at it!

Here's the recipe:

INGREDIENTS
1 1/2 cups uncooked oatmeal, quick or old fashioned
2 ripe bananas, mashed
1 cup unsweetened applesauce
1/3 cup raisins, (or any dried/non-dried fruit)
1/4 cup chopped walnuts, (any kind you prefer, you don't need them)
1 tsp vanilla extract (or almond)
1 tsp cinnamon (or more, to taste)

DIRECTIONS
Preheat heat oven to 350 degrees.
Mix vanilla extract & cinnamon into the applesauce.
Blend applesauce mixture with all other ingredients & let sit for 10 minutes
Drop cookie dough, by spoonfuls, onto a parchment paper lined cookie sheet & flatten cookies into rounds.
Bake approx. 30-35 minutes, or until golden & done.
Remove from oven & let rest on cookie sheet for 5 minutes, then move to cooling rack.
Store in a covered container when completely cool.

I didn't have any bananas, but still wanted to try them out, so I Googled banana substitutes and found out that you can use pumpkin instead, so I decided to try it out!

So, here's the recipe I used (changes are italicized for easy recognition):

INGREDIENTS
1 1/2 cups uncooked oatmeal, quick or old fashioned
3/4 cup pumpkin puree
1 cup unsweetened applesauce
1/3 cup raisins, (or any dried/non-dried fruit) Craisins (dried cranberries)
1/4 cup chopped walnuts, (any kind you prefer, you don't need them) No nuts
1 tsp vanilla extract (or almond)
1 tsp cinnamon (or more, to taste)

DIRECTIONS
I followed the recipe directions, just substituting the pumpkin for banana.

Here's how they turned out:

[ArthurDent]

They DO look yummy! I bet if I leave a copy of this under the wife's pillow, she'll get the hint.

OMGosh those look amazing! Can I have one? LOL

[SingDanceRunLife]

Thanks guys! They're really yummy, and super easy too!

I can't wait to try the original recipe with bananas!

[possum220]

How many equals breakfast?

[SingDanceRunLife]

Originally Posted by possum220

How many equals breakfast?

I'm not sure. My guess would be about 2-3 though since they're pretty small and my friend said it was breakfast for a week (I made 2 dozen).

[radio_flyer]

Cookies look yummmm... Going to have to make some.. Thanks for the recipe

[Travelinglady]

They DO sound good!

[ECHOES]

Oh YUM These look wonderful! Thanks so much for sharing the recipes and the photo.

I like your idea of substituting the banana with the pumpkin.

I think these would be awesome with dried blueberries too!

[NoCake]

"Cookies for breakfast?!"

[possum220]

You could always make them in the shape of a Breakfast Bar. Just think of them as Muesli.

[NoCake]

Haha yeah I know. I was making a reference to cookie crisp commercials:

I made them the other day using bananas and dates, no nuts.
They are very tasty and I will. Be making them again!
Thanks for sharing the recipe!

[SingDanceRunLife]

Originally Posted by SpiritOfAStorm

I made them the other day using bananas and dates, no nuts.
They are very tasty and I will. Be making them again!
Thanks for sharing the recipe!

No problem!

I'm going to get the ingredients when I go grocery shopping (hopefully this weekend) so I can have them for my morning classes. It's so much cheaper in the long run than what I currently do (buy granola bars to take to class), and probably a lot healthier too!

Glad to hear they worked out well!

[SingDanceRunLife]

Just made a double batch :

Thanks! My whole family loves oatmeal cookies and three of us like oatmeal for breakfast, so we have a ton, ty

[SingDanceRunLife]

Originally Posted by lightbulb7

Thanks! My whole family loves oatmeal cookies and three of us like oatmeal for breakfast, so we have a ton, ty

Hope you enjoy!!