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!

I originally had a healthy chocolate cake and frosting scheduled for today. Outside circumstances, however, are dictating otherwise.

The cake and frosting will be posted in the near(ish) future, but for now, let’s talk cookies! Birthday breakfast cookies?…

Mornings around here can be pretty hectic.

We get up, get ready, and eat breakfast all in the space of about 90 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.

With 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.

The girls just love these, and they 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!

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Low Sugar Breakfast Cookies

Prep Time

5 mins

Cook Time

15 mins

Total Time

20 mins

 

Low sugar, low-fat cookies that are truly healthy enough to eat for breakfast!

Course: Breakfast

Cuisine: Cookies

Servings: 8 cookies

Calories: 118 kcal

Author: Lauren Goslin

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
• 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

1. Preheat the oven to 375 degrees.
2. In a large bowl, mix the oats, flour, baking soda, sugar, salt, and spices.
3. To the same bowl, stir in the remaining ingredients, including your add-ins.
4. Dollop the batter onto a parchment paper-lined baking sheet (this makes eight cookies).
5. Bake 13-15 minutes until golden.
6. Cool and enjoy!

Recipe Notes

Fat: 4.4 g  Carbs: 17.3 g  Sugar: 2.2 g  Protein: 2.5 g; Nutrition facts based on using regular sugar, grapeseed oil, and coconut milk. NO add-ins are taken into consideration. WW SmartPoints: 4

Nutrition Facts

Low Sugar Breakfast Cookies

Amount Per Serving

Calories 118

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.

Notes:

If you don’t have pumpkin puree handy, you can use applesauce in its place.