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Chia Oatmeal Breakfast Cookies

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June 17, 2014
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Chia Oatmeal Breakfast Cookies

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Cookies for breakfast? Why yes! These Chia Oatmeal Breakfast Cookies from Eating Bird Food are packed with hearty and healthy ingredients that will keep you feeling full all morning. They’re also made without any added sugar, dairy or eggs.

Chia Oatmeal Breakfast Cookies

Ingredients

  • 1½ tablespoons Chia seeds
  • ¼ cup unsweetened vanilla almond milk
  • 2 ripe bananas, mashed
  • ¾ cup old fashioned oats (gluten-free if necessary)
  • ¼ cup unsweetened shredded coconut
  • ¼ cup chopped dates
  • ¼ cup dark chocolate chunks or carob chips (gluten-free if necessary)
  • 1 Tablespoon creamy almond butter (with salt)
  • large pinch of cinnamon

Directions

Preheat oven to 350F.

In a small bowl, stir together the chia seeds and almond milk and let the mixture sit for about 10 minutes, or until the chia seeds have created a nice gel-like consistency.

Pour the chia seed gel into a medium sized mixing bowl and add in the mashed bananas, oats, coconut, almond butter and cinnamon until well combined. Gently stir in the dates and chocolate chunks.

Scoop out a generous tablespoon of dough onto a baking stone or a greased cookie sheet and use a fork to press the dough down a little to make more of a cookie shape. You should get about 15 cookies.

Place in oven and bake for 17-20 minutes, or until the bottom of the cookies have browned a bit.

Take them out, let cool and enjoy.

Note: Many dark chocolate chips are gluten-free however ingredients can vary by brand. It’s best to look at packaging before purchasing if you have a gluten sensitivity.

Nutrition Information

Serves: 15  |  Serving Size: 1 cookie

Per serving: Calories: 77; Total Fat: 3g; Saturated Fat: 2g; Cholesterol: 0mg; Sodium: 5mg; Carbohydrate: 12g; Dietary Fiber: 2g; Sugar: 5g; Protein: 1g

Nutrition Bonus: Potassium: 83mg; Vitamin A: 0%: Vitamin C: 2%; Iron: 3%; Calcium: 2%

 

EBF---Brittany-Mullins
Brittany Mullins is a health coach, certified NASM personal trainer and author of the blog, Eating Bird Food. Check out her blog or follow her on Facebook,  Twitter and Instagram for delicious recipes, workouts and tips for living a balanced, healthy life.

Photo courtesy of Brittany Mullins. Original recipe published on Eating Bird Food.

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60 responses to “Chia Oatmeal Breakfast Cookies”

  1. Avatar Jessie01 says:
    June 18, 2014 at 4:17 am

    When you say “old fashioned oats” do you mean steel cut oats?

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  2. Avatar mtmomof5 says:
    June 18, 2014 at 8:45 am

    Old Fashioned Oats are rolled oats. They are thicker than the instant oats. Steel cut oats is the grain all chopped up into bits.

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  3. Avatar karcoco says:
    June 18, 2014 at 9:08 am

    Can you substitute the bananas With something? I have a strong aversion to the taste or smell of Bananas

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  4. Avatar Leslie Bennett says:
    June 18, 2014 at 9:37 am

    Can I use regular milk and peanut butter???

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  5. Avatar alicia says:
    June 18, 2014 at 10:27 am

    What is a substitute for dates?

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  6. Avatar Julie says:
    June 18, 2014 at 10:46 am

    How about a sub for coconut?

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  7. Avatar Lavender says:
    June 18, 2014 at 1:18 pm

    “These Chi Oatmeal Breakfast Cookies from Eating Bird Food are
    packed with hearty and healthy ingredients that will keep you feeling
    full all morning.”

    Serving Size: 1 cookie

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  8. Avatar Sabine Stroehm says:
    June 18, 2014 at 3:47 pm

    These look great, thanks!

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  9. Avatar Elle says:
    June 18, 2014 at 4:59 pm

    With only two grams each of protein and fiber, how anyone could say these would keep you feeling full for even an hour is beyond me. This sounds more like something to serve after a meal like a dessert, not as part of a main meal (or even instead of breakfast, as the intro implies)!

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    • Avatar Eric says:
      June 18, 2014 at 8:55 pm

      I think the idea is to eat a few of them as a meal. Eating 5 of these gives you 10g of both Protein and Fiber for under 400 calories.

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      • Avatar Ada says:
        June 19, 2014 at 6:05 am

        But it does say “serving size – 1 cookie” I think I’d need more than 79 cals to keep me going till lunch.

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        • Avatar Eric says:
          June 19, 2014 at 7:20 am

          Then eat more than 1, duh.

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          • Avatar Ada says:
            June 20, 2014 at 6:02 am

            “Duh?” It is possible to comment without being rude Eric, for an example, see my comment.
            Alternatively the recipe could say serving size = 5 cookies, lets face it MFP users can get pretty hardcore about their ‘diet’ and I could see some eating 1 due to the serving size recommendation.

          • Avatar Eric says:
            June 20, 2014 at 9:33 am

            I found ur comment condescending, as if I can’t read that it says “serving size 1 cookie”. I clearly saw that, just like you should have clearly saw “Cookie(S) for Breakfast”. Maybe u weren’t being condescending, but if u were or were not, its does not justify me being rude, so I apologize to you.

          • Avatar Ada says:
            June 21, 2014 at 2:09 pm

            I was not being condescending and appreciate your apology. Peace.

