With much less sugar than the average cookie and packed with nutrients these healthy cookies are a delicious and a convenient breakfast to grab and go or a healthful treat to stave off the afternoon hungries!

Welcome to team breakfast cookies!  Breakfast might seem an odd time for cookies, but since these Pumpkin Pie Breakfast Cookies, warm, fresh from the oven cookies for breakfast have become a firm favourite.   And like these healthy cookies, the dough can be make in advance then baked in just a few minutes for a breakfast treat that really shouldn’t be as healthy as it is!

Now don’t gasp – it IS a bit of a shopping list of ingredients.  For two reasons.  One for flavour and two because I wanted to cram in as many good things as I possibly could!  We’ve got:

Oats – rich in carbs and fibre as well as higher in protein than most grains.  The soluble fibre promotes healthy gut bacteria and increases feelings of fullness.

Peanut butter – contains a good amount of protein, minerals and nutrients.

Bananas – a nutritional powerhouse, packed with energy-giving carbohydrate and heart-healthy potassium.

Oat Milk – High in protein and low in fat, it provides both flavor and nutrition.

Cinnamon – loaded with antioxidants and anti-inflammatory properties.

This is a fairly sticky dough – so your hands are going to get a little messy when rolling and shaping.  I find ‘wetting’ my hands between scooping and shaping these healthy cookies helps to stop most of the dough sticking to my fingers!

I’ve also made these 2 ways.  All in the name of healthy cookies research of course.

The sacrifices I make 😉

One version was with sultanas, the other with vegan chocolate chips.  Both tasted fantastic.  Oaty cookies have always been one of my very favourite cookies and I love the burst of a plump little sultana in every bite.  Phil’s a chocoholic and sultana averse.  So two versions it is.  You could maybe try both sultanas AND vegan chocolate chips.  They might be something to behold.

I’d definitely have cookie reverence and envy.

These healthy cookies are definitely moreish cookies too.  They’re a bit like a cross between a granola bar, an energy bite and a Hobnob.  They’re light but chewy.  Firm but soft.  And a guaranteed breakfast recipe keeper 😉

And if you like oaty cookies, you’re definitely going to love these Oatmeal Raisin Cookies!

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