Pumpkin Breakfast Cookies (High Protein!)
These soft pumpkin breakfast cookies are made with ripe bananas, pumpkin puree, oats, and vanilla protein powder. They have no flour, butter, eggs, or refined sugar, so they make an easy, kid-friendly grab-and-go breakfast.
Equipment
Ingredients
- 2 ripe bananas very ripe, mashed
- ½ cup pumpkin puree not pumpkin pie filling
- 2 teaspoon pumpkin pie spice
- 1 ½ cups rolled oats use certified gluten-free oats if needed
- 2 scoops vanilla protein powder I use Orgain Vanilla
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350°F and line a baking sheet with parchment paper or a silicone baking mat.
- Add the rolled oats to a blender, food processor, or clean coffee grinder and pulse until they're ground into a coarse flour.
- In a large bowl, mash the bananas with a fork until smooth. Stir in the pumpkin puree and pumpkin pie spice.
- Add the ground oats and protein powder and stir until a thick, evenly combined dough forms. If it looks dry and crumbly, stir in 1 to 2 tablespoons of milk.
- Drop rounded 2-tablespoon mounds of dough (a heaping medium cookie scoop) onto the prepared baking sheet, about 2 inches apart. Flatten each one slightly with damp fingers, since the cookies won't spread much in the oven.
- Bake for 10 to 12 minutes, until the tops look dry and set and the bottoms are lightly golden.
- Let the cookies cool on the baking sheet for 5 minutes before eating. Store leftovers in a sealed container in the refrigerator for up to 1 week.
Notes
Yield: Makes about 14 to 16 cookies; one serving is 3 to 4 cookies.
Protein powder: Brands absorb liquid differently. If the dough looks dry and crumbly, stir in 1 to 2 tablespoons of milk. To skip protein powder, use an extra ½ cup of oats or ground flaxseed instead.
Gluten-free: Use certified gluten-free oats and a gluten-free protein powder.
Storage: Refrigerate in an airtight container for up to 1 week, or freeze for up to 3 months.
Nutrition is an estimate per serving (¼ of the batch), made with Orgain vanilla protein powder.
Nutrition
Calories: 217kcalCarbohydrates: 41gProtein: 10gFat: 4gSaturated Fat: 1gSodium: 75mgPotassium: 447mgFiber: 6gSugar: 9gVitamin A: 4788IUVitamin C: 6mgCalcium: 46mgIron: 4mg
Nutrition details are an estimate, per serving.
