Cranberry Oatmeal Breakfast Cookies
Looking for a delicious way to start your day? These tasty make-ahead Cranberry Oatmeal Breakfast Cookies are a great option for breakfast of course but also perfect for adding to lunchboxes or enjoying as a snack! Featuring Cape Cod Select Frozen Cranberries, this recipe is quick, nutritious and delicious.
Ingredients
- A few drizzles of Oil Oil
- 2-3 Cups Frozen Cranberries
- 3 Cups Old Fashioned Oats
- 1 Tsp. Cinnamon
- 1 Tsp. Baking Powder
- 2 Tbsp. Hemp Hearts
- 1/2 Cup Milk
- 2 Very Ripe Bananas (Mashed Well)
- 1 Cup Nut Butter
- 1/2 Cup Plain Honey
- 1 1/2 Tsp. Pure Vanilla Extract
- 1/2 Cup Walnut Pieces
35-40 mins
Total Time
20+ mins
Prep Time
15-20 mins
Cook Time
20+ cookies
Portions
Directions
- Start off by lining a couple of baking sheets with parchment paper. Alternatively you can spray pans with a non-stick cooking spray. Set baking sheets aside.
- Next, heat a few drizzles of olive oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat and add in your frozen cranberries. Saute cranberries until they begin to pop and break down just a bit. Then carefully remove from skillet, drain and set aside to cool.
- In a large mixing bowl combine: oats, cinnamon, baking powder and hemp hearts. Mix to combine.
- Then, in a separate (can be smaller) bowl, combine: milk, bananas, nut butter, honey, and vanilla extract. Again, stir to combine.
- Carefully add your wet ingredients into the dry and gently stir to fully incorporate.
- Now, add to your bowl the majority of your cooked down cranberries (reserving a small amount for topping; see below) as well as the walnut pieces. Again, carefully mix to combine.
- Place bowl in refrigerator for approx. 1 hour to firm up your mixture. During this time, pre-heat oven to 360 degrees and line
- Once time is up, remove bowl from your refrigerator, and start to scoop out small scoops onto your prepared baking sheets.
- Using the back of the scoop of a fork, etc. flatten the tops of your cookies just slightly. Then, using your reserved cranberries add additional cranberries on top, until you have 2- 3 on top of each cookie.
- Bake 15-20 min. or until cookies are set/stay together, being careful that the bottoms do not burn.
- Once done, remove from oven and cool on baking sheets for a few min. prior to carefully transferring to a wire rack to cool completely.
- Once cooled (or mostly cooled!), enjoy immediately or store in an air-tight container for 3 or so days, refrigerated. Enjoy these cookies any time of day, breakfast to lunch to snack time. Yum!