Who doesn’t love cookies for breakfast? These delicious morsels are packed with protein and leave off the gluten, butter, and processed sugar. You can even replace the eggs with flax eggs to make them vegan. Perfect for people who love peanut butter cookies and oatmeal cookies but want something a little healthier to start their day!
On the Ingredients
- Sunflower Butter is a fantastic alternative to peanut butter and makes a fantastic cookie. It’s very high in protein and rich in vitamin E and magnesium. Sunflower butter is also loaded with healthy fats. (More on the health benefits).
- Oats are generally considered a very healthy grain. They are highly nutritious, with lots of vitamins, minerals, and antioxidants. They’re a good source of carbohydrates and fiber, including beta-glucan, the special fiber responsible for oatmeal’s famous heart-healthy reputation. Beta-glucan is also good for reducing blood sugar and improving insulin sensitivity. It is highly digestible and sticks to your ribs! Oats are naturally gluten-free but are often milled around other grains, which may cause cross-contamination. The bulk department has “gluten-free oats,” which have been processed in a gluten-free facility, so if you’re gluten-sensitive, you should stick to this kind. (More on the health benefits).
- Macadamia Nuts, like most nuts, are rich in nutrients. They have lots of fiber, antioxidants, healthy fats, vitamins, and minerals. Some research suggests that Macadamia Nuts may help with losing weight, boost heart health, reduce your risk of metabolic syndrome, and improve gut health. Plus, they have a delicious buttery flavor. (More on the health benefits).
- Dried Cranberries have a lot of great health benefits, but because of their very tart flavor, they’re often paired with lots of sugar. You want to make sure you’re getting a brand that uses apple juice to sweeten them (like those in our bulk department) rather than sugar. Cranberries are well known for having unique plant compounds that may help prevent UTIs, but they also have lots of vitamins C, E, and K1, plus copper and Manganese. Cranberries also have a lot of antioxidants which are mainly concentrated in the skin, and therefore get lost in the ever-popular juice. (More on the health benefits).
Recipe Notes and Substitutions
If sunflower butter isn’t your thing, you can make this same recipe using any nut butter. Peanut butter and almond butter are especially good options.
Sunflower Breakfast Cookies
Who doesn’t love cookies for breakfast? These delicious morsels are packed with protein and leave off the gluten, butter, and processed sugar. You can even replace the eggs with flax eggs to make them vegan. Perfect for people who love peanut butter cookies and oatmeal cookies but want something a little healthier to start their day!
Ingredients
1 cup sunflower butter
1 cup rolled oats (gluten-free)
1/3 cup coconut sugar or monk fruit sweetener
1/2 tsp baking powder
pinch of salt
1/2 cup dried cranberries (apple juice sweetened)
1/2 cup roasted macadamia nuts
2 eggs
Directions
- Preheat oven to 350°F.
- Combine the sunflower butter, sweetener, cranberries, nuts, oats, salt, and baking powder. Add the eggs and mix thoroughly into a sticky dough.
- Divide the dough into roughly 1/4 cup-sized balls and place them on a parchment-lined baking sheet with about an inch of space around them.
- Bake for 15-25 minutes until golden brown on the bottom. Carefully transfer to a cooling rack and let cool completely before eating.
