Healthy Breakfast Cookie
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Had to share this really cool recipe for a Breakfast Cookie with you from Nourished Fitness. She was sharing it from Fitnessista. I know some of these recipes look weird to some of you out there but hey, never hurts to try, right???!!! PLUS, you can play with the ingredients to meet your taste buds!
In a small bowl, add 1/3 cup oats, 1 tbs nut butter of choice (I used raw almond) and 1/2 scoop protein powder (tonight was chocolate Designer Whey)
Stir to combine and use the spoon to break up the nut butter until you have a nice crumbly mixture:
Add 1/8 cup milk of your choice (For me, unsweetened vanilla almond milk) and mix until fully moistened
Now the fun part- pick the mix-ins! You can get creative with this one– I’ve tried banana, raisins, pumpkin, chocolate chips, ground espresso beans… add anything you like 
Tonight, I decided on 1/2 mashed banana that was looking a little ripe
Stir in your mix-ins of choice and season (I used a little Stevia and cinnamon)
Plop the mixture onto an appetizer-sized plate and with the back of your spoon, flatten it into a round shape with equal thickness throughout
Put the cookie in the fridge overnight. It will harden slightly from the nut butter and the oats will soften from the milk.
Next morning, grab a spoon and enjoy
Mmm... sounds great! Would just regular (light) peanut butter work with this, do you think?
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I think so. She mentioned nut butter of your choice.... does not hurt to try!
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Yeah, with my "addiction" issues with grains, I think I need to avoid this like the plague!
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Might try the breakfast cookie, might not. ; - )
I REALLY could use the book!!!! Can't wait to hear your review. I've been thinking a lot about this subject lately (always??)
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it does look yummy, love oatmeal cookies! i don't like nuts/nut products though. i wonder if there is a substitution. also wondering how many calories it has...
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I have tried these before and they were okay. It's not really a cookie that you can pick up and eat, which is what my mind wanted LOL! They are like overnight oats only thicker.
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Interesting. I did not expect it to be like a cookie you could pick up based on the pic but I guess you can flavor it however you like to change the taste, right? I am not a baker/cook but I was assuming that. I have been able to do that with other healthy recipes.. changing the flavor with different spices or protein powder. I have not had overnight oats but I like the flavor of oatmeal with some cinnamon & raisin so it might be OK for me. Have not tried it yet.
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Well, it *looks* good, but I am not a fan of oatmeal...now if it were a chocolate breakfast cookie??? I'd be SO there! LOL Thanks for sharing, I'll have to check her website out!
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You know Jody, I see stuff like this (healthy recipes)on-line all the time, and I ALWAYS pass right over them because I am a very particular eater. That said, this one actually looks like a keeper. I will try it, but more likely as a snack or late day meal. This time of year, breakfast is a salad -- love the summer breakfast salads, even though its not quite summer yet.
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I can eat this type of thing any time of day cause I like the flavors of oatmeal, cinnamon & such which is how I would probably flavor it.
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Love love loooove the breakfast cookie!! Fitnessista has some great recipes and this one tops it
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I have yet to try it but it does look good to me!
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I used to make those cookies all the time when I had to get up at 4:30 am and leave by 5:00! They were surprisingly really filling!
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Thx for the info April!
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I've tried something similar, but the protein powder that I was using had a bad after taste and had a lot of artificial sweetener. I'm wondering if there is a brand that might have a better flavor.
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