Cookies for breakfast?
I’ve already admitted (not so sheepishly) that I’ve started many a day with the sweet circular treats during my lifetime. I’m not bragging about my behavior; rather I try to rationalize it. (Don’t we all?) I figure if the foundation of the cookie consists of ingredients you would find in a traditional breakfast then why feel guilty? The following cookie recipes will not only get your kids out of bed, but they’ll be seated at the kitchen table begging you for breakfast before you retrieve the morning newspaper.
The first recipe stars several breakfast favorites, including good old fashioned rolled oats, eggs, cinnamon, peanut butter, applesauce… and dark cocoa and chocolate chips (I told you your kids would be running to breakfast). The second recipe also features rolled oats, eggs and peanut butter, but it also calls for another family breakfast favorite—-Cheerios.
If you don’t have time in the morning to sit down for a complete breakfast consider packing these cookies in a bag for your kids to eat in the car or on the bus on the way to school. Throw in a piece of fruit and some milk and you’ve got a decent start to the day.
CHOCOLATE CEREAL COOKIES
Ingredients:
1/2 cup unsweetened dark cocoa (Hershey’s is easiest to find)
1 1/2 cups white whole wheat flour
1 1/4 cups quick cooking rolled oats
3/4 cup sugar
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1 teaspoon salt
2 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 cup dark chocolate chips
1 large egg
1 teaspoon vanilla
3/4 cup unsweetened applesauce
1/2 cup peanut butter
Directions:
Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
Whisk together first nine ingredients in a large bowl. In a small bowl whisk the egg, vanilla, applesauce and peanut butter. Pour the wet ingredients into the dry and mix well.
Line two cookie sheets with parchment paper.
Roll dough into 16 to 20 balls, pressing down to flatten. Place dough on prepared cookie sheets one inch apart.
Bake 8 to 10 minutes.
Remove from oven and let cool 10 minutes.
Makes about two-dozen cookies.
CHOCOLATE CHIP AND CHEERIOS COOKIES
Ingredients:
3/4 cup sugar
1/4 cup vegetable oil
3/4 cup peanut butter
1/4 cup water
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 egg
1 1/2 cup white whole wheat flour
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 1/2 cup old fashioned or quick cooking rolled oats
3 oz. mini chocolate chips
3 cups Cheerios
Directions:
Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
Beat sugar, oil, peanut butter, water, vanilla and egg together with electric mixer until combined well. Stir flour, baking soda, salt, oats and chocolate chips. Very gently fold in cheerios.
Drop dough by rounded quarter cupfuls onto an ungreased cookie sheet. Flatten with fingertips.
Bake cookies 13 to 15 minutes until lightly browned around the edges.
Makes about 20 cookies.
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