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Home » Recipes » Protein Banana Oatmeal Breakfast Cookies

Protein Banana Oatmeal Breakfast Cookies

6/15/20

Breakfast
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These Banana Oatmeal Breakfast Cookies are packed with protein and fibre, and come together with just 4 ingredients. Plus, they can be frozen for meal prep!

Banana Oatmeal Breakfast Cookies

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Ingredients in this recipe

This breakfast cookie recipe uses the a very minimal amount of ingredients so they are not super time consuming or labor intensive to make. The base contains just four easy ingredients, and from there it's just a matter of whether or not you want to add in toppings.

Here's what you need: 

  • 2 cups quick oats
  • 1 cup sunflower butter or peanut or almond butter
  • 3 bananas, mashed
  • 2 eggs

Here are some ideas for add-ins:

  • chocolate chips
  • hemp hearts, chia seeds, pumpkin seeds or flax seeds
  • dried fruit
  • shredded coconut

Banana Oatmeal Breakfast Cookies

How to make breakfast cookies

It's super easy to make this recipe. Here's a basic overview:

  1. Mash bananas in a large bowl.
  2. Mix in sunflower butter and eggs.
  3. Mix in oatmeal.
  4. Mix in add-ins of choice.
  5. Add batter to a parchment-lined baking sheet, then bake for 18-20 minutes.
  6. Let cookies cool for 5-10 minutes before enjoying.

Banana Oatmeal Breakfast Cookies

Ingredient substitutions

  • Oats: I use quick cooking oats in this recipe, but rolled oats will work as well. Rolled oats will give a bit more structure to the cookies, but they won’t be as soft and might be more chewy as well.
  • Nut butter: Feel free to use any type of nut butter. Good options are sunflower butter, cashew, peanut, or almond butter.
  • Bananas: See my notes below about good substitutes for bananas (hint, hint, applesauce)
  • Eggs: If you have an egg allergy or need a vegan substitute for eggs, you can use a flax egg.

How to make a flax egg

  1. In a small bowl, combine one tablespoon of ground flax seeds (or flaxseed meal) with three tablespoons of water.
  2. Mix to combine, then refrigerate it for 15 minutes so it sets up and thickens.

Banana Oatmeal Breakfast Cookies

Using applesauce instead of bananas

Unsweetened applesauce is a great substitute in baking, especially when it replaces fat (such as butter or bananas) and/or refined sugar.

You can replace 1 banana with 1/2 cup of applesauce, but avoid using more than 1 cup total applesauce in a recipe.
Doing this will make your baked goods very dense and too wet. As a result, they may not set up during baking.

Another way that applesauce is used in baking is to add moisture.

To make this banana oatmeal cookie recipe vegan, you can replace one egg with 1/4 cup of applesauce.

But again, avoid using more than 1 cup of applesauce for the entire recipe, regardless of what you're using it as a replacement for.

TIP: If you do use 1 full cup of applesauce and you want to give the oatmeal cookies a lighter texture, add 1/2 teaspoon of baking powder to the recipe.

How to add more protein

There are several ingredients you can add to the recipe to boost the protein in the cookies.

  1. Whey protein powder – unflavored, or vanilla protein powder would be delicious!
  2. Pea protein or other plant-based protein powder
  3. Collagen powder – There are two types of collagen powder. The one that works well and can be added without substitution for anything else is collagen peptides.
  4. Chia seeds – Not only will chia seeds add protein to your cookies, but they’re also a good source of Omega 3 fats, fibre, and antioxidants!

Banana Oatmeal Breakfast Cookies

More add-in ideas

As much as I love add-ins, it’s important not to go overboard with them. Using more than 1 cup of them will make the cookies too difficult to bake properly and add more calories.

Delicious options for cookie add-ins include:

  • Flavored chips – chocolate chips or any other flavor, such as butterscotch chips
  • Hemp hearts
  • Wheat germ
  • Seeds – chia, flax, pumpkin, sunflower, or even sesame seeds will work here
  • Dried fruit – raisins, cranberries, blueberries, cherries, or any other dried fruit of your choice
  • Candy – While it will make your cookies less healthy, you may want a little extra sweetness from M&M’s or other candy of your choice.

