Banana Oat Breakfast Cookies Recipe
These banana oat breakfast cookies are a healthy, great way to start your day with a delicious breakfast. They’re easy to make with wholesome, fresh ingredients, and the taste is out of this world! It's like eating a bowl of oatmeal, but in cookie form! Kids love them because they get cookies for breakfast, but adults love them too… well, because we get cookies for breakfast!
Servings: 36
Ingredients
- 3 cups bran flakes crushed (will be approximately 2 cups after crushing)
- 2 cups rolled oats
- 1 tbsp cinnamon
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 1/2 cup yogurt
- 1/2 cup honey
- 1/2 cup milk
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 2 bananas ripe, mashed
- 1 cup raisins optional
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Line two large baking sheets with parchment paper and set aside. In a medium bowl, combine bran flakes, oats, cinnamon, baking soda and baking powder. Mix well.
- Add the yogurt, honey, milk and vanilla and mix well. Add the mashed banana and raisins and stir until just combined.
- Use a medium cookie scoop (1 1/2 Tbsp) to drop dough onto the prepared baking sheets. Bake in the preheated oven for 12 minutes.
Notes
- Add indulgent mix-ins if you’d like! Chocolate chips, butterscotch chips, natural peanut butter, almond butter, etc.
- 1/2 cup of shredded carrots added to these cookies taste great.
- Add berries or a mashed ripe peach in place of one of the bananas for added fruit flavor.
- Use old fashioned oats for best results, but quick oats can be used if needed.
- Dark to almost black overripe bananas are perfect for this recipe. They have a great natural sweetness and are soft and blend in great with the batter.
- If you prep the batter ahead and refrigerate it, let it rest at room temperature for about 20 minutes before making the cookies.