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Healthy Oatmeal Cookie Recipe for Breakfast

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26 Mar

I thought up a healthy oatmeal cookie recipe on my run this morning and decided it was healthy enough to eat for breakfast (versus as a dessert).

easy healthy oatmeal cookie recipe

Added bonus: It’s super easy and doesn’t make 26 cookies so you’re left with a dirty kitchen and a belly full o’ 24 cookies (you know cause I’m sure you save 2 to share).

Breakfast Oatmeal Cookie Recipe

Ingredients:

  • 1 packet your favorite sweetened oatmeal*
  • 2 Tb. egg whites OR 1 egg white
  • 1 Tb nut butter of your choice – peanut, almond, sunflower seed butter…
  • lightest sprinkle of baking soda
  • optional: Raisins. Yes, you can add chocolate chips but then it’s hard to justify for breakfast. breakfast oatmeal cookies recipe

*I used lower sugar maple & brown sugar, but anything except ‘plain’ works. We don’t buy plain here in Redheaded Mexican-land!

how to make oatmeal cookies

Directions: Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Mix all the ingredients. If your nut butter is hard to mix heat it in the micro for 10 seconds. Form cookie on sprayed baking sheet. Bake for 8-10 minutes or until done. easy oatmeal cookies recipe for breakfast

I’m a cookie monster, but this recipe is:

A.) Healthy and

B.) only makes 1 cookie, so you don’t eat a whole batch!

Question: What’s your favorite cookie?

Is there another kind of cookie besides chocolate chip?

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    1. masaku says

      2014-11-18 at 12:10 pm

      is there anything I can substitue for the nut butter? I unfortunately dont like nut butter I know im weird lol.

      Reply
      • runeatrepeat says

        2014-11-18 at 1:22 pm

        You need someone with oil or fat so butter would be the only good sub 🙂

        Reply
    2. Florence (@SquigglemeFloey) says

      2013-11-19 at 4:08 pm

      do you have to use nut butter? can it be left out?

      Reply
      • runeatrepeat says

        2013-11-19 at 4:21 pm

        Yeah, you kinda have to use it since it oatmeal not white flour or sugar or it won’t be very good and probably dry. I’d experiment with greek yogurt if anything.

        Reply
    3. Nicole says

      2013-08-06 at 3:53 am

      My daughter is not a breakfast eater. She usually has a boost and two granola bars. I wanted her to have something healthier so started looking for breakfast cookie recipes. We gave this one a try this morning. She loved it!!! I did add chocolate chips as she doesn’t like raisins. It filled her up and it was healthy! She asked for a repeat tomorrow morning. Thank you for the recipe!!!!

      Reply
    4. Christy says

      2013-06-24 at 10:36 am

      This looks so good! Ever eat it before a morning run?
      I might try this this week!!

      Reply
    5. Flower says

      2013-05-28 at 2:24 pm

      My fave cookies ever: änis guetzli 😀

      Sadly there are no instant/packed oatmeal available at the supermarkets here, so I’ll be using rolled oats 🙂

      Reply
    6. victoria says

      2013-05-24 at 9:18 am

      I made these today using raisen cookie oatmeal and peanut butter but I wanted to make a batch so I used 5 pouches, 5 egg whites, 1/3cup of peanut butter, and 1tsp baking soda. This actually ended up giving me 7 pretty large cookies at approx 160 per cookie. They are cooling on the rack right now. My house smells awesome. What I loved about this recipe is that its protein packed but still healthy and because of the peanut butter and eggs, even though I made more than 5 cookies, one cookie is still a good healthy on the go breakfast. If you are on ww its 3pts per cookie

      Reply
    7. Lauren @ Fun, Fit and Fabulous! says

      2013-05-13 at 1:32 pm

      This looks delicious and I love love love recipes that make single servings! Portion control is always a good thing!

      Reply
    8. Julie says

      2013-04-07 at 5:38 am

      Trying this *now*. Using Quaker perfect portions maple oatmeal (1\2cup) & chunky pb. Totally adding mini choc chips…. No raisins in the pantry. 😉
      Result: with coffee in hand, this is a new breakfast WINNER!! (May need to drop amt of oatmeal, tho, next time.)

      Reply
    9. Kierston @candyfit says

      2013-03-28 at 6:22 pm

      Do you remember Mrs. Fields? She make some awesome cookies!

      Reply
    10. Angie @ Losing It and Loving It says

      2013-03-28 at 1:02 pm

      Love those breakfast cookies! Delish. However I never baked it, now a warm cookie sounds better than a cold one.

      My all time favorite cookie (and I haven’t had one in forever lol) is a sugar cookie with blue frosting. Nothing better! Well maybe those chocolate/peanut butter drop cookies.

