Christmas Breakfast Cookies

The wholesome Cranberry and Chocolate Oat Cookies have a chewy, soft, and flavorful oat base with dark chocolate chips and tart cranberries. They are naturally sweetened with bananas, no sugars added, oil-free except for the healthy fats from the chia seeds which are full of omega 3 so it’s a healthy and flavourful treat that everyone will enjoy any time of the day. They are a simple and delicious, and guilt-free cookie.

Christmas Breakfast Cookies

Yields: 13 cookies
Prep time: 5 min
Baked time: 13 min
Total time: 18 min

Ingredients:

• 2 ripe bananas mashed
• 1tsp vanilla extract
• 2 tbsp chia seeds
• 1 1/2 cups quick oats (you can pulse steel cut oats in the blender to break them down, show on video)
• 1 tsp baking powder
• Pinch of salt
• 1/4 cup dry cranberries chopped
• 1/4 cup chocolate chip

Directions:

1. Preheat the oven to 350F. Lay the baking tray with parchment paper. By doing so there is no need for oil and it's an easy clean-up.
2. In the bowl place, 2 peeled ripe bananas and mash them with a fork or potato masher whatever you prefer until turn into a liquid-like texture. Then here we add 1 tsp vanilla extract and 2 tbsp chia seeds.
3. Mix well then, we add the quick oats with 1 tsp baking powder pinch of salt, and ¼ cup of cranberries and chocolate.
4. Mix until combined and take a full spoon of the dough and create a disc-like shape as they will not spread so make sure this is the shape you like.
5. Bake them for 13 min. Transfer them to a cooling wrack. Enjoy!

Tips.

• They are perfect for school snacks or any time of the day as they are really wholesome and guilt-free cookies. You can store them on the counter in the airtight container for 5 days or in the fridge for a week or wrap them individually and freeze them for anytime snack. They are more like granola bars in texture.