Zucchini Bread Quinoa Breakfast Cookies
These delicious quinoa breakfast cookies taste like zucchini bread, and have a healthy base of peanut butter, banana, honey, oats and quinoa flakes!
Servings: 14 Cookies
Calories: 120kcal
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup creamy peanut butter or nut/seed butter of choice
- 1/4 cup raw honey
- 1 medium banana
- 1 flax egg 1 tablespoon flaxseed meal + 3 tablespoons water, or 1 egg
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1/2 cup rolled oats
- 1/2 cup quinoa flakes
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1/4 teaspoon nutmeg
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1 cup shredded zucchini pressed in a dish towel
- 2 tablespoons chia seeds
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper and set aside.
- Add peanut butter, honey, banana, egg and vanilla in a large bowl. Mix until combined. Add oats, quinoa flakes, baking powder, spices and salt to the bowl and stir together. Fold in shredded zucchini and chia seeds.
- Spoon 2 tablespoons of dough onto the baking sheet and repeat until no dough remains.
- Bake cookies on center rack for 15 – 18 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.
- Enjoy at room temp or slightly reheated in a microwave.
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Nutrition
Calories: 120kcal | Carbohydrates: 14g | Protein: 3g | Fat: 5g | Saturated Fat: 1g | Sodium: 86mg | Potassium: 168mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 7g | Vitamin A: 25IU | Vitamin C: 2.3mg | Calcium: 33mg | Iron: 0.7mg