Chocolate Peanut Butter Quinoa Breakfast Cookies
Start your day with these healthy chocolate peanut butter breakfast cookies! They taste like dessert, but are packed with healthy + nutritious ingredients.
Servings: 15 Servings
Calories: 101kcal
Ingredients
- 1 flax egg 1 tablespoon flaxseed meal + 3 tablespoons water, or a regular egg
- ½ cup peanut butter
- ¼ cup pure maple syrup
- 1 medium banana mashed (+ slices for topping, optional)
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1/3 cup rolled oats
- 1/3 cup quinoa flakes
- 1/4 cup raw cacao or unsweetened cocoa powder
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 cup powdered peanut butter
- 3 - 5 tablespoons water
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper and set aside.
- Whisk together the flaxseed meal and water, and set aside.
- Beat together peanut butter, syrup, banana and vanilla in a large bowl. Add flax egg and mix to combine.
- Pour in oats, quinoa flakes, cacao powder, baking powder, salt to the bowl and stir together.
- Drop 2 tablespoons of dough onto the baking sheet and repeat until no dough remains. Flatten them gently with the back of a spoon or spatula.
- Bake cookies on center rack for 13 - 15 minutes until edges are golden brown. Remove and let cool on the pan for 5 minutes then transfer to a wire rack and cool completely.
- For the drizzle, stir together the peanut butter powder and water, starting with 3 tablespoons water and adding more from there. You want it to be thinner than traditional peanut butter. Drizzle on to the cookies (or use a plastic squeeze bottle).
- Enjoy the cookies at room temp or slightly reheated in a microwave.
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Nutrition
Calories: 101kcal | Carbohydrates: 11g | Protein: 3g | Fat: 5g | Saturated Fat: 1g | Sodium: 131mg | Potassium: 156mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 5g | Vitamin A: 10IU | Vitamin C: 0.7mg | Calcium: 27mg | Iron: 0.6mg