Make-Ahead Banana Oatmeal Breakfast Cookies
Earn your Mom of the Year badge by baking up a batch these delicious (but don't tell the kids they're healthy!) breakfast cookies.
- ½ cup peanut butter
- ½ cup applesauce
- ¾ cup packed brown sugar
- 1 egg
- 1 tspn vanilla
- 2 ripe bananas, mashed
- ½ tsp baking soda
- ¼ tsp salt
- 1½ cups flour (all-purpose or ¾ cup all-purpose and ¾ cup whole wheat)
- ¼ cup toasted wheat germ
- 2 cups quick-cooking oats (not instant)
- 1 cup raisins (or dried cranberries, or chocolate chips)
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
With an electric mixer, beat the peanut butter and applesauce until combined. Beat in the brown sugar. Add egg and vanilla, beating until mixed. Stir in the bananas, baking soda and salt.
Add the flour and wheat germ, mixing until combined. Stir in the oatmeal and raisins.
Drop ¼-cup dollops of batter four inches apart onto an ungreased cookie sheet. Press down slightly with the palm of your hand to flatten into three-inch rounds.
Bake for 15 minutes or until the edges are browned. Let stand 1 minute on the tray, then remove to a wire rack.
- The "cookies" freeze well.
Submit!
