Healthy Breakfast Cookies {Only 3 Ingredients!} Easy Make Ahead Recipe (2024)

These simple, healthy breakfast cookies are made with only 3 ingredients (and a couple of optional mix-ins if you prefer)! They're a quick, tasty, and wholesome breakfast that you can make once and enjoy all week.

About These Breakfast Cookies:

These breakfast cookies are easy to make and customize with your favorite add-ins. The cookie dough is made from a simple combination of oats, bananas and peanut butter. Once baked, these cookies are chewy, delicious and satisfying.

It's also recommended to customize these cookies with your choice of add-ins! Mix in chocolate chips, nuts, maple syrup, raisins, or dried cranberries for added flavor.

Ingredients:

The full recipe is at the bottom of this page, but here's a quick overview of what you'll need & how to make it:

• 2 cups old fashioned rolled oats
• 3 overripe (or ripe) bananas
• ½ cup peanut butter (or any nut butter)

Optional add ins:

• ¼ - ½ cup chocolate chips
• 2 tablespoons pure maple syrup

How to Make Healthy Breakfast Cookies:

Step 1: Preheat the Oven & Line a Baking Sheet

Preheat the oven to 350°F. Line a large baking sheet with parchment paper.

Step 2: Mash the Bananas

In a large bowl, mash the bananas with a fork or potato masher.

Step 3: Make the Dough

Stir the oats and peanut butter into the bananas until combined. Mix well. Optionally, stir in chocolate chips and maple syrup for sweetness.

Step 4: Form Dough into Cookies

Before working with the dough, wet your hands to prevent the dough from sticking. Use a spoon or large cookie scoop to portion out 8 balls of dough. Use your hands to flatten the dough into round cookies about ½ inch tall.

Step 5: Bake

Place the cookies on the baking sheet lined with parchment paper. Bake in the preheated oven for 12 - 15 minutes, until lightly browned.

NOTE: The cookies won't spread much as they cook in the oven. You can place them close together (but not touching) on the baking sheet.

Step 6: Cool & Enjoy!

Let the cookies cool on the baking sheet for 10 - 15 minutes before transferring to a wire rack (or a plate) to cool completely.

Tips & Tricks for These Breakfast Cookies:

• Wet your hands before working with the dough. The dough is sticky and wetting your hands will help keep it from sticking to your fingers.
• As the cookies cool they become more firm. Let the cookies cool 10 - 15 minutes on the baking sheet before transferring them to a wire rack or separate plate (if you try to move them immediately they could break).
• Experiment with add ins! The base of 3 ingredients for these cookies is super versatile. Add your choice of ingredients like chocolate chips, nuts or seeds to add variety. I'd also highly recommend adding 2 tablespoons of maple syrup for sweetness.

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