Description
These Zucchini Bread Breakfast Cookies are a healthy and delicious way to start your day, packed with oats, flax, and zucchini. They are lightly sweet and perfect for a grab-and-go breakfast or snack.
Ingredients
- 1 ½ cups quick oats
- ¾ cup old fashioned oats
- 1 cup oat flour OR whole wheat flour OR ground grain of your choice
- ¼ cup ground golden flax OR chia seeds
- ¼ cup chopped walnuts
- 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- ¼ teaspoon fine sea salt
- ½ cup unsweetened applesauce
- ⅓ cup honey
- 4 tablespoons oil OR melted butter OR melted coconut oil
- 2 large eggs
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 cup shredded zucchini (excess moisture squeezed out, measured after squeezing)
Instructions
- **Prep:** Preheat oven to 360°F. Line two cookie sheets.
- **Make cookie dough:** Place all dry ingredients in a large bowl and mix until well combined. Add all wet ingredients on top and stir together until cookie dough forms.
- **Shape cookies:** Scoop dough into 2-tablespoon sized cookies, place spaced 2 inches apart on lined cookie sheets. Slightly flatten and shape cookies into rounds about ½ – ⅔ inches thick and 2 – 2½ inches in diameter (they will not change during baking).
- **Bake:** Bake cookies, one batch at a time, for 12-14 minutes, or until lightly golden. Cool on cookie sheets for 5 minutes, then transfer to a cooling rack to cool completely. Store in an airtight container for up to 3 days.
Notes
- Do not skip squeezing the zucchini, else your cookies will turn out too soggy.
- If you only have old fashioned oats on hand, I highly recommend to slowly pulse some of them 3-5 times in a food processor to create your own 1.5 cups of “quick cooking oats”.
- If you only have quick cooking oats on hand, you will need to add around ¼ – ⅓ cup extra to the dough, otherwise it will come out too wet.
- The oat flour is made by simply blending oats into a powder – use a high-power blender, a food processor or even a strong immersion blender for this. You can also purchase oat flour at some stores. Feel free to use whole wheat flour instead if you prefer.
- This recipe is lightly sweet. For sweeter cookies, add 4-6 tablespoons granulated sugar or light brown sugar.
- If cookies need to be gluten free for dietary reasons, please check all of your ingredients to ensure they are certified gluten free – especially your oats! (do not use whole wheat flour as a substitute if gluten free)
- Prep Time: unknown
- Cook Time: 12-14 minutes
- Category: Breakfast, Cookies
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American