Breakfast in a cookie? Yes please! I love to eat breakfast, I love to make breakfast but I also love to sleep and If I have to choose between eating or sleeping…. my bed always wins. This is fine at the weekends when I have no school run to go on, but during the week there are often a couple of days where I feel as though I don’t have time to make breakfast for myself.
A pre-made, perfectly portioned sized breakfast cookie (or 2) is most definitely the answer for me. Making them in advance means that you have a couple of days worth ready to go in the fridge (although like most things, they taste better on the first day) and the best thing about them is that they are portable, so you can just grab them and go if you need to.
Clean Eating Banana Nut Breakfast Cookies are quick and easy to make. They contain just 5 ingredients, no added sugar (besides naturally occurring sugar) they are dairy free, suitable for vegans, and can be gluten free. These cookies don’t just have to be eaten for breakfast either, they make a great nutritious snack during the day too.
4 of these cookies are equivalent to a 40g serving of porridge oats.
Clean Eating Banana Nut Breakfast Cookies
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- Yield: 8 (4 Servings)
Clean Eating Banana Nut Breakfast Cookies are quick and easy to make. They contain just 5 ingredients, no added sugar (besides naturally occurring sugar) they are dairy free, suitable for vegans, and can be gluten free. These cookies don't just have to be eaten for breakfast either, they make a great nutritious snack during the day too.
Ingredients
- 2 super ripe medium Bananas the darker the better
- 1 teaspoon Pure Vanilla Extract
- 80 grams Rolled Oats
- 60 grams Mixed Nuts chopped
- 1 teaspoon Ground Cinnamon
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 200°C and line a baking tray with grease proof paper.
- Place the peeled bananas into a bowl and mash them up with a fork.
- Once thoroughly mashed, add the vanilla extract and stir to combine.
- In a separate bowl, stir together the oats, cinnamon and chopped nuts.
- Add the oat mixture to the banana and stir to combine.
- Divide the wet mixture into 8 equal balls and place on the baking tray. Squash them down into 1cm thick cookies.
- Place into the oven for 15 minutes.
- Once cooked, carefully remove from the baking tray with a spatula and allow to cool on a wire rack.
- Once cooled, place in a air tight container in the fridge for up to 3 days.
25 Comments
Gilly Auger
23rd May 2014 at 2:08 pmOooooh, they look so good!
Polly Darby
3rd July 2014 at 4:38 pmI just made these. They were really dry 🙁 I’m not sure what went wrong xxx such a good idea though x
Polly Darby
3rd July 2014 at 8:08 pmOhhh yea that’s probably where I went wrong the bananas weren’t that ripe! Silly me! I love your page so much! It’s fab! Xxx
Dawn Ryles
4th July 2014 at 4:23 pmHi what oats do you use is it the original porridge oats
Jai MacIain
7th July 2014 at 9:23 amThis is on my list to try – my usual breakfast was granola so whilst looking for an alternative found these! Yum!
Natalie Longman
8th August 2014 at 12:53 pmI made a batch of these earlier. They came out perfect and were super yummy. I used a mixture of hazelnuts, walnuts and brazil nuts.
Helen Jennifer Kay
14th August 2014 at 10:23 amThank you, these are great! I love reading your blog 🙂
Lesley Turner
2nd February 2015 at 11:08 pmwe made these tonight ready for breakfast. Mummy has tried one just to make sure breakfast will be ok and I won’ thane to think of something last minute. Very yummy 🙂 a lot of chewing but very filling.I drizzled a spot of honey on mine because I fancied it 🙂 thank you Charlie!
Rachel Newman
5th February 2015 at 9:38 pmMade a batch tonight, look good ..will try for breakfast tomorrow
Jo Bentley
15th May 2015 at 9:08 pmMade these and went down a storm x
Jo Bentley
15th May 2015 at 9:08 pmMade these and went down a storm x
Rob Donovan
15th May 2015 at 10:08 pmGot to try these, will be good to take on early morning starts, so I don’t wake the household with the shake Maker!!!
Kate Black
15th May 2015 at 11:53 pmThink these would make a fab breakfast option! Can’t wait to try them! X
Lucy Davis
16th May 2015 at 9:23 amThese look fab going to have to give these a go 🙂
Joanne Parsons
16th May 2015 at 9:53 amThese look simple enough even for me and tasty too! Just need my oven to work now
Jennie Harper
16th May 2015 at 10:39 ammay have to make these next week as I have some bananas getting pretty ripe as I type.x.
Rachael Smith
16th May 2015 at 1:08 pmHi Charlie, these look yum, I’m going to try them tomorrow. Where do you buy your pure vanilla extract from? I usually shop at Aldi and have a feeling I won’t find it there.
Michelle Goldsmith
17th May 2015 at 9:38 amI can’t wait to make all these “competition” cookies! They sounds scrumptious! (I have a feeling this one will be my favourite, though ;-).
Kasia Janicka
17th May 2015 at 12:53 pmI made those a few weeks ago and i couldn’t stop eating them all:-) They were so tasty:-)x
Claire Kilbey Harmsworth
17th May 2015 at 8:53 pmI really need to try these, I struggle with breakfast but these look like they’d make it a lot easier 😉
Jodie Dunleavy
17th May 2015 at 9:08 pmCan’t wait to give these a go! Just waiting for my banana’s to go super ripe xxx.
Katie Clarke
17th May 2015 at 9:08 pmLove these and easy to make 🙂
Clodagh Green
17th May 2015 at 9:38 pmI’m going to have to make these! They look and sound so good! Thinking of adding dates to them!
Nina Kerrou
17th May 2015 at 10:53 pmI need to try these! I’m so rubbish when it comes to breakfast…
Infertility Network
8th June 2015 at 11:54 pmI can’t wait to make these! I’m on a clean eating diet – on a mission to balance my hormones through diet. Thank you to your wonderful blog – I have collected many ideas for snacks, meals ect! Thank you!