        • Avatar Shiva says:
          June 19, 2014 at 4:16 pm

          It also says “cookies for breakfast,” not “cookie for breakfast.”

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      • Avatar JofJLTNCB6 says:
        June 20, 2014 at 10:15 am

        Five of these “cookies” as a meal?!?

        *shudder*

        That sounds horrifying.

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    • Avatar clubbingabroad says:
      June 19, 2014 at 1:35 am

      Just add a few scoops of protein powder, thats what I did.

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  10. Avatar April T says:
    June 18, 2014 at 6:27 pm

    I’m going to make these tomorrow and sub the dates for cranberries or raisins ….we’ll see I’m hoping I love them 🙂

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  11. Avatar Rabbit says:
    June 19, 2014 at 12:39 am

    Is there anything I can use to sub for bananas? I’m allergic 🙁

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  12. Avatar Alex John says:
    June 19, 2014 at 1:37 am

    As much as the food looks yammy I feel it will help if the ingredients required are easily found in shops like ‘creamy almond butter’ where the hell can I get that from?it would help if you suggest alternatives that as is. And really does bed all those ingredients to have a healthy Oats cookies?

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  13. Avatar RubiWax says:
    June 19, 2014 at 7:06 am

    Eat several of them. What is it with you fitness pal people that you must trash every article on here? Jesus, one serving size is obviously not a meal so eat as many as you think you need… Use your freaking brain for yourselves instead of arting your worthless two cents all over the web? Just a thought. Or add something with the cookie. Eat a banana or yogurt or have a small smoothie with it. Listen to your body and use your critical thinking skills… Or do you need an article to tell you how to do that for you to nitpick at first?

    Again, good article, great idea… Gotta pick up chia seeds but otherwise I’m ready to make these! 🙂

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    • Avatar JofJLTNCB6 says:
      June 19, 2014 at 12:47 pm

      You sound angry.

      Are you hungry?

      Here…have a chia oatmeal banana squished round thing. It’s only 79 calories and soooooo filling.

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    • Avatar Dr. Whom says:
      June 23, 2014 at 7:28 am

      Don’t be a jackass. You can disagree or comment without sounding like you were born in a sewer.

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  14. Avatar Cheryl says:
    June 19, 2014 at 10:26 am

    I can’t wait to try these! They have everything I love packed into a sweet package. Love the chia seeds – I wouldn’t have thought to do that. Brilliant!

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  15. Avatar Whaea_Deni says:
    June 19, 2014 at 3:21 pm

    What is a substitute for the almond milk – not an ingredient that I keep in my pantry ?? maybe coconut milk??

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  16. Avatar SeasideGal says:
    June 19, 2014 at 9:48 pm

    Great recipe! What’s the best way to store these cookies? Outside or inside the fridge? Thanks again for sharing this great cookie!!

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  17. Avatar loismasse@gmail.com says:
    June 21, 2014 at 11:56 am

    Eat 4 , 5, 6, or how many of these cookies that you like for breakfast. My biggest objection is that you used the name of God’s Son, Jesus in a manner that is not praiseworthy to Him. We will all be accountable to God someday for the words we have spoken! Please think before you speak! It will be greatly appreciated!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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  18. Avatar Lois Masse says:
    June 22, 2014 at 4:08 am

    I haven’t tried these cookies, they may be filling, they may not be. They might be worth a try.
    What I do object to is using the name of God’s Son, Jesus, in a way that is not praise worthy to Him!
    The comment below has a lot of good points in it, one being, listen to your body! Our bodies do tell us a lot , if we choose to listen.

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  19. Avatar Terri Barnum says:
    June 22, 2014 at 5:43 pm

    These sound delicious, but I’ve never used Chia seeds. I’ve got everything else the recipe calls for. Do I NEED to use the Chia seeds for this recipe to turn out?

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  20. Avatar gril lucas says:
    June 27, 2014 at 4:40 pm

    Really cool going to try them!

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  21. Avatar mom6mn says:
    July 11, 2014 at 10:04 am

    Is there a way on MFP that I can favorite recipes, exercises, or blog entries for easy access later?? I see I am given the option to print, but would rather go paperless.

    Reply
  22. Avatar ScarletFire says:
    July 16, 2014 at 10:28 am

    These sound amazing. Can’t wait to try them. Never head of Chia before though – hope I can find some in my local shops. Thanks

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    • Avatar Ams says:
      February 18, 2015 at 1:41 pm

      They are everywhere these days – Ralph’s, Trader Joe’s, Sprouts, Whole Foods, 99 cent store.

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      • Avatar ScarletFire says:
        February 18, 2015 at 4:06 pm

        I’m in the UK. I saw some in Sainsburys actually but they were really, really expensive!

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        • Avatar Ams says:
          February 19, 2015 at 12:14 pm

          Yeah, I saw them at the .99 cent store along with hemp seeds. At our store called Sprouts they sell them in the bulk section and you can get as much or as little as you like. How much is shipping something to UK? I could send some to you! Did you check online?

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  23. Avatar Bobbi says:
    January 4, 2015 at 5:39 am

    I have an allergy to coconut what can i use to replace the coconut on recipes?

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  24. Avatar LilBird01 says:
    March 18, 2015 at 2:21 pm

    Hi Brittany, thanks for the recipe!

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  25. Avatar Susan Jensen says:
    August 20, 2016 at 11:08 am

    These are absolutely delicious! I just pop one in in-between meals to satisfy a snack craving. They’re so low calorie and healthy. I love ’em. I’ve just made my second batch!! <3

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