Chunky Monkey Breakfast Cookies
Kayla Castle • June 14, 2021
Cookies for breakfast! Healthy cookies that wont spike blood pressure. Refined flour, refined sugar, gluten-free, dairy-free and vegan. I love to have a cookie for my afternoon snack. Fiber-packed these cookies will keep you full till your next meal!
Recipe
Ingredients:
• 1 cup Old-fashioned oats
• 1 cup oat flour
• ½ cup nut or seed butter, I used PB
• 2 ripe bananas, mashed
• 2 tablespoons ground flaxseed
• 1/3 cup maple syrup
• ½ teaspoon baking powder
• Pinch of salt
• Heaping 1/3 cup of chocolate chips
Method:
1. Preheat oven to 325F and line a baking pan with a non-stick mat or parchment paper.
2. In a large bowl combine the maple syrup, bananas, nut/seed butter and ground flaxseed. Slowly add in the oat flour and whole-oats. Next stir in the baking powder and salt. Lastly fold in the chocolate chips.
3. Using a cookie scoop form about ~3 tablespoons of batter into rounds on baking pan.
4. Bake for 14-17 minutes, depending on size of cookies. Let cool on baking pan. Enjoy!
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