Breakfast Cookies
Breakfast Cookies are packed full of oats, coconut, nuts, dried cranberries, and cinnamon, for a delicious, filling cookie!
I love cookies. Love, love them. So when my sister introduced me to Breakfast Cookies, I was ecstatic. They're healthier than regular chocolate chip cookies, plus they're far more filling, so just one cookie will hit the spot.
Dan hates having anything in his oatmeal cookies. That's something he made very clear the one and only time in our marriage that I made oatmeal raisin cookies. But you know what? Even Dan loved these breakfast cookies! And the kids especially love them, since they get to help make them!
Are Breakfast Cookies really a breakfast food?
While they do have the name breakfast in the title, they also have the word cookie, which might seem confusing. These are cookies that are tasty enough for a snack, but with 2 grams of protein, 1 gram of fiber, and just 17 carbs, they are a decent breakfast choice as well.
You can add more nuts to the recipe, in order to get more protein into them, if you need a breakfast that will stick with you better. My kids typically eat one of these with a small serving of yogurt, and they stay full until lunchtime!
If you want these to be even healthier, leave out the chocolate chips (they're still great without them!), and use a dried cranberry that doesn't have any sugar added. They're more expensive, but you'll cut quite a few carbs with just straight dried cranberries.
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📖 Recipe
Breakfast Cookies
Breakfast Cookies are packed full of oats, nuts, coconut, dried cranberries, and cinnamon, for a delicious, flavorful, filling cookie!
Ingredients
- 2 sticks butter, softened
- 1 cup brown sugar
- ½ cup white sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 teaspoon almond extract
- 2 eggs
- 1 ½ cups flour
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 3 cups old fashioned oats
- 1 cup Craisins
- 1 cup raisins
- 1 cup shredded coconut
- 1 cup walnuts, pecans, or almonds, chopped
- 1 cup chocolate chips (optional)
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- Cream together butter, brown sugar and white sugar.
- Add both extracts and eggs and beat well.
- Add flour, cinnamon and baking soda and mix.
- Stir in oats. Stir in the rest of the ingredients until well mixed.
- Use a small ice cream scoop to make cookie balls, and place on an ungreased cookie sheet.
- Bake for 12-14 minutes.
Notes
Store in an air tight container.
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Nutrition Information
Yield
60Serving Size
1 cookieAmount Per Serving Calories 122Total Fat 6gSaturated Fat 3gTrans Fat 0gUnsaturated Fat 3gCholesterol 14mgSodium 54mgCarbohydrates 17gFiber 1gSugar 10gProtein 2g
The nutritional information provided here is not guaranteed to be accurate and is provided for informational (and google) purposes only.
Would you consider eating these breakfast cookies for breakfast, or would they be a snack for you (we eat them as a snack)?
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OMG!! Making these as I speak and I must tell U, there FANTASTIC!! My G-Kids are going to lov these! Thank you soooo much!!
I hope your grandkids loved them! I know my kids just adore them!
My brother's girlfriend makes these cookies and would not share the recipe. Now, I have it! Bawhahaha.
People like that crack me up. My dad's aunt went to the grave with her amazing bread pudding recipe-- seems so silly to me! I'm all about sharing the great recipes I find and come up with!
I made these last week and now my husband wants more. I added 1/4 tsp of tumeric and reduce the sugar to 3/4 cup brown sugar and 1/4 cup white sugar. So good. We love them.
I'm so glad you enjoyed them, Nor! I'll have to try the turmeric the next time I make them, it sounds very interesting! (And by the way, I typically cut the sugar in most of my recipes, and I'm always happy with the results)
I made these yesterday and they turned out delicious! Very hearty. I followed the recipe exactly. I think based on the quantity of cookies made the amount of butter is not too bad. I looked online and 1 cup of butter (2 sticks) for 2 dozen cookies equals 5 grams of fat a cookie. So with this quantity it isn't crazy. But given the sugar and chocolate chips I used, I wasn't fooling myself into thinking they are super healthy. My man loved them and did a happy dance. Thanks for sharing. 🙂
I'm so glad to hear about your experience, Marlaina! I would definitely agree that they aren't amazingly healthy, but they are really tasty! And I love that they are filling, so I don't eat as many, plus the fact that they make a ton of cookies is great! Thanks so much for stopping back by and sharing!
These breakfast cookies look so delicious...awesome actually! I love this idea...thanks for sharing!
Thanks, Jodee! These are a favorite at our house. Even my husband likes them (and he hates when I add fruit or other "stuff" to his cookies!).
Yum-o! You had me at cookies! Stopping by from the Weekend Social linkup and I pinned for later!
Thanks for pinning- they are truly delicious and more filling than normal cookies 🙂
How many cookies does this recipe make? At the top it says 5, but I am sure this is probably a typo. Thanks!
Lori, I have no idea why the recipe card did that, but it should say 5 dozen! lol. Thanks for letting me know- I'll get it fixed.
Just made these babies!
added 1 tsp of sea salt ...( I like salty sweet)
doubled the coconut...(I used FLAKES not shredded)
added 1/2 cup Multi-grain flakes by QUAKER
EXACTLY what I was looking for in an excuse to have cookies for breakfast!
Thanks for the recipe:)
I'm so glad you liked them LauraJane! And your changes sound great too!
These sound yummy and I thought butter was good for you again!
Patsy, I can never keep up with whether things are good for us or bad for us, since they keep changing it! lol. But either way, these are delicious!
It is good for you, as long as you don't eat carbs...so much for the breakfast cookies!
I love any recipe that starts with "2 sticks of butter" 😀
lol. I know, these cookies could almost be healthy if it weren't for the butter! Maybe sometime I'll try substituting something for the butter, but I'm afraid I'd end up with 5 dozen disgusting cookies!
@Jamie
Hi Jamie, do you think could baked as bar cookies without ruining the texture?
I've never tried it, but it seems like it would work. It would likely need more baking time. If you do try it, we'd love to hear how it works out for you!
a recipe so i can actually not feel so bad about eating cookies for breakfast? YUM!
Or at least feel better about it! lol
These look yummy. I might substitute some of the not so healthy ingredients and give them a whirl.
They're really delicious, Emily! If you do try substitutions, I'd love to hear how they turn out for you!
I will definitely let you know.