Cookies!!! For Breakfast?

I have seen floating around breakfast cookie recipes for some time. I have seen them with what looks like a homemade trail mix in them or banana. I decided that we were going to have cookies for breakfast today. The recipe I found was yummy. Johnathan even thought the idea of a cookie for breakfast sounded great. We gobbled our cookie up and finished it off with a yummy green smoothie.

 Breakfast Cookies:

• 2¼ cup old fashioned oats
• 1 cup whole wheat flour
• 2 teaspoons cinnamon
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• ½ cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
• ½ cup creamy peanut butter
• ⅓ cup unsweetened applesauce
• ¼ cup maple syrup or honey
• 3 tablespoons light brown sugar
• 1 large egg

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
2. Combine oats, flour, cinnamon, baking soda and chocolate chips in a large bowl.
3. Combine peanut butter, apple sauce, maple syrup, brown sugar and egg in a medium bowl.
4. Add the wet ingredients into the dry ingredients and stir to combine.
5. On a baking sheet lined with a silicon baking mat or parchment paper, portion out heaping tablespoon cookies. Smash the cookie down to flatten it out. (Cookies do not puff up or spread a lot in the oven)
6. Bake for 9-10 minutes or until slightly browned and they appear firm.
7. Cool for a couple of minutes on the baking sheet and transfer to a wire rack to cool completely.

Who wouldn't want to have a cookie for breakfast?!?! I am going to also freeze them, so we can easily pull them out for a breakfast on the go.

Another thing I do is I make individual smoothie packets and freeze them. I just pull them out, add some milk (regular, almond, soy--whatever you prefer) and blend it right up. It is also great for a quick nutritious breakfast.

In my packets I usually add a handful of spinach, half banana, chopped up half an apple. Or, sometimes I add strawberries instead of apple. You really can think of any combination that would be yummy.

Don't let this Friday the 13th get you down! Start the day off right with a cookie :-)