Banana Oatmeal Breakfast Cookies {High Protein}

These Banana Oatmeal Breakfast Cookies are packed with protein and fibre. All you need are 4 ingredients and you can freeze them for later!

Ingredients and substitutions

• Quick oats – rolled oats would work but will result in a chewier cookie.
• Sunflower butter – peanut butter or almond butter would also be good in this recipe.
• Bananas – unsweetened applesauce is the best substitute for bananas.
• Egg – make a flax egg by combining one tablespoon of ground flax seeds with three tablespoons of water then refrigerate for 15 minutes.

How to make breakfast cookies

1. Mash the bananas.
2. Add in sunflower butter and eggs.
3. Mix in the oatmeal.
4. Stir in any toppings.
5. Bake for 18-20 minutes.
6. Freeze for later or serve fresh!

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.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

Storing breakfast cookies

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. They’re the perfect thing to grab on the way out the door!

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

Freezing this recipe

Fortunately, these breakfast cookies are also very freezer-friendly! This makes them perfect for easy meal prep. You can freeze them in an airtight freezer-safe container for up to 4 months.

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

More healthy breakfast recipes

• Sheet Pan Pancakes {4 Ways!}
• 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.