Description
These healthy granola cookies are made with protein rich peanut butter and rolled oats. Sweetened with maple syrup, these breakfast cookies are the perfect snack before a workout or just to grab and go on your way out of the door!
Ingredients
Scale
- 2 tbsp chia seeds + 5 tbsp water (chia eggs)
- 2 cups rolled oats*
- 1/2 cup shredded coconut
- 2 tsp ground flaxseed
- 1/2 tsp baking powder
- 1/2 tsp baking soda
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 1/2 cup pumpkin seeds (pepitas)
- 1/2 cup raisins
- 1/2 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
- 1 cup creamy peanut butter
- 1/2 cup maple syrup
- 1 tsp pure vanilla extract
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350 F and line a large baking sheet with parchment paper. Set aside and make your chia egg. In a small bowl, mix together the chia seeds with 5 tablespoons of water. Mix until all the seeds have been coated with water, then allow the mixture to sit for at least 5 minutes to become thick and gel-like.
- In one large mixing bowl, combine together the dry ingredients including the rolled oats, coconut, flaxseed, baking powder, baking soda, salt, pepitas, raisins and chocolate chips. In another bowl, whisk together the peanut butter with the maple syrup until smooth. Add in the vanilla and mix again. Next, add the chia egg in with this mixture.
- Combine the wet ingredients together with the dry ingredients with a large wooden spoon. It might take some time to get it all mixed together! Mix until all of the dry oat mixture is coated in the peanut butter mixture.
- Use a cookie scoop or a spoon to scoop out about 2 tablespoons of the mixture. Use clean hands to roll the balls a bit together, then place them down on the parchment lined sheet and press them down with either the back of a spoon or your fingers. The cookies will stay in ball form if you bake them that way!
- Bake the cookies in the oven for 12-13 minutes or until the bottoms are just browned. Remove the cookies from the oven and allow them to cool completely before removing to a wire rack.
The cookies, one cooled, can be stored in an airtight container, at room temperature or in the fridge. They can also be stored in the freezer for up to 2 months.
Notes
*Use certified gluten-free rolled oats if this is important for you
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 15 minutes
- Category: cookies
- Method: oven bake
- Cuisine: american