Oatmeal Breakfast Cookies (with Video)
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Healthy Cranberry Oatmeal Breakfast Cookies with no butter, oil, eggs, flour, or sugar. You can mix these up, and bake and have cookies in under 30 minutes!
These cookies are quick to make and ready in under 30 minutes. No butter, oil, eggs, flour, or sugar – just simple ingredients that actually keep you full.
They look like cookies, smell like cookies… but they’re really more like portable oatmeal. Everything you’d normally throw in a bowl, just baked into something you can grab and go.
They’re family-approved (huge win), and perfect for busy mornings when you need something fast.
Make a double batch and stash some in the freezer so you always have an easy breakfast ready.
Step by step video below!
Oatmeal breakfast cookies
It looks like a cookie, smells like a cookie… but is it a cookie? No, not really. Not in the typical definition of the word, anyway. It has no butter, oil, eggs, flour, or sugar.
Why you’ll love this
- This is a cookie for everyone! It’s gluten free, dairy free, egg free and has no added sugar (there is sugar added to dried cranberries).
- This is a super easy recipe.
- Quick to mix and bake!
If you are looking for more traditional Oatmeal Cookie Recipe, you’ll love my Chewy Oatmeal Cookies! Another great way to get oatmeal into your family is my Oatmeal Waffles. Everyone loves these!
Involve the kids
A sure-fire way to get my kids to eat something is to have them help me make it. Look at him all proud of his efforts (you can’t see me trying very very hard not to control the process and fail).
We made these, and then found excuses to give them to him. Oh you got dressed? Here’s a cookie…
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Key Recipe Ingredients
Note: This highlights some ingredients. Full list is in the recipe card.
- Rolled Oats. Use the regular old-fashioned kind (or quick), steel cut will not work for these. rolled oats.
- Mashed Bananas. Ripe, soft bananas are better than the super yellow/green. If they have spots. use em! They will be sweeter.
- Applesauce. Use unsweetened (or mix it up and use a cinnamon flavored one)
- Cinnamon. This adds a warm flavor to the cookies.
- Vanilla Extract. Use a good quality one, it will elevate the taste!
- Dried Cranberries. If you are watching your sugar intake, opt for unsweetened ones if you can find them. I regularly use raisins or chopped dried apricots.
How to make this recipe
This is a step-by-step photo guide. Full ingredients and instructions are in the printable recipe card below.
JumpGet prepped. Preheat oven to 350°F. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper, or use a baking stone.
Make the cookies. Add all ingredients to a large bowl, and mix together until well combined.
Using a small cookie scoop, drop dough onto the the cookie sheet, and then flatten into round shapes (you can use fingers or a glass pressed down onto the cookie)
Bake. Bake approximate 20 – 25 minutes, or until golden brown. Remove from oven & let rest on cookie sheet for 5 minutes and then move to cooling rack.
Kylee’s Notes
You may need more or less time in the oven. Bear in mind, they’ll firm up after cooling, so just make sure the edges are brown and cool them on the baking sheet before moving to a rack.
Storing Breakfast Cookies
Store in a covered container in the refrigerator for up to 5 days or at room temperature for 3 days. They are fairly moist, so you’ll want to eat them fast.
Substitutions/Additions
Switch out the apple sauce for pumpkin puree, and add a little pumpkin pie spice around the holidays.
You could use homemade almond butter if you wanted to add a different flavor profile, too.
Use raisins, dried apricots, dried cherries or dried apples in this to mix it up!
Pumpkin seeds, sunflower seeds, flax seed or mini chocolate chips are also excellent additions.
Freezing instructions
These cookies can also be frozen after baking.
Freeze on parchment paper until firm, then store in a freezer bag until needed. Remove from freezer and let thaw overnight.
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Oatmeal Breakfast Cookies (with Video!)
Equipment
Ingredients
- 2 cups rolled oats (regular or quick only, steelcut don’t work)
- 2 bananas ripe
- 1 cup applesauce unsweetened
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1/3 cup dried cranberries (or raisins, or chopped dried apricots)
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°F.
- Mix together all ingredients until well combined.2 cups rolled oats, 2 bananas, 1 cup applesauce, 1 teaspoon cinnamon, 1 teaspoon vanilla extract, 1/3 cup dried cranberries
- Line a cookie sheet with parchment paper, or use a baking stone.
- Using a small cookie scoop, drop dough onto the the cookie sheet, and then flatten into round shapes.
- Bake approx. 20 – 25 minutes, or until golden.
- Remove from oven & let rest on cookie sheet for 5 minutes and then move to cooling rack.
Video
Notes
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About Kylee Ayotte
I am a born and raised New Zealander (a Kiwi), now living in Phoenix, Arizona. I’m happily married to the love of my life – a hot American boy I met while traveling the world. I’m a mama to 2 awesome little boys and love red things, rugby, cheesecake, and bacon. Mmmmm. Bacon. Meet Kylee
Smells amazing. Looks amazing. Flavor amazing.
These cookies are delicious! I love using applesauce when baking cookies! Adds a great texture and flavor!
Any time I can eat cookies for breakfast, I will. I love how healthy these cookies are! They will definitely be a new favourite in my kitchen!
Thank you so much for sharing this amazing cranberry oatmeal breakfast recipe! Will surely have this again! It’s really easy to make and it tasted so delicious! Highly recommended!
How many calories in each cookie?
You can find all the nutrition info at the bottom of the recipe card 🙂
Yum, these cookies look nice and hearty and full of nothing but good stuff. I am so making these for breakfast.
This recipe is so convenient to grab and go on those busy mornings. And so delicious and nutritious too!