Low Sugar Breakfast Cookies – Easy and delicious low sugar breakfast cookies that are healthy enough to eat any time of the day! Gluten-free, vegan, and highly customizable to your taste.
It’s my birthday!
Birthday breakfast cookies, anyone?…
Mornings around here can be pretty hectic.
We get up, get ready, and eat breakfast all in the space of about 60 minutes.
Because our time is limited, the breakfasts I make have to be quick, easy, healthy, and delicious.
There is a rotating list of what the girls enjoy, including this Vanilla Avocado Shake, these Berry Muffins, and today’s cookies!
I’ve never subscribed to the idea of a ‘breakfast cookie’. If I’m having a treat, I prefer it to be after lunch or dinner, but this recipe is different.
Only ONE tablespoon of added sweetener and gobs of nutrition from ingredients like oats and pumpkin. This is a morning treat I can get behind.
How to customize your low sugar cookies
The kids just love these! They also make great snacks if you don’t finish the whole batch.
This recipe is for a small batch, as I like to make them fresh.
You can vary the add-ins as you wish. My daughters enjoy raisins, pumpkin seeds, and coconut, but you can use any nut, seed, or dried fruit you like. Just keep the amount to around 1/4 cup total.
However you make these, I hope you enjoy them!
Low Sugar Breakfast Cookies
Ingredients
DRY INGREDIENTS:
- 1/2 c rolled oats
- 1/2 c brown rice flour
- 1/2 t baking soda
- 1 T sugar (I use coconut sugar)
- 1/4 t sea salt
- 1/2 t cinnamon
- 1/8 t nutmeg
- 1/8 t allspice
- 1/8 t cloves
WET INGREDIENTS:
- 1/4 c applesauce
- 1/4 c pumpkin puree
- 2 T oil of your choice
- 2 T milk of your choice
- 1 t vanilla
- 1/4 c add-ins of your choice (nuts, seeds, dried fruit, chocolate chips, coconut, etc.)
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
- In a large bowl, mix the oats, flour, baking soda, sugar, salt, and spices.
- To the same bowl, stir in the remaining ingredients, including your add-ins.
- Dollop the batter onto a parchment paper-lined baking sheet (this makes eight cookies).
- Bake 12-15 minutes until golden.
- Cool and enjoy!
Notes
Nutrition
Notes:
If you don’t have pumpkin puree handy, you can use applesauce in its place.
Some of the items I use in this recipe include:
Selma van der Ploeg says
What flour can I use instead of rice flour?
Lauren says
Oat flour should work!
Heather says
Happy Birthday, Lauren!!!
Lauren says
Thank you, Heather!
Begum Karim says
A very happy birthday! 💗🌸💗
I am Pisces too! 🤗
Thanks for another awesome recipe.
I am assuming I could use banana if I don’t have applesauce/pumpkin puree.
Lauren says
Thank you, Begum! ♥
Bobby says
“Good Morning Campers!” I love Groundhog’s day! Happy Birthday and i cant wait to try these!!!
Bethany @ athletic avocado says
What better way to start off you birthday than with eating cookies for breakfast! I’m sure these cookies are sweet and satisfying without being overly sweet like most baked goods!
Laura says
Happy birthday, fellow Piscean!
I had no idea we were born hours apart (26th aftn for me).
Hope your day was reflective of the year you intend ahead 🙂
Lauren says
Haha, that’s awesome! Some of my best friends have either been Pisces or Cancer (Pisces perfect match). Thanks for the well wishes Laura!
Lynda says
Happy Birthday! I hope you had a great day and it continues through the evening:) Thank you for this recipe. I usually make muffins with similar ingredients but I want to try the Breakfast Cookie for a change. This sounds yummy:)
Lauren says
Thank you Lynda! I hope you like these if you try them! 🙂
Ellen says
Hope you had a wonderful birthday! I’ll have to try these cookies soon.
Lauren says
Thank you Ellen! 🙂
Uche says
Happy birthday Lauren!!!! I am a huge fan of the blog, everything I’ve made from your site has been phenomenal. I wish you all the good things life has to offer.
Lauren says
Thank you so much Uche!! ♥
AZ@... And A Dash of Cinnamon says
Yum! 8 love breakfast cookies! Sounds like a great start to your birthday! Hope the rest is aldo as awesome!
Lauren says
Thank you! 🙂
Dawn Shelton says
HAPPY BIRTHDAY Lauren!!!! have a wonderful day!
Lauren says
Thank you Dawn! 🙂