      Reply
    11. GiGi Eats Celebrities says

      2013-03-28 at 9:03 am

      LOVING dessert for breakfast!! It just makes the entire day a “treat”! 🙂 Butternut squash in the morning is my go-to sweet treat in the AM!

      Reply
    12. Gillian says

      2013-03-27 at 9:33 pm

      Peanut butter oatmeal chocolate chip cookies are my favorite! I just combined the best of 3 cookies 😉

      Reply
    13. Wendi Warner says

      2013-03-27 at 7:04 pm

      Yum! I just tried this out but I used regular oats insead of the packet and forgot the baking soda- still great though….I wonder what I could throw in for even more protein…

      Reply
      • runeatrepeat says

        2013-03-27 at 7:42 pm

        I actually paired this with a protein shake, but you could probably add protein powder to the cookie it just might be a weird texture.

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        • Wendi Warner says

          2013-03-28 at 4:43 am

          Awesome- thank you!!!

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    14. gracekelle at leangirlsclub says

      2013-03-27 at 11:19 am

      I’ve made mine with mashed bananas instead of eggs and it’s delicious. Will have to try yours – there’s more protein and less sugar 🙂

      Reply
    15. Kelly@ShapeDaily says

      2013-03-27 at 10:14 am

      The only other kind of cookie I love besides chocolate chip which are no-doubt number 1 are Reese’s pieces. This looks really good! I love anything sweet you can make as a single serving because I definitely cannot control myself around sweets and would definitely end up eat 24 out of 26 cookies.

      Reply
    16. Susan says

      2013-03-27 at 9:12 am

      DON’T MAKE ME CHOOSE! I love sugar cookies, snickerdoodles, chocolate chip, oatmeal, and on and on and on. Cookies are my kryptonite! But oddly enough, I don’t want too many “things” in them. You can put M&Ms in with those choclate chips in that cookie but I’m going to pick them out and eat them separately. I’m weird.

      Reply
    17. Ada Simpson says

      2013-03-27 at 6:40 am

      I just made one of these for breakfast. I hate eating breakfast, but this was really easy and quite tasty! I’ll definitely make it again. I added some Trader Joes orange-flavored cranberries. Yum!

      Reply
      • runeatrepeat says

        2013-03-27 at 9:43 am

        Yeah! Glad you liked it!

        Reply
    18. FamilyFitnessandFooderdy says

      2013-03-27 at 6:35 am

      There is a hole in wall dinner here that has a mouth-gasmic oatmeal toffee cookie that makes me want to give someone an enthusiastic high five to the face. It’s that good.

      Reply
      • runeatrepeat says

        2013-03-27 at 9:43 am

        Ha! I want one now.

        Reply
    19. Alissa M. says

      2013-03-27 at 6:13 am

      “doesn’t make 26 cookies so you’re left with a dirty kitchen and a belly full o’ 24 cookies (you know cause I’m sure you save 2 to share).”

      Bahaha, this is me 🙂 “look, baby, I made cookies for you!”

      First time commenting, but I love love your sense of humor and real-ness…and though I probably can’t run more than half a mile without stopping, find your running super inspiring. So thanks! Oh, and my favorite cookie is white chocolate chip oatmeal w/ dried cranberries.

      Reply
      • runeatrepeat says

        2013-03-27 at 7:10 am

        Thanks Alissa!

        Reply
    20. meredith says

      2013-03-27 at 5:46 am

      Nothing beats a warm chocolate chip cookie fresh from the oven…however, I received a jumbo oatmeal chocolate chip cookie when I finished the Hershey Park Half Marathon and I swear it was the most delicious thing I ever tasted. Although I tend to think anything eaten after a long hard run tastes that much more delicious…

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      • runeatrepeat says

        2013-03-27 at 9:44 am

        “Nothing beats a warm chocolate chip cookie fresh from the oven…”
        Truth.

        Reply
    21. Nicole says

      2013-03-27 at 5:40 am

      I have made an oatmeal with pb chips that is amazing.

      The Kidless Kronicles

      Reply
    22. Maureen @ Breaking Free & Finding Me says

      2013-03-27 at 5:25 am

      yum! i love red velvet cookies, chocolate peanut butter cup cookies, and banana/oatmeal/chocolate chip cookies 🙂

      Reply
    23. Elizabeth @ Positive Change says

      2013-03-27 at 5:17 am

      That looks really good, clean and healthy!

      Reply
    24. Sue says

      2013-03-26 at 10:37 pm

      Choc chip cookies hands down!!!

