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WW Friendly Recipe of the Day: 10 Recipes for Healthy Breakfast Cookies
Healthy Breakfast Cookie Recipes? Cookies for Breakfast?
Yes, it's possible to start your day with cookies as long as they are made from one of the healthy breakfast cookie recipes, that I've gathered here.
I know it's a cliché but, for most people, a healthy breakfast is important to get the day started right.
Did you know a study from the American Journal of Epidemiology found that people who skipped breakfast were 4.5 times more likely to be obese? If that isn't reason enough to eat breakfast, I don't know what is.
Breakfast cookies offers an acceptably convenient, healthful and delicious start to the morning. These recipes are lower in sugar than the average cookie, packed with nutrients and, with ingredients like heart-healthy nuts and fiber-rich oats, can hardly be considered a "junk" food.
These cookies are a great make ahead healthy option that are also super portable!
With a plate of healthy cookies—from one of these recipes—on the counter, or a bag of individually wrapped treats in the freezer, you can just grab one and go. Perfect for breakfast or a nourishing snack.
Healthy Breakfast Cookies
How Many Calories and WW Points in Ellie's Breakfast Cookies?
According to my calculations, these breakfast cookies with dried cranberries from Ellie Krieger have about 190 calories and:
7 *SmartPoints (Green plan)
7 *SmartPoints (Blue plan)
7 *SmartPoints (Purple plan)
5 *PointsPlus (Old plan)
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Ellie Krieger's Breakfast Cookies Recipe
From Ellie Kreiger comes another of my favorite breakfast cookie recipes, which can be modified lots of ways.
Prep Time15 minutes mins
Cook Time12 minutes mins
Total Time27 minutes mins
Servings (adjustable): 12
Calories: 190
Author: Martha McKinnon | Simple Nourished Living
Ingredients
- ¾ cup whole-wheat pastry flour
- ½ cup all-purpose flour
- ½ teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- ½ teaspoon ground nutmeg
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- 2 tablespoons unsalted butter
- ¼ cup canola oil
- ¼ cup dark brown sugar
- 3 tablespoons granulated sugar
- 1 egg
- ¼ cup (1 small jar) strained carrot baby food
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- ½ cup rolled oats
- ½ cup bran cereal flakes
- ⅓ cup raisins or dried cranberries
- ⅓ cup walnut pieces, lightly toasted and chopped
Instructions
Place rack in the center of the oven and preheat oven to 350F degrees. Line a baking sheet (affiliate link) with parchment paper.
In a medium-sized mixing bowl, stir together flours, baking soda, cinnamon, nutmeg and salt until well combined.
In a large bowl, beat butter, oil and sugars with an electric mixer (affiliate link) on medium high speed, until sugars have dissolved and mixture is light in color, about 1 minute. Scrape down the sides of the bowl with a rubber spatula (affiliate link) if necessary to make sure everything is well blended.
Add egg, carrot puree and vanilla and beat an additional 30 seconds.
Add flour mixture and beat an additional 30 seconds.
Add oats, flakes, raisins or dried cranberries, and walnuts and mix on low speed just until incorporated. Dough will be slightly sticky and less cohesive than traditional cookie dough.
Using 3 to 4 tablespoons of batter, form a ball and place on a lined cookie sheet. Repeat with remaining batter, spacing about 3 inches apart. Wet hands and use palm of hand to flatten cookies until about ¼-inch thick.
Bake for 12 minutes, until cookies are fragrant but still soft in the center. Remove from the oven and let cookies cool slightly, then transfer them to a wire rack to cool completely.
Equipment
Recipe Notes
Serving size: 1 cookie
Click here to see your WW PersonalPoints for this recipe and track it in the WW app or site.
7 *SmartPoints (Green plan)
7 *SmartPoints (Blue plan)
7 *SmartPoints (Purple plan)
5 *PointsPlus (Old plan)
Nutrition Facts
Ellie Krieger's Breakfast Cookies Recipe
Amount Per Serving (1 cookie)
Calories 190Calories from Fat 81
% Daily Value*
Fat 9g14%
Carbohydrates 23g8%
Fiber 2g8%
Protein 3g6%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.
