Description
Enjoy these nutritious Zucchini Bread Breakfast Cookies, packed with oats, honey, and shredded zucchini. Perfect for a healthy breakfast or snack!
Ingredients
Scale
- 1 ½ cups quick oats
- ¾ cup old-fashioned oats
- 1 cup oat flour (or whole wheat flour or ground grain of your choice)
- ¼ cup ground golden flaxseed (or chia seeds)
- ¼ cup chopped walnuts (optional)
- 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- ¼ teaspoon fine sea salt
- ½ cup unsweetened applesauce
- ⅓ cup honey
- 4 tablespoons oil (or melted butter or melted coconut oil)
- 2 large eggs
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 cup shredded zucchini (excess moisture squeezed out)
Instructions
- 1. Preheat oven to 360°F (182°C) and line two cookie sheets with parchment paper.
- 2. In a large bowl, combine all dry ingredients and mix until well combined.
- 3. Add wet ingredients on top and stir together until cookie dough forms.
- 4. Scoop dough into 2-tablespoon-sized cookies, placing them spaced 2 inches apart on lined cookie sheets. Slightly flatten and shape cookies into rounds about ½ – ⅔ inches thick and 2 – 2½ inches in diameter.
- 5. Bake for 12-14 minutes, or until lightly golden. Cool on cookie sheets for 5 minutes, then transfer to a cooling rack to cool completely.
Notes
- Do not skip squeezing the zucchini, else your cookies will turn out too soggy.
- If you only have old-fashioned oats, pulse some in a food processor to create quick oats.
- If using quick oats, add around ¼ – ⅓ cup extra to the dough if it comes out too wet.
- Oat flour can be made by blending oats into a powder.
- This recipe is lightly sweet; for sweeter cookies, add 4-6 tablespoons granulated sugar or light brown sugar.
- Ensure all ingredients are certified gluten-free if needed.
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 14 minutes
- Category: Breakfast
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 cookie
- Calories: 100
- Sugar: 6g
- Sodium: 50mg
- Fat: 4g
- Saturated Fat: 1g
- Unsaturated Fat: 3g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 12g
- Fiber: 2g
- Protein: 3g
- Cholesterol: 30mg