Description
These Zucchini Bread Breakfast Cookies are a delicious and nutritious way to start your day. Packed with oats, walnuts, and zucchini, these cookies are a wholesome treat that will keep you satisfied until lunchtime.
Ingredients
Scale
Dry 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)
- 1/4 cup chopped walnuts
- 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- ¼ teaspoon fine sea salt
Wet Ingredients:
- 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.
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 14 minutes
- Category: Breakfast, Snack
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 cookie
- Calories: 140
- Sugar: 7g
- Sodium: 70mg
- Fat: 6g
- Saturated Fat: 1g
- Unsaturated Fat: 4g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 19g
- Fiber: 2g
- Protein: 3g
- Cholesterol: 25mg
Keywords: Zucchini Bread, Breakfast Cookies, Healthy Breakfast, Oatmeal Cookies
