Pumpkin Chip Breakfast Cookies

I am loving the cooler weather that has moved into Georgia and it has me eagerly anticipating the start of Fall- or as I like to call it - pumpkin and apple season.  Seriously - nearly everything that comes out of my kitchen during September and October has either pumpkin, apple, cinnamon or all three.  

​My family accuses me of being mildly obsessed with Fall recipes.  Maybe it's because I've served them pumpkin pancakes, turkey apple sandwiches and pumpkin challah bread - all in one day.  Clearly I love these flavors and these pumpkin chip breakfast cookies highlight them beautifully.  

Pumpkin Chip Breakfast Cookies

• ¼ cup coconut oil, melted
• ¼ cup honey
• 1 cup rolled old-fashioned oats
• 1 cup quick cooking oats
• ⅔ cup unsweetened, dried cranberries
• 1/4 cup chocolate chips
• ⅔ cup nuts (walnuts, pumpkin seeds, almonds, etc)
• ¼ cup ground flaxseed
• 1 teaspoon pumpkin pie spice
• ½ teaspoon sea salt
• ½ cup pumpkin puree
• 2 eggs, beaten

Microwave honey and coconut oil for 30 seconds until melted.

Combine both oats, cranberries, nuts, pumpkin pie spice, flaxseed and salt. 

Stir pumpkin and eggs into honey mixture.

Add wet ingredients to dry and stir to combine. 

Scoop batter onto a silpat lined cookie sheet.  Flatten slightly because cookies will not spread.  

Bake 15 minutes at 350.

Some days I just need a quick breakfast that I can grab on my way out the door or as I head down to the basement to workout.  These little cookies are packed with healthy ingredients and they're the perfect pre-workout meal.  The oats, nuts and fruit keep me fueled throughout my morning workout and who doesn't love starting their day with chocolate chips? 

Now that I've conquered the pumpkin breakfast cookie - I'm going to try my hand at an apple pie breakfast cookie.  Chopped apple, applesauce and apple pie spice - what do you think?  

​Ciao!

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