These Breakfast Cookies taste so sweet but they're low in sugar. They get their sweetness from bananas, raisins and a little brown sugar. I combined those ingredients with whole wheat flour, oats and peanut butter to create these great "cookies" that are totally delicious and healthy too!
These Breakfast Cookies are nothing to feel guilty about! They taste so sweet but in reality, they're low in sugar.
They get their sweetness from bananas, raisins, and a little brown sugar. I combined those ingredients with whole wheat flour, oats, and peanut butter to create these great "cookies" that are totally delicious and completely healthy!
A breakfast cookie not only great to eat for breakfast, it's a perfect after school or mid day snack! And here's a little secret...they're even better the next day!!
Enjoy!
The Ultimate Breakfast Cookie
Ingredients
- 8 tablespoons butter , softened
- 3/4 cup brown sugar , packed
- 1/2 cup peanut butter (I used natural, no sugar peanut butter)
- 1 egg
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2 bananas , mashed
- 3/4 cup all-purpose flour
- 3/4 cup whole wheat flour
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 2 cups old fashioned oats
- 3/4 cup raisins
- 3/4 cup pecans , chopped
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
- In a large mixing bowl, cream together the butter and the sugar. Add the peanut butter, egg and vanilla and mix well. Stir in the mashed bananas.
- In another bowl, mix the flours, baking soda and salt together.
- Slowly add the dry ingredients into the wet ingredients and blend together. Stir in the oats, raisins and pecans.
- Place a large scoop of cookie dough onto the baking sheet and space cookies about 2 inches apart. Bake for 14-16 minutes. Remove from the oven and let the cookies cool about 5 minutes. Transfer the cookies to a cooling rack.
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