3 Ingredient Breakfast Cookies
These 3 ingredient breakfast cookies are one of the easiest recipes you’ll ever make! They’re healthy, vegan, gluten-free, and delicious! You can even customize them with your favorite mix-ins! Read on for the recipe!

When I have lots of very brown bananas, this is one of my favorite recipes to make! They’re so quick and easy to throw together, and I can grab a couple on my way out the door! These are also super kid-friendly, so make their wishes come true by giving them cookies for breakfast! You don’t have to tell them they’re healthy.
These will not be a decadent “dessert” cookie, but they do taste good, and they’re great for a snack on the go. I called them breakfast cookies because I think they’d be excellent in the morning. If you wanted more of a dessert cookie, you could add some chocolate chips, walnuts, or even just more peanut butter. As the recipe is written, each cookie only has about 50 calories. Adding in chocolate chips would add a few calories, but they’d still be pretty healthy!
Breakfast Cookie Ingredients
- Bananas– These add sweetness and a soft texture to the cookies. Be sure your bananas are very ripe. If your bananas aren’t ripe, you may want to add a little extra sweetener to these cookies.
- Rolled Oats– For the best texture, to use rolled oats, not instant oats. If you’re sensitive to gluten, be sure your oats are gluten free.
- Salted Peanut Butter– You can use creamy or crunchy peanut butter. If your peanut butter is unsalted, add a pinch of salt to your cookies.
Tips for Making Breakfast Cookies
- Use parchment paper or spray the baking sheet with non-stick spray. This is important because the cookies may stick to a regular pan.
- Be sure your bananas are very ripe. If your bananas aren’t heavily speckled with dark spots, they won’t be as sweet. If you don’t want to wait for your bananas to ripen, add a little honey or maple syrup for sweetness.
- Get creative with mix ins! You can add chocolate chips, nuts, or shredded coconut! I’ve included a list of my favorite additions.
Breakfast Cookie Mix-Ins
Switch up your cookies by stirring in one of these mix-ins before baking!
- Dried cranberries
- Chocolate chips
- Chopped walnuts
- Chia seeds
You can also add additional peanut butter if you like a stronger peanut flavor. I usually use two tablespoons!
How to Make 3 Ingredient Breakfast Cookies
Preheat the oven and prepare your baking sheet by lining it with parchment paper or spraying with non-stick spray.
Mash the bananas until smooth. Two large bananas should equal about 1 cup of mashed banana. Then stir in the oats and peanut butter. Add in any additional mix-ins you want to include!
Bake for 15-17 minutes until the cookies are set!
How to Store Breakfast Cookies
Keep these cookies in an airtight container in the fridge for up to 5 days. You can also freeze these cookies for up to 2 months. Allow frozen cookies to thaw in the fridge overnight.
3 Ingredient Breakfast Cookies
- Prep Time: 5 mins
- Cook Time: 15 mins
- Total Time: 20 minutes
- Yield: 12 1x
- Category: Breakfast
- Method: Baked
- Cuisine: Breakfast
Description
These 3 ingredient breakfast cookies are one of the easiest recipes you’ll ever make! They’re healthy, vegan, gluten-free, and delicious! You can even customize them with your favorite mix-ins! Read on for the recipe!
Ingredients
- 1 cup uncooked rolled oats
- 2 very ripe bananas (about 1 cup mashed)
- 1–2 tablespoons salted peanut butter (see note)
Instructions
- Preheat your oven to 350 degrees.
- Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
- Mash the bananas, then combine with the oats and peanut butter.
- Drop rounded tablespoons onto the cookie sheet.
- It should make about 12 small cookies.
- Bake for 15-17 minutes. These won’t really brown, and they won’t spread, but they’ll be chewy and delicious.
Notes
I like using 2 tablespoons of peanut butter for a stronger flavor. But if you wanted to keep the calories down, you can use 1 tablespoon. If your peanut butter is unsalted, add a pinch of salt.
Other Healthy Cookie Recipes
- Chocolate Avocado Cookies
- Trail Mix Breakfast Cookies
- Applesauce Breakfast Cookies
- Healthy Peanut Butter Cookies
Those look great! I’m all for simple, healthy, and tasty cookies!
Cookies for breakfast get a big thumbs up from me, especially when the ingredients are simple and healthy. LOVE the sound of these. Three of my favorite things (subbing AB for the PB) in one delicious cluster? Definitely a win 🙂
Ohhh my gosh almond butter cookies would be amazing!
Im all for cookies for breakfast, especially these ones. I mean I put all these ingredients into my oatmeal, so its not like these are any different!!
Exactly! They’re like oatmeal cookies! The healthy kind 🙂
Im down for cookies for breakfast! Great ingredients, even though its called a cookie, I’d still eat it. There are NO rules!
cookies for breakfast, cookies for lunch, cookies in the morning, cookies in the evening!! I think it depends on what is in the cookie but these sound excellent! 😀 Great idea.
Haha I agree! It’s always a good time for cookies 😉
That’s funny, I was just about to say something similar to what Cori did but I saw that she beat me to it. I love me some cookies and this recipe is so simple even I (who never bakes) might try it! Thanks, Liz. 🙂
I hope you get better soon. Those cookies sound awesome!
TOTALLY making these! I hate bananas just to eat but love them in things, and Travis never eats them all before they are overly ripe! YAY!
Hope you’re feeling better, Liz! My allergies have been terrible so far, so maybe that’s what you were experiencing. You are so right…these cookies couldn’t be easier. Next time my bananas get forgotten and they look like yours…I’ll try these! Thanks for the recipe, Sweetie!
I hope you like them, Fran! They should be pretty low WW points 🙂
Yum these look awesome. I’ve bookmarked these to give them a go.
Those are very healthy cookies so for breakfast I think they are a winner.
I hope you enjoy them, Jan! 🙂
I woke up feeling a bit ‘blah’ yesterday and today I’m officially sick 🙁
I think making these delicious looking cookies will make me feel better 😀
Oh no! Drink tons of water! I hope you feel better soon!
I’ll be 68 in a month and I sometimes wake up feeling just like nothing else will do. Thank you!
I’ve enjoyed the comments. Sorry some were sick.