Out-the-Door Oatmeal Avocado Breakfast Cookies
This recipe contains a number of healthy ingredients which make a good tasting breakfast cookies for your family to grab as they go out the door on the way to school or work! Each cookie is high in dietary fiber and is a good source of protein.
Instructions
Heat oven to 375 degrees. Line 2 baking sheets with aluminum foil & spray with non-stick cooking spray. Combine oats, flour, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon & salt in a medium bowl. Mix. In a large bowl, cream together oil, avocado & brown sugar. Stir in yogurt & eggs. Mix well. Add oat mixture to avocado mixture. Stir until oat mixture in well mixed into the avocado mixture. Stir in dates. Use a ¼ cup measuring cup for each cookie & space the cookies 2 inches apart on baking sheet. Bake for 18 to 22 minutes, until golden. Transfer to wire racks & cool completely.
Nutritional Information Per Cookie: 183 calories, 4 grams protein, 5 grams of fat, 31 grams of CHO, 4 grams dietary fiber, 255 mg sodium.
Preparation Time: 15 minutes Bake Time: 35 minutes
Serves: 24 cookies
Ingredients
3 cups of old-fashioned oats*
1 ½ cup white or whole wheat flour*
4 tsp baking powder
1 tsp baking soda
1 tsp cinnamon
1 tsp salt
1 ripe fresh avocado, pitted, peeled, mashed
½ cup brown sugar
1/3 cup olive oil
1 cup plain low-fat yogurt
Salt & pepper, to taste
2 large eggs
2 cups raisins, dried cranberries or pitted & chopped dates (about 12 oz)
*To make these cookies gluten free you must use gluten free oats and gluten from all-purpose flour.
Note: You can add 1 cup of dark chocolate chips but it will increase the calories.
Shopping List
old-fashioned oats
white or whole wheat flour
baking powder
baking soda
cinnamon
salt
1 ripe fresh avocado
brown sugar
cup olive oil
plain low-fat yogurt
large eggs
By Barbara Day, M.S., R.D. is a registered dietitian with a Master’s Degree in clinical nutrition. She is the Chief Blog Organizer for www.DayByDayLiving.net
Barbara worked as a research nutritionist with the military’s tri-service medical school & working as a performance nutrition consultant to Navy SEALS’ BUD/S Training Program and West Coast active Navy SEAL Teams. Barbara is the former nutrition performance consultant to the University of Louisville Athletic Department. She is the author of Fast Facts on Fast Food For Fast People and High Energy Eating Sports Nutrition Workbook for Active People used by the University of Louisville, University of Tennessee Lady Vols and the Tennessee football program, the LSU basketball program, the Buffalo Bills, the Cleveland Browns and by the United States Navy SEALs.
The former publisher of Kentuckiana HealthFitness Magazine, Kentuckiana Healthy Woman magazine and radio show host of Health News You Can Use, Barbara has over 30 years of experience in promoting healthy lifestyles to consumers. Barbara is a former runner who walks, a spinner, pickleball player, hiker a mother and grandmother to 13 grandchildren.