Course: Breakfast, Brunch, Snack
Cuisine: American
Keyword: bran flake breakfast cookies, cookies for breakfast
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Source: This delicious breakfast cookie recipes comes from The Food You Crave: Luscious Recipes for a Healthy Life (affiliate link) by Ellie Krieger. I love her sensible approach to healthy cooking and eating.
More Healthy Breakfast Cookies for Weight Watchers
Low Fat Peach Breakfast Cookies
Hungry Girl, Lisa Lillien, creates another winning WW friendly recipe with these Low-Fat, Low-Sugar Peach Blender Breakfast Cookies. They mix together easily and pour (or scoop) right from your blender (affiliate link) onto the baking sheet (affiliate link), making for very little kitchen cleanup. You’ll get six large cookies with this recipe that can be individually wrapped and refrigerated for a speedy grab-n-go morning breakfast.
Bake Cookies Until Done
Oprah's Healthy Sugar Free Apple Oat Breakfast Cookies
The secret to these sugar free cookies is natural sugar from apples, bananas and raisins. In addition to being free of refined sugar these wholesome breakfast cookies are low calorie, low fat, gluten-free, egg-free, dairy-free, vegan and most importantly they taste great. They make a great grab-n-go breakfast, lunchbox, after school or anytime snack.
Chewy Chocolate Chip Oatmeal Breakfast Cookies
If you are looking for tasty healthy banana cookies that are low fat, vegan and gluten-free—this is the recipe for you.
More Light and Healthy Breakfast Cookie Recipes from around the Web
Photo Credit: Cookie Madness
All Natural Banana Oatmeal Cookies
Today's breakfast cookie recipes was sent to me by Sue, who found it on some junk mail. It was originally called "Sugarless Oatmeal Cookies." (Cookie Madness)
Blueberry Oat Breakfast Cookies
These blueberry oatmeal breakfast cookies are filled with lots of goodness and what I like to call a mix between a muffin and a cookie—and at 1 SmartPoint, each you can have a few… or 5 (Drizzle Me Skinny)
Gluten-Free Breakfast Cookies
A few weeks ago I was reading a blog by someone in California who mentioned breakfast cookies. Shortly after hearing of breakfast cookies, what should appear on the shelves of my local grocery store but Quaker Breakfast Cookies. The cookies turned out great! They were fat, soft, round and perfect for wrapping individually. I'm looking forward to playing with the flavors. If not for breakfast, they make a great snack. (Cookie Madness.)
FiberOne Breakfast Cookies
I'm back with another healthy breakfast cookie recipes from The Sneaky Chef. (Eggless Cooking)
Peanut Butter Fig Breakfast Cookies
These oversized cookies are more like muffin tops, but calling them cookies makes them seem a bit more indulgent. They're chock-full of exercise-friendly ingredients like dried fruit and nuts. They're ideal with a These breakfast cookies are loaded with banana, oats, whole wheat flour, flaxseed, peanut butter, figs, and chocolate chips to make a satisfying, filling breakfast. Kids love 'em. Sorta like granola cookies. (Leite's Culinaria)
Oat Raisin Breakfast Cookies
These Oat Raisin Cookies freeze really well. If you make the batch of 12 cookies and don't trust yourself not to eat the whole lot in one sitting just pop them in the freezer and take them out one at a time when needed. (The Pointed Kitchen)
More Healthy Breakfast Cookies for Weight Watchers
- Bran Muffins
- Breakfast Fruit Parfaits
- Healthy Smoothies
- Magical Healthy Yogurt Breakfast Cream
*Points® calculated by WW. *PointsPlus® and SmartPoints® calculated by Simple Nourished Living; Not endorsed by Weight Watchers International, Inc. All recipe ingredients except optional items included in determining nutritional estimates. SmartPoints® values calculated WITHOUT each plan's ZeroPoint Foods (Green plan, Blue plan, Purple plan) using the WW Recipe Builder.
Martha is the founder and main content writer for Simple-Nourished-Living.
A longtime lifetime WW at goal, she is committed to balancing her love of food and desire to stay slim while savoring life and helping others do the same.
She is the author of the Smart Start 28-Day Weight Loss Challenge.
A huge fan of the slow cooker and confessed cookbook addict, when she's not experimenting in the kitchen, you're likely to find Martha on her yoga mat.
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