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Healthy Breakfast Cookies and Bars - Fiber, Protein, and Fruit!
"This recipe makes great cookies and even better bars. In its original form, following the recipe, it has a nice mild balance of oatmeal and apple flavours.
Three cookies is one full serving of whole grains, and a full serving of fruit.
It keeps at least a week without getting dried out (and then my four year old inhaled the last bar). I'm planning to try it again with cut up dried apricots and toasted sesame seeds. Try it out!
(Found it in the Toronto daily "24 Hours" paper, October 3, 2005)"
photo by Jonathan Melendez
- Ready In:
- 25mins
- Ingredients:
- 13
- Yields:
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24 cookies
- Serves:
- 8
ingredients
- 2 cups bran flakes, crushed (or substitute multi-grain flakes)
- 2 cups oatmeal
- 2 tablespoons wheat germ
- 1 1⁄2 tablespoons cinnamon
- 1⁄2 cup plain nonfat yogurt
- 1 cup unsweetened applesauce
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 1⁄3 cup honey
- 1 egg, beaten
- 1⁄2 cup skim milk powder
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1⁄2 cup raisins
directions
- Preheat oven to 350°F.
- Crush cereal, and place in a medium-sized mixing bowl. Add oatmeal, wheat germ, and cinnamon; set aside.
- In a medium mixing bowl, combine yogurt, applesauce, vanilla, honey, beaten egg, and skim milk powder: mix well to combine.
- Add baking soda and baking powder to the yogurt mixture. Mix well.
- Gradually add the cereal and oatmeal mixture to the yogurt mixture and stir well.
- Add raisins and mix to combine.
- Scoop a heaping tablespoon of the batter and roll it into a ball. Place onto a non-stick cookie sheet, or lined with baking parchment, and lightly flatten.
- Bake at 350°F for 15-18 minutes. Makes 24 cookies.
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Reviews
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Great tasting healthy breakfast cookie! Even the kids liked them! Next time, I'm going to cut way back on the cinnamon and put in more vanilla and some orange zest to compliment the dried cranberries I used in place of the raisins. I got 36 cookies, which were basically 1 pt each on the WW plan. (2 = 1.5pts & 3 = 2.5pts) Thanks for sharing! -
This is awesome! I had to change a bunch of stuff, due to lactose intolerance. I used 1.5 c. applesacue and left out the yogurt and used a soy protein powder instead of mik powder. I've been playing with it and the most recent version I used maple and black walnut extract and they are delicious! Thank you so much for a perfect mid day snack to keep the energy up!! -
I used these as my own version of the fiber 1 bars because those have a laxative in them. I use 1 container light vanilla yogurt, light cinnamin apple sauce, wheat bran for the wheat germ, and chocolate chips instead of raisins (I know I know lol). I had to bake about 45 minutes though and didn't add the honey or vanilla, might have been my oven or that I left out the honey. They were soooo good, thanks for the recipe, will be making this a staple in my home. -
What this is missing is a little bit of salt...just as oatmeal or hot cereal cooked without salt tastes blah without salt---I would add 1/4 to 1/2 tsp. sea salt to this recipe. I think it will help alot. -
I have been making these breakfast cookies for years and I keep coming back to this recipe time and time again. I typically use vanilla yogurt instead of plain, substitute the wheat germ for wheat flour, and substitute half banana and half apple sauce for more of a kick. I use Raisin Bran for the Bran Cereal (this includes the raisins) and add dried cranberries and dark chocolate chips. I'm not sure how "healthy" it is, but I am sure that it is much healthier than the usual chocolate chip cookie. Oh, and I use 2 Tbs. of Cinnamon. If you don't like cinnamon, I wouldn't use this much but I love the flavor it gives these cookies. Yum!
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I have been making these breakfast cookies for years and I keep coming back to this recipe time and time again. I typically use vanilla yogurt instead of plain, substitute the wheat germ for wheat flour, and substitute half banana and half apple sauce for more of a kick. I use Raisin Bran for the Bran Cereal (this includes the raisins) and add dried cranberries and dark chocolate chips. I'm not sure how "healthy" it is, but I am sure that it is much healthier than the usual chocolate chip cookie. Oh, and I use 2 Tbs. of Cinnamon. If you don't like cinnamon, I wouldn't use this much but I love the flavor it gives these cookies. Yum!
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I subbed half of the applesauce with canned pumpkin, added and extra teaspoon of vanilla and subbed maple syrup for the honey, threw in a couple tbsps of pumpkin seeds and 2 tbsps of chia seeds for added protein! Amazing fall treat! My daughter thinks I am tricking her since I said she could eat these for breakfast! Thanks you for this wonderful recipe! -
I subbed half of the applesauce with canned pumpkin, added an extra teaspoon of vanilla and subbed maple syrup for the honey, threw in a couple tbsps of pumpkin seeds and 2 tbsps of chia seeds for added protein! Amazing fall treat! My daughter thinks I am tricking her since I said she could eat these for breakfast! Thanks you for this wonderful recipe!
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I subbed half of the applesauce with canned pumpkin, added and extra teaspoon of vanilla and subbed maple syrup for the honey, threw in a couple tbsps of pumpkin seeds and 2 tbsps of chia seeds for added protein! Amazing fall treat! My daughter thinks I am tricking her since I said she could eat these for breakfast! Thanks you for this wonderful recipe!
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These are excellent. I used raisin bran cereal instead of plain bran flakes, and omitted the separate addition of raisins. Mine came out like cake batter, so I poured it into my 9x11 greased baking dish, and the result tasted like a yummy snack cake. Delicious, healthy, and easy! Thank you Bibliophage91!!
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