I had mentioned earlier that one of my favorite, super healthy breakfasts is baked oatmeal. It’s a whole grain, you can add spices to it and very little sugar and you really have a completely fantastic, nutritious breakfast.
On the other hand, it does have to cook. And you really can’t do oatmeal the night before and have the kids be happy about it. I do get up before my kids but I am fairly convinced that they are part Hobbit (of Lord of the Rings fame) because they must eat constantly. They literally sit up in bed and say, “Are we having anything good for breakfast?”
But these little thingys here are basically oatmeal cookies that you can eat on your way out the door. You can make them the night before or you can even make a big batch and freeze them. They are versatile and have very little sugar or fat. If you’re following my Mission Possible series, I’ve been eating a couple of these breakfast cookies, plus a piece of fruit for breakfast every morning.
But best of all they satisfy the sneaky mama’s two requirements: kids must like and eat them, and they must be healthy and sneakily include ingredients that may or may not otherwise go into their mouths and down into their stomachs.
You will need:
3 mashed bananas (ripe)
1/3 cup apple sauce
2 cups uncooked quick-cooking oats
1/4 cup skim milk
1/2 cup dried fruit
1 tsp vanilla
1 tsp cinnamon
1/2 tsp allspice
1 tbsp of sugar
Directions:
Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
Mix all ingredients in a bowl really well.
Let this mixture stand for at least 5 minutes so that the oats can soak up the liquid.
Heap the dough by teaspoonfuls onto a greased cookie sheet.
Bake for 15-20 minutes and let cool. They should be golden brown and hold their shape but they will be extra moist because of the banana and applesauce.
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