Thanks dgkritch! Banana Oat Breakfast Cookies

maggie2094

18 years ago

These are a great, healthy breakfast on the go! They are substantial! Thank you - I will make them often.

Banana Oat Breakfast Cookies

1 large banana, mashed (1/2 cup)

1/2 cup chunky peanut butter

1/2 cup honey

1 t. vanilla

1 cup rolled oats

1/2 cup whole wheat flour

1/4 cup nonfat dry milk

2 t. ground cinnamon

1/4 t. baking soda

1 cup dried raisins or craisins

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 raisins or craisins.

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

Bake, one sheet at a time, for 14-16 minutes or until browned. Transfer to wire racks to cool completely.

Freeze if the cookies will not be eaten within three days.

Deanna's notes: I quadrupled it and ended up with 29 huge cookies. They came out about 4-4 1/2 inches across and about 3/4" high! Yum!!! I used a big plastic cup dipped in water to flatten them.

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seagrass_gw Cape Cod
18 years ago
If I don't have a source for the non-fat dry milk, what could I sub for it and have the same result? Can anybody help me with that??

These look absolutely fantastiche (as the Dutch would say!!)

seagrass
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18 years ago
Oh Yum Maggie. I'm getting a care package ready to send to Meredith on Monday, do you think these could handle two, maybe even three days, of shipping and still be fresh?
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maggie2094
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18 years ago
Seagrass - I hope someone else answers - my thought is it is there for the calcium and protein - I would think you could leave it out...but I am not an experienced baker. I had no idea non-fat dry milk even existed.

Chase - I think they would be fine! It is cold enought up there!
dgkritch
18 years ago
seagrass:

You can't buy powdered milk? I would think, like Maggie said, you could leave it out. Or, add a little more oatmeal or WW flour, just so the consistency is like a thick cookie dough. I'm no expert, but you might try a small batch.

chase: yeah, I think these would hold up great. They are a moist cookie. I popped them into individual baggies, then in a big ziploc and froze them. I just grab one in the morning and by the time I'm ready to eat it about 2 hours later, it's thawed. Sure would be good warmed slightly, but I'm too lazy to walk to the cafeteria sometimes. LOL.

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Terri_PacNW
18 years ago
SG~I think any milk based powder would work. Like Maggie says I believe it's in there for the protein. And might give them a bit of richness. Can you get any milk powders there?
If not..I still bet you could leave it out and add a bit more flour to firm it.
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18 years ago
OMG these sound AWESOME!

I am definitely making them this weekend!

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cindy_5ny
18 years ago
I'm in the mood to bake this morning - I think that these will be the perfect thing to make! And Sharon, I'm thinking about them for care package treats too, good idea! Thanks for both the recipe Deanna and for posting, Maggie :)

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18 years ago
I made these with my daughter this morning and told her they were breakfast cookies. I got a "For real, for real life breakfasts, Mom?". We don't do sweets too often in the mornings as my son has a little sweets "problem". As in straight out addiction, possible ant/fly gene in him, not sure but the kid loves sugar.
maggie2094
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18 years ago
I made these Wednesday and they get better with age. They taste better today!
stacy3
18 years ago
good - I have it printed out, too. I think they'd be a great thing to keep in the freezer for a quick grab.

Thanks!
dgkritch
18 years ago
COOKIE8:
I had to laugh at your description of your son. I once caught my daughter with a spoon and bag of powdered sugar. She actually ran to hide it when I pulled in the driveway and I saw her run by the window. She denied it, we found "white powder", began to think the worst (she was about 13-14 at the time and very "bookish", so we were shocked), then discovered the sugar.

We laugh........................now.

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