Tuesday, 7 April 2015

Banana-Date Breakfast Cookies

Prep time: 10 minutes
Cook time: 25 minutes
Makes 9 cookies
Calories:297 per cookie
Source: www.thekitchenmagpie.com


Ingredients
  • 2 large bananas, mashed
  • 3 cups large-flake oats
  • 1 cup dates, pitted and chopped
  • 1/3 cup applesauce
  • 1/3 cup honey
  • 1/2 cup hemp hearts
  • 1 tsp vanilla
  • 1 tsp cinnamon

Directions:
  1. Preheat oven to 325.
  2. Combine all ingredients in a large bowl.
  3. Line a baking sheet with parchment; roll dough into balls and press down to flatten onto sheet.  Cookies should be large and sheet should hold only 3-4 cookies.
  4. Bake 25-28 minutes until bottoms are browned.
  5. Allow cookies to cool completely on the baking sheet for several hours in order to prevent crumbling.

I have been looking for some good breakfast recipes that can be made ahead of time, ready for busy daycare mornings.  I went in search of a breakfast cookie recipe and lucky me, the first one I tried was a keeper.  These cookies are so healthy and yet they taste so good.  The on-line recipe calls for applesauce or softened butter, but I've never used butter in this recipe.  I was going to the first time I made them, but Pete had put my softened butter back in the fridge so I had none on hand when I needed it.  Happy accident as these are delicious with the applesauce - I'm sure they're good with butter too, but I see no reason to bother trying!

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