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Pumpkin Spice Breakfast Cookies

Melissa King 124 Comments

I have some pumpkin spice breakfast cookies for you! Cookies are great any time of the day, but it’s awesome when you can eat cookies for breakfast!

No need to feel like you are cheating with these healthy pumpkin breakfast cookies.  They are healthy!

 

pumpkin spice breakfast cookies

 

I created this dish because I had some leftover pumpkin from my chocolate covered pumpkin donuts.  Breakfast cookies are great for the mornings when you are too busy to make breakfast.

They travel well too, so pack them with the kids for a breakfast on the go.  These pumpkin spice breakfast cookies also freeze well so feel free to make a big batch and freeze some.  That is what I do.  So here you go.

 

pumpkin spice breakfast cookies

 

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Pumpkin Spice Breakfast Cookies

Pumpkin Spice Breakfast Cookies

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Prep Time 10 min Cook Time 15 min

Ingredients

Instructions

  1. Preheat oven to 350. 
  2. Mix all the dry ingredients in a large bowl . 
  3. Mix all the wet ingredients into a medium bowl .
  4. Whisk the wet until well mixed and add wet to dry, being careful not to over mix.  
  5. Spoon onto a lined or greased baking sheet .
  6. Bake for about 15-18 minutes.

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Pumpkin Spice Breakfast Cookies

Healthy Gingerbread Cookies

Melissa King 117 Comments

Thanksgiving is almost here, and now is the perfect time to start rolling out the gingerbread recipes!  Here’s a healthier version of an old favorite, the gingerbread cookie.  The gingerbread cookie is a great recipe to do with your kids.  My daughter, Meadow, helped me make and cut these gingerbread cookies out.  She also dumped flour all over my kitchen counter and spooned handfuls of dough in her mouth when she thought I wasn’t looking.  Gotta love kids.

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Gingerbread Cookies - My Whole Food Life

Most gingerbread cookies I have made in the past end up hard as rocks.  I love that these cookies are a bit on the softer side.  Probably due to the applesauce I put in them.  These cookies have very little fat and contain no processed sugar so feel free to have a few!

Healthy Gingerbread Cookies

Healthy Gingerbread Cookies

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Prep Time 2 hr Cook Time 8 min Serves 18 Cookies     adjust servings

Ingredients

Instructions

  1. Mix the dry ingredients in one bowl.
  2. Mix wet in another.
  3. Add dry to wet and mix only until combined.
  4. Remove the dough from the bowl and cut into two equal parts.
  5. Wrap the dough in plastic and refrigerate for at least 2 hours.
  6. Preheat oven to 350.
  7. After two hours, remove the dough from the fridge.
  8. Roll the dough onto a floured surface until it is about 1/4 inch thick. Please use additional flour if necessary.
  9. Cut dough into desired shapes and place them onto a lined baking sheet.
  10. Bake the cookies for about 8 minutes and then let them cool a bit before removing.
  11. Set them aside to completely cool before decorating. Enjoy!

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Cranberry Thumbprint Cookies

Melissa King 9 Comments

Yesterday I made some homemade healthy cranberry sauce.

Since it is not quite Thanksgiving, I had to find a way to use up the sauce I made.  So a cookie came to mind and Cranberry Thumbprint Cookies were born!

These are yummy and they are also a fun cookie to make with your kids.  I have made another version of these in the past and my daughter Meadow loved making the thumbprint in each cookie.  She loves eating them too as you can see in this next picture.

My other daughter Olive is to young for nuts, so she had applesauce.

Cranberry Thumbprint Cookies

1 cup rolled oats
1 cup almonds
1 cup spelt flour
1/3 cup maple syrup
1/4 cup coconut oil (measure after melting)
1/4 cup applesauce
2 T milk (I used almond milk)
Any fruit jam you like (I used homemade cranberry sauce)

Preheat oven to 350.  In a food processor, combine the oats and almonds and pulse into a powder. In a large bowl, combine the almond/oat mixture and flour.  In a small bowl combine the applesauce, maple syrup, oil and milk.  Mix wet into dry.  Roll dough into small balls and then flatten the balls with your hand.  Using your thumb, make a thumbprint into each cookie.  Spoon jam into each print.  Bake in the oven for 12-15 minutes.



Peanut Butter Banana Breakfast Cookies

Melissa King 96 Comments

I have 5 words for you.  Peanut Butter banana Breakfast Cookies.  Cookies for breakfast?  Yes please! My girls love when they can eat cookies for breakfast.  These healthy breakfast cookies are a favorite around here.

Peanut Butter Banana Breakfast Cookies

These cookies are healthy and filled with protein and fiber to keep you full for quite a while.  These are great for on the go kids too.  What kid wouldn’t get excited to eat cookies for breakfast?  Meadow ate at least five when they came out of the oven.  She is a ninja when it comes to snatching cookies off the baking sheet.

Peanut Butter Banana Breakfast Cookies

Peanut Butter Banana Breakfast Cookies

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Prep Time 10 min Cook Time 15 min Serves 18 Cookies     adjust servings

Ingredients

  • 1 cup spelt flour (for a gluten free version, use gluten free all purpose)
  • 1 1/2 cups rolled oats
  • 1 ripe banana smashed
  • 1/3 cup peanut butter (If you have a peanut allergy, you can sub sunflower butter. I have a recipe here )
  • 1/4 cup pure maple syrup
  • 1/4 cup unsweetened applesauce
  • 1 tsp cinnamon
  • 2-4 T almond milk
  • 1/2 tsp salt
  • 1/2 tsp baking powder
  • 1/4 tsp baking soda

Instructions

  1. Preheat oven to 350.
  2. Mix all the dry ingredients in one bowl .
  3. Mix the wet in another. ( If you store your peanut butter in the fridge like I do, you may have to heat it in a saucepan for a minute to soften it. )
  4. Combine wet and dry and stir just until they are well incorporated. The dough will be very sticky.
  5. Spoon onto a lined or greased baking sheets and bake for 12-17 minutes.

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Recipe Notes

I bake a big batch of these and store some in my freezer for busy mornings. Enjoy!

Healthy Oatmeal Cookies!

Melissa King 55 Comments

I made you healthy oatmeal cookies! Just because I try to eat healthy doesn’t mean I stopped loving cookies. One of my favorite recipes before I started eating healthy was my grandmother’s oatmeal chocolate chip cookies. The original recipe called for processed flours and processed sugars.  These healthy oatmeal cookies are much better for you.  So have a couple. 🙂

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I loaded mine up with spices so that I would need to add very little sugar.  Did you know that spices like cinnamon, nutmeg and vanilla make foods appear sweeter than they are.  It’s like a trick of the senses or something.

Official taste tester/beater cleaner.  🙂 What were some of your favorite cookies?

Healthy Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies

Healthy Oatmeal Cookies!

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Prep Time 10 min Cook Time 15 min Serves 18 Cookies     adjust servings

The taste of the traditional recipe, with healthier ingredients!

Ingredients

Instructions

  1. Preheat oven to 350.
  2. Mix all the wet ingredients in one bowl .
  3. Mix dry in another.
  4. Add wet to dry.
  5. Fold in chips.
  6. Bake on a lined baking sheet or greased pan for about 13-15 minutes or until edges come out lightly browned.
  7. These are so good that I eat at least 3 of them when they first come out of the oven. So does Meadow.

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