Healthy Oatmeal Breakfast Cookies
These Breakfast Cookies are like a bowl of homemade granola in cookie form! They’re healthy oatmeal cookies that taste like your favourite oatmeal raisin cookies!
Servings: 6 yield(s)
Prep Time: 15 mins
Cook Time: 20 mins
Total Time: 35 mins
Ingredients
    Wet ingredients
  • 100 g pitted dates
  • 1/3 cup boiling water
  • 1 egg
  • 3 tbsp maple syrup or honey
  • 3 tbsp coconut oil
  • 1 tsp vanilla essence
    • Dry ingredients
  • 1 1/4 cup rolled oats
  • 1/2 cup flaked almonds
  • 1/4 cup desiccated coconut
  • 1/2 cup raisins or sultanas
  • 3/4 cup almond meal
  • 1/2 tsp baking powder
  • 1/2 tsp cinnamon
Instructions
  1. Preheat oven to 180C/350F (standard) or 160C/320F (fan/convection). Line a tray with parchment/baking paper.
  2. Roughly chop dates. Place in bowl, pour over water. Cover and leave to soak for 10 minutes.
  3. Mash with potato masher or fork until it becomes a paste.
  4. Add remaining Wet ingredients. Mix well with wooden spoon.
  5. Add Dry ingredients. Mix until all flour is incorporated - should be a thick batter (see video).
  6. Measure out just shy of 1/2 cup (6 cookies) or 1/3 cup flat (8 cookies). Flatten to 1.7cm / 2/3" thick rounds. (Note 9) Bake 20 minutes until golden.
  7. Remove from oven, leave to cool on the tray.