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.
Print3 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.
I keep seeing 2 or 3 ingredient cookies on Pinterest and want to make them. And now this post makes me want to try your version! They look so easy and tasty.
You know me…I am ALL about some dessert for breakfast and I will take it ANY way I can get it! Love how simple this is…and yet still so versatile! I can definitely see some nuts and or dried fruit going in these! Oh and they would be great crumbled over some yogurt!
Glad to hear you’re feeling a bit better! I definitely believe in the healing power of food…that smoothie was your magical elixir for sure! Haha!
These cookies looks so yummy! Hope you are feeling better!
Ah I”m totally pinning these. This is my kind of recipe- healthy and easy!
Hi Liz! Hope you’re feeling better today.
I nominated you for the One Lovely Blog Award. Thanks for all the great blogging you do–keep it up!
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Next year we want to become much more engaged and promote the vegetarian. We will have the following initiative: Buy 1 pair of Milkies = Give 1 nutritive veggie meal to a child.
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Oh and before I forget! Thanks Liz. Super blog.
Benoit and Melissa
Phew! Glad to hear you are feeling better! No one deserves to be sick with the spring weather coming =)
They sound like my kind of cookie!
Feel better soon! I am a-ok with cookies for breakfast, of course, as long as they hold me over with fiber and protein. 🙂
I’m definitely feeling tons better!
I need to make more of these snacks before I reach for chips. hope you feel better 🙂