Banana Oatmeal Breakfast Cookies

Storing and freezing

These cookies are best when eaten fresh. However, if you store them in an airtight container or Ziploc bag, they will stay tasty for up to a week.

You can either store them at room temperature or in the refrigerator. Refrigeration is best, especially if you live in a warm climate.

Fortunately, they are also very freezer-friendly! This makes them perfect for easy meal prep. If they are kept in an airtight, freezer-safe container, you can keep them frozen for up to 4 months.

They thaw out pretty quickly at room temperature. You can take them out of the freezer and keep them in the container on your kitchen counter overnight. This way, they’ll be ready to eat in the morning.

Breakfast cookies are perfect to grab on your way out the door!

Banana Oatmeal Breakfast Cookies

More healthy breakfast recipes

  • Overnight steel cut oats
  • Protein pancakes
  • Avocado zucchini muffins

Meal prep tools for this recipe

  • Grab some glass meal prep bowls if you plan on storing leftover cookies
  • Order some hemp hearts online
  • Order some sunflower butter online

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Banana Oatmeal Breakfast Cookies

Banana Oatmeal Breakfast Cookies

These Banana Oatmeal Breakfast Cookies are packed with protein and fibre, and come together with just 4 ingredients. Plus, they can be frozen for meal prep!
4 from 4 votes
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Course: Breakfast
Cuisine: American
Keyword: banana oatmeal cookies, breakfast cookies
Prep Time: 15 minutes
Cook Time: 30 minutes
Total Time: 45 minutes
Servings: 24 cookies
Calories: 142kcal
Author: Taylor Stinson

Ingredients

  • 2 cups quick oats
  • 1 cup sunflower butter or peanut or almond butter
  • 3 bananas, mashed
  • 2 eggs

Add-in ideas (add no more than 1 cup total)

  • chocolate chips
  • hemp hearts
  • pumpkin seeds
  • dried fruit
  • shredded coconut

Instructions

  • Preheat oven to 350 F. Mash bananas in a large bowl, then mix with sunflower butter and eggs. Mix in oatmeal until well combined, then any add-ins of choice.
  • Add batter by a large spoonful to a parchment-lined baking sheet, then bake for 18-20 minutes until browned.
  • Let cookies cool for 5-10 minutes before enjoying. Cookies can be frozen up to 3 months. Enjoy!

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Notes

NOTE: Nutritional info is per cookie.

Nutrition

Calories: 142kcal | Carbohydrates: 12g | Protein: 6g | Fat: 9g | Saturated Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 14mg | Sodium: 8mg | Potassium: 103mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 2g | Vitamin A: 56IU | Vitamin C: 2mg | Calcium: 26mg | Iron: 2mg

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Hey there, my name's Taylor! I’m the founder of The Girl on Bloor, a food blog where I share healthy meal prep recipes for busy people. I'm a busy city girl living in downtown Toronto on (you guessed it!) Bloor Street. I've got 10 years experience meal prepping, along with a Master's degree in journalism, and you can find my work across the internet featured on publications such as Buzzfeed, HuffPost, Women's Health, Reader's Digest and more. I also run the awesome 5-Day Meal Prep Challenge, which is a free email course and Facebook group where I share my meal planning strategies and easy meal prep tips and recipes. Be sure to check out my free beginner’s guide to meal prep and follow me on Facebook, YouTube and Instagram to get my latest recipes and meal prep tips!

Comments

  1. Dana A says

    June 15, 2020 at 19:28

    5 stars
    I love these.. They are so easy to make and so versatile! I used Lilly’s semi-sweet chocolate chips to get the WW points down even further since they are sugar free and didn’t use any dried fruit and used pecans and they are the bomb! THANK YOU!!! Lovin’ you fight about now! 😘

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    • Taylor Stinson says

      June 16, 2020 at 08:09

      I’m so happy you enjoyed, Dana!

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