Cookies for breakfast? Hell yeah!
Came across this recipe on loads of blogs in different variations. The one I saved and used came from: “The Burlap Bag”
The cookies can be eaten warm and cold. Eat all of them if you want breakfast, eat one or two if you just want a nice little snack!
Note: So far my cookies have been firm but also a bit mushy/gooey at the same time. Which I quite like! Haven’t found out if you can ever get them snappy and crusty though. Will report back if I do.
Ingredients (serves 1 for breakfast or 3-6 for snacks)
- 1 medium sized ripe to overripe banana
- 30-40 grams of oats (I used/stole some Quaker oats; not sure who they belonged to but they’ve kinda past their expiry date anyway!)
- walnuts
- cinnamon
Yes. I know it says 2 ingredient cookies. And you can make them with just a banana and oats but adding in some cinnamon and walnuts (or anything else for that matter) makes it just so much nicer!
How to cook
- Pre-heat the oven to 175-ish degrees.
- Slice and mush up your banana.
- Add in the oats, walnuts and cinnamon and mix together (just with a fork or so, nothing fancy).
- Add more oats if needed.
- Grab a tin/baking tray and put some aluminum foil on. I also sprayed the foil with a little bit of oil, just to make sure the cookies weren’t going to stick to it.
- To shape the cookies I put the banana-oats mix in an ice scoop and then ‘release’ them onto the tray. This gives them a nice and round appearance. However, I’m sure there are a million different ways of shaping your cookies as well as just shaping them with your hands.
- Put them in the oven for about 15-20 minutes (check they don’t get too brown). Exact time may vary according to the oven and on how big you made your cookies!
- Take the cookies out of the oven, let them sit for a few minutes and lift them off the tray. Let the cookies cool down for a few more minutes and eat warm or let them cool down fully.
- Enjoy!
Additional notes
- Other things that might be worth adding in: Chocolate chips, almonds, hazelnuts, raisins, dried cranberries, peanut butter etc etc.
- Other things you can make them with: apparently you can replace the banana with pumpkin puree. Might try that soon!
- Wondering if you can also make it with semi-mushed-up apple.. fearing that might fall apart though.
- Best to make them and eat them the same day (or the night before and then eat them in the morning).
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