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Banana Breakfast Cookies are my favorite way to have cookies for breakfast! These are a healthy banana cookie with oatmeal and chocolate chips. They’re perfect for an on-the-go breakfast or a snack with a cup of coffee, or to use up all those overripe bananas!
Banana Cookies for Breakfast
COOKIES FOR BREAKFAST should be a thing. These Breakfast Cookies are the perfect breakfast or snack when you want something to chew that’s a little sweet but better for you.
Breakfast Cookies are the perfect go-to breakfast when you want a healthier option that’s also satisfying.
What is a breakfast cookie?
They’re healthier cookies that you can eat for breakfast or a mid-morning snack, or anytime of day you want something delicious that’s better for you.
You could also call these banana cookies or banana oatmeal cookies, but either way they’re not a traditional cookie; they’re more like a cookie and a granola bar got married.
Basically, these are a cookie that’s chewy and soft with a bit of sweet but lots of healthy things too.
Ingredients Needed
I don’t do fad diets, so these aren’t Keto or vegan or gluten-free but they are full of regular ingredients that you most likely already have in your pantry.
- Overripe bananas – make sure they’re spotted and brown
- Coconut Oil – you can also use vegetable oil
- Sugar – just a bit of granulated sugar for sweetness
- Flour – I used all purpose flour but you could use a combination of all purpose and whole wheat flour
- Quick Oats – If you don’t have them, did you know you can make your own quick oats?
How to make Breakfast Cookies
- Mix bananas, coconut oil, and peanut butter with a hand or stand mixer until combined.
- Mix in sugar, egg, baking soda, vanilla, and flax.
- Mix in flour and oats and blend until just combined. Stir in chocolate chips.
- Scoop 2 tablespoon sized cookies onto your baking sheet. Flatten slightly with the palm of your hand (they will not flatten by themselves while baking). Bake for about 10 minutes until they start to get golden brown. Cool before removing from cookie sheet.
Cookies for a Snack
I love making a big batch of these and freezing them. I warm them in the microwave and enjoy for breakfast or:
- As a post-workout snack
- As an afternoon snack
- Or, pop them in a lunchbox! Kids love them!
Over the years readers have told me lots of swaps they’ve made with these cookies. It’s easy to adapt these for the diet you follow!
Banana Breakfast Cookies Recipe
Ingredients
- 2 overripe bananas
- ¼ cup coconut oil liquid
- 2 tablespoons (33g) peanut butter
- ¼ cup (50g) granulated sugar
- 1 large egg
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 1 tablespoon ground flax optional
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
- 1 ½ cups (128g) quick oats
- ¼ cup mini chocolate chips
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°F. Line a cookie sheet with parchment paper.
- Mix bananas, coconut oil, and peanut butter with a hand or stand mixer until combined. Mix in sugar, egg, baking soda, vanilla, and flax. Mix in flour and oats and blend until just combined. Stir in chocolate chips.
- Scoop 2 tablespoon sized cookies onto your baking sheet. Flatten slightly with the palm of your hand (they will not flatten by themselves while baking). Bake for about 10 minutes until they start to get golden brown. Cool before removing from cookie sheet.
- Best served warmed in the microwave! Keep some in the freezer for a fast morning breakfast.
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Recipe Notes
Substitutions:
- Omit granulated sugar and use 2 tablespoons honey
- Omit granulated sugar and use your favorite sugar-free sweetener (follow the guidelines of that sweetener for swap amount)
- Use vegetable oil instead of coconut oil
- Omit oil and use an equal amount of unsweetened applesauce
- Use a combination of whole wheat and all-purpose flour or substitute all the all-purpose with white whole wheat flour
- Omit the chocolate chips and use nuts instead
- Add 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon to the batter
Recipe Nutrition
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Banana Breakfast Cookies are a healthy banana cookie with oatmeal and mini chocolate chips! Eat cookies for breakfast – they’re portable for on-the-go. Change them up with other flavors easily – these are the perfect healthy cookie recipe!
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Last Updated on March 25, 2023
Oh, like I need a reason to eat a cookie… 😉
I LOVE a breakfast cookie! Animal shelters make GREAT volunteering options for kids. Stella and I had been working with the Grace Foundation until they had to close.
~ I bet my kids won’t even know these are healthy:)
SPCA also has a terrific summer camp. My daughter did it one summer & loved it. Loved it so much that on her birthday that year (10th b-day) she requested no gift, but for each child to bring a donation of something for an animal – food, toy, leash, etc. After the party we took everything (people were incredibly generous!) to the SPCA and they were thrilled. I was thrilled not to have all the typical b-day loot!
I love the idea of cookies for breakfast! I am totally making these – and since they are at least semi-healthy, they’ll fit right in on my eating better while still eating cookies 2013 plan. 🙂 Love your goals, too!
These look great! I’ll try them using coconut sugar. A good service project is volunteering at the SPCA – you can help walk & groom dogs, play & socialize cats & kittens, etc. As long as you’re there I think age 8 is fine. There is also an organization (can’t recall name, but you can try Google) that plans & provides birthday parties for kids at homeless shelters. Good luck finding something & good for you for getting her involved early in life 🙂
I like that idea, the SPCA. Jordan would love it! Thank you!
These sounds really good. Great goals too. Good luck.
Love, Mom
About 3 years ago I was in this major banana cookie mode and have a jillion recipes for them. And then I just stopped! I made all mine in the microwave though. I need to try cookies like this, real and oven baked! They look great!
Oooh. I’ll have to look at your archives!
These sound wonderful Dorothy. Love your blog goals (and personal too)! You forgot though “meet shugary sweets” hehe!!
ANyways, as far as service work, most towns have local food pantries that allow you to bring in children to help stock shelves and more (depending on the pantry). Just an idea! I know for us it’s a good and relevant project, as we are blessed with food. Obviously 🙂
Oh, yeah! I need to add “meet all my bloggy friends” to the list!!! Thanks for the ideas Aimee!
Where I your SF mug from?
I got it in SF at a Walgreens, if you can believe that!
Those are excellent goals both for blog and you. My blogs goals are quite similar. I like the running but you definitely won’t catch me white water rafting. GO you!
Yeah…well we’ll see if I have the guts for it! 🙂
These look wonderful! I was just thinking I wanted to find a good breakfast cookie recipe. Trying these soon!
I hope you enjoy! 🙂
I love this recipe. However, the ingredient list has 1/4 cup sugar but the directions do not list the sugar. It never fails as I’m reading through making it I always forget the sugar and either put it in too late so their not the right texture or forget all together and their not sweet enough. Is it possible to update the directions to include the sugar?
Oh no Regina! I will fix it right now. I always try to double check my typos but I once in awhile I miss something. Thank you!
Thanks! My co workers and I love these esp with about 1/4 cup chopped walnuts added. And now they wont have to eat my oops when I forget the sugar…hopefully. 🙂
Yum, walnuts! Those would be a great addition!
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