      Reply
    25. Christina says

      2013-03-26 at 10:28 pm

      oatmeal chocolate chip is my favorite!! NOM. cant wait to try this recipe (adding choc chips obviously)

      Reply
    26. Christine @ BookishlyB says

      2013-03-26 at 9:57 pm

      “Yes, you can add chocolate chips but then it’s hard to justify for breakfast”- I call bullshit 😉

      Reply
      • runeatrepeat says

        2013-03-27 at 7:11 am

        Ha!

        Reply
    27. Chelsea says

      2013-03-26 at 8:21 pm

      This is so awesome! My problem is always the cookies leftover after I have what I want, but you can’t NOT eat them…problem solved!

      As for my favorite kind of cookie, I’m an old school peanut butter girl. I make a pretty mean snickerdoodle, too, if I do say so myself 😉

      Reply
    28. Ida says

      2013-03-26 at 8:12 pm

      if the recipe only makes 1 cookie, then you do get to eat the whole batch:) I’m a snicker doodle girl through and through.

      Reply
    29. Colleen says

      2013-03-26 at 8:10 pm

      Ohhh peanut butter cookies!!! Peanutbutter anything, really!

      Reply
    30. Becky @ RunFunDone says

      2013-03-26 at 8:06 pm

      Ha! I need single-serving sweets, otherwise I eat them all up. Immediately.

      Reply
    31. kendra @ kennygump says

      2013-03-26 at 7:50 pm

      YUM i would have never thought to use an oatmeal packet to make cookies!

      Reply
    32. Thetinyrunner says

      2013-03-26 at 7:18 pm

      warm chocolate chip cookies for sure! The oatmeal cookie looks great!!!

      Reply
    33. quix says

      2013-03-26 at 6:52 pm

      I will have to try that! I bet it would be delicious with some dried fruit in it too!

      Reply
    34. Krupp says

      2013-03-26 at 6:43 pm

      I can’t believe that you can actually turn an oatmeal into a meal, I will definitely try this out, I’m a health conscious person, so I make it to a point that I eat healthy foods all throughout the day. This is perfect for my breakfast in combination with milk. Yuuuum. Thanks for posting this recipe of yours!

      Reply
    35. Angela says

      2013-03-26 at 6:24 pm

      Yum!! So delicious!!

      Reply
    36. Katie @ Talk Less, Say More says

      2013-03-26 at 6:18 pm

      Cookies for breakfast? I’m IN!

      Reply
    37. Mary Beth says

      2013-03-26 at 6:14 pm

      I am super excited to try this for breakfast tomorrow morning!!! I am a teacher and I need to have breakfast, so I don’t get cranky with the kiddos:)

      Reply
    38. Megan says

      2013-03-26 at 6:08 pm

      Oh that cookie looks good! What a fun little breakfast idea.

      Reply
    39. Ja @Athlete Within Ja says

      2013-03-26 at 5:53 pm

      I love oatmeal for breakfast! I could use a new recipe. My breakfast is getting boring. Thanks!

      Reply
    40. heather @ run eat play says

      2013-03-26 at 5:20 pm

      This looks great! I’ll have to try it, but honestly, I’m gonna put chocolate chips in it 🙂

      Reply
    41. Lindsey @ Run Freckles Run says

      2013-03-26 at 5:19 pm

      That’s a really difficult question to answer! I love so many varieties. But if I had to choose one, it would be peanut butter, hands down. BUT someone did just open my eyes to a Snickers Surprise cookie. It was love at first bite. You may want to google it…or not if you don’t want to over indulge!

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      • runeatrepeat says

        2013-03-26 at 6:05 pm

        I am tempted, but think looking that up is a disaster waiting to happen…

        Reply
    42. Taylor @ LiftingRevolution says

      2013-03-26 at 5:17 pm

      White chocolate macadamia is the best!! I picked up some macadamia nuts this past week and can’t stop adding them to everything! Perhaps to this cookie recipe tomorrow morning?

      Reply
    43. Natalie @ will jog for food says

      2013-03-26 at 5:17 pm

      Love that idea! Cookies for breakfast sound perfect to me 🙂

      Reply
    44. Em @ Love A Latte says

      2013-03-26 at 5:06 pm

      I saw you pin a picture of this cookie earlier and I was wondering the recipe! I love breakfast cookies. I’m all about any cookie with chocolate really!

      Reply
    45. Presh says

      2013-03-26 at 5:02 pm

      Oh can’t wait to try… I have to get some flavored oatmeal!

      Reply
    46. Elizabeth- My Neon Running Shoes says

      2013-03-26 at 4:44 pm

      I can’t wait to try this! Cookies+breakfast=win. Always.

      Reply

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