“Healthified” Oatmeal Peanut Butter Breakfast Cookies

(from Lucianolinda’s recipe box)

Source: Eat Better America (from RecipeThing user acschaap)

Prep time: 20 minutes
Serves 12 people

Categories: cookies

Ingredients

  • Cooking Spray
  • 1/2 cup mashed banana (about 1 large)
  • 1/2 cup chunky natural peanut butter (unsalted and unsweetened)
  • 1/2 cup honey
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla
  • 1 cup rolled oats
  • 1/2 cup whole wheat flour
  • 1/4 cup nonfat dry milk powder
  • 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
  • 1/4 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1 cup dried cranberries or raisins

Directions

  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Lightly coat two cookie sheets with cooking spray, set aside. In a large bowl, stir together banana, peanut butter, honey and vanilla. In a small bowl, combine oats, flour, milk powder, cinnamon, and baking soda. Stir the oat mixture into the banana mixture until combined. Stir in dried cranberries.

  2. Using a 1/4 cup measure, drop mounds of dough 3 inces apart on prepared cookie sheets. With a thin metal or small plastic spatula dipped in water, flatten and spread each mound of dough to a 2 3/4 inch round, about 1/2 inch thick.

  3. Bake, one sheet at a time, for 14 to 16 minutes or until browned. Transfer to wire racks to cool completly. Store in an airtight container or resealable plastic bag for up to 3 days or freeze for up to 2 months.

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