Healthy Breakfast Cookies w/ Peanut Butter, Chia Seeds, & Chocolate Chips
These healthy breakfast cookies with peanut butter, chia seeds, & chocolate chips are melt-in-your-mouth delicious.
Servings: 12 cookies
Calories: 165kcal
Ingredients
- 1 1/4 cup gluten-free oats
- 3/4 cup powdered peanut butter
- 2 tablespoons chia seeds
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1/4 teaspoon sea salt
- 1/4 cup virgin coconut oil melted
- 1/4 cup pure maple syrup
- 3 tablespoons water
- 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
- 2/3 cup vegan chocolate chips
Instructions
- Pre-heat oven to 350 degrees F, and line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
- Combine oats, peanut butter powder, chia seeds, cinnamon and sea salt in a large food processor bowl, and process until oats are coarsely chopped.
- Add coconut oil, maple syrup, water, and vanilla extract and process until ingredients are well combined. Dough will be sticky and form a ball.
- Remove chopping blade from the food processor bowl, and stir in chocolate chips, then
- use a spoon to drop 12 spoonfuls of dough on baking sheet, and flatten with a fork tine.
- Place in oven and bake for 10-12 minutes, then remove cookies from oven, and allow to cool for 5 minutes before serving.
Notes
- A large food processor (this is the one I use) works well to make these healthy breakfast cookies, but you can also use a hand mixer-the oats will be whole vs. chopped.
- Don't have powdered peanut butter? I've had readers use regular peanut butter (or other nut butter) and cut back on the coconut oil, and I've heard they've turned out to be delicious!
- Feel free to experiment with other spices instead of cinnamon-cardamom, ginger, nutmeg, etc.
- Same thing for the chia seeds. Don't have any? Try ground flax seeds or hemp seeds instead.
Nutrition
Serving: 1cookie | Calories: 165kcal | Carbohydrates: 17g | Protein: 4g | Fat: 10g | Sodium: 77mg | Fiber: 3g | Sugar: 7g