Oatmeal protein cookies are easy, vegan, & gluten-free! Using peanut butter, flax, & cinnamon, they make a yummy, & healthy breakfast option!
Prep Time5 minutesmins
Cook Time15 minutesmins
Total Time20 minutesmins
Course: Breakfast, Snack
Cuisine: American
Servings: 12cookies
Calories: 262kcal
Author: Megan Byrd, RD
Cost: $5.56 or $.46 per cookie
Ingredients
3cupsold fashioned rolled oats
1cupapple sauce(or mashed banana)
1cuppeanut butter(or other nut butter)
¼cupground flaxseed
¼cupchia seeds
¼cuppure maple syrup
1tsp cinnamon
1 tsp vanilla extract
Instructions
Preheat the oven to 325°. Line a cookie sheet with parchment paper.
Mix together all 8 ingredients in a medium bowl until well combined.
Shape into 12 balls, and mash down with your palm to flatten into a cookie shape, arranging evenly on the lined cookie sheet. Each cookie is roughly a heaping ¼ cup of the cookie mixture.
Bake for 15 minutes in the preheated oven. Allow to cool, and serve!
Store in an airtight container for up to 7 days at room temperature.