Whole Grain Breakfast Cookies Recipe

Prep time: 25 min
Cook time: 10 min
Servings: 18
Yield: 18 servings

Description

This whole grain breakfast cookie recipe is made with oats, flax meal, and whole wheat flour, walnuts, almond butter, dried cherries, and chocolate chips.

Ingredients

1 cup walnuts
1 1/2 cups old-fashioned rolled oats (not instant)
1/2 cup ground flax meal
1/3 cup whole wheat flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup almond butter
1/3 cup brown sugar
1/4 cup canola oil
1/4 cup blue agave nectar
1 egg
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
1/2 cup dried cherries

Directions

1 Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Line baking sheets with parchment paper.
2 Pulse walnuts in the bowl of a food processor until ground into a flour; transfer to a bowl. Stir in oats, flax meal, whole wheat flour, baking soda, cinnamon, and salt until thoroughly combined.
3 Combine almond butter, brown sugar, canola oil, agave nectar, egg, and vanilla extract in the bowl of a food processor; pulse to blend well. Transfer almond butter mixture to a large bowl; fold in chocolate chips and dried cherries. Stir oatmeal mixture into almond butter mixture; dough will be very thick.
4 Scoop dough by heaping teaspoons; roll into balls and place on the prepared baking sheets, about 2 inches apart.
5 Bake in the preheated oven until lightly browned, 8 to 10 minutes. Remove from the oven; flatten cookies with a spatula. Cool on the baking sheets for about 5 minutes before transferring to wire racks to finish cooling.