These super easy-to-make vanilla healthy protein breakfast cookies are clean, tasty, have only six ingredients and are done in 20 minutes. This recipe is sponsored by Premier Protein.
Maybe it’s a marketing ploy, but whenever I see “protein” in the title of a recipe, it instantly gets my interest more than something that doesn’t. Why? Because we all need protein to maintain and grow our muscle mass and to live a healthy life, and protein keeps you fuller longer, just like fat. Also, whenever I feel like making something from scratch, I find myself adding the words “easy” and “simple” to my Google or Pinterest search for the right recipe. I’m not into using a ton of ingredients, and I am perhaps, the only healthy lifestyle blogger around who doesn’t own a food processor — so simple is the way to go.
But that doesn’t mean I don’t like to try new things. This past long weekend, when our schedule was pretty free and clear, I decided to pop into the kitchen and put a few of my favorite healthy ingredients that I already had on hand in my pantry to use. And what came out? Some totally delicious protein breakfast cookies, which are very clean in the ingredients department. And I am calling them breakfast cookies, only because you could definitely eat these puppies for a light breakfast with some coffee or tea and be satisfied for a few hours. Or you can eat them as a healthy dessert or a pre-workout bite. Your choice!
Vanilla healthy protein breakfast cookies
Here’s how it all goes down, with a printable recipe at the end …
Ingredients:
- 1 ripe banana
- 1 cup of oats
- 1 scoop of vanilla protein powder (I used Premier Protein Vanilla Milkshake)
- 2 tablespoons of raw pumpkin seeds
- 2 tablespoons of organic raisins
- 1/2 cup of coconut milk (I used the canned organic kind, but you could also use almond)
Directions:
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
- Mash up your banana with a fork.
- Mix all the ingredients together into a bowl, including the mashed banana.
- Put some cooking spray on a foil-lined baking sheet.
- Scoop one spoonful at a time of the mixture onto the baking sheet, then smash down into circles.
- Bake for 15 minutes, until you reach desired “done-ness.”
- Take them out, and let them cool.
- Enjoy.
Recipe notes:
This recipe yields six big cookies.
If you aren’t a fan of pumpkin seeds or raisins, you could definitely substitute those things for sliced almonds, walnuts, peanuts, goji berries or whatever else you fancy. And also, make sure that your banana is brown enough to mash up. You could even try topping the cookies in nut butter after cooked, if you were feeling crazy.
One more thing, if you want to make your cookies a bit more decadent, you could mash up a second banana into the mixture and perhaps add some coconut oil too. Your choice!
Nutritional information:
What you should really know is that the ingredients in these vanilla healthy protein breakfast cookies are good — with some valuable protein, fat, magnesium (yay pumpkin seeds) and fiber (yay oats). But if you love to know the numbers, I estimate that each cookie is 150 calories with about 9 grams of protein each — mostly thanks to the nice 30 grams of whey protein from the Premier Protein Vanilla Milkshake protein powder scoop included. Eat two, and you’re golden!
I made these cookies on Saturday morning, shortly after Dave and I had enjoyed some protein waffles. So as you can imagine, our house smelled totally divine all day long from the oven freshness. Dave (who doesn’t always love my “healthy” stuff) was a fan of these protein-filled treats and thought they tasted like banana bread. There were only six big cookies total, and they were done by the end of the weekend, so I know I’ll be making them again. Yay protein!
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Ingredients
- 1 ripe banana
- 1 cup of oats
- 1 scoop of Premier Protein Vanilla Milkshake protein powder
- 2 tablespoons of raw pumpkin seeds
- 2 tablespoons of raisins
- 1/2 cup of canned coconut milk
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
- Mash up your banana with a fork.
- Mix all the ingredients together into a bowl, including the mashed banana.
- Put some cooking spray on a foil-lined baking sheet.
- Scoop one spoonful at a time of the mixture onto the baking sheet, then smash down into circles.
- Bake for 15 minutes, until you reach desired "done-ness."
- Take them out, and let them cool.
- Enjoy.
Disclaimer: This post is sponsored by Premier Protein. I received compensation and complimentary product, but all opinions are my own. Thank you for supporting A Lady Goes West sponsors.
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Questions of the day
What’s your favorite kind of cookie?
When was the last time you tried a new recipe?
Love the addition of pumpkin seeds!
Susie @ Suzlyfe recently posted…He Did Good (Fourth Anniversary Weekend Snapshots)
I put pumpkin seeds in EVERYTHING! 🙂 Happy Monday, Susie!
Adding protein to cookies is my favorite, because I’m not much of a protein shake gal. However I do love cookies.
Emily recently posted…Life and Fighting for Recovery Makes You Tired
Well there you go! Protein cookies for you!! 🙂 Hope your weekend has been great, Emily!
These sound delicious! Love the idea of cookie for breakfast, hah! My favorite cookies are traditional chocolate chip, or better yet, chocolate CHUNK.
Carrie this fit chick recently posted…Friday Favorites!
Ahhh yes, I love a good chocolate chunk as well! Cookies ANY time of day, I’d say! Happy Monday, Carrie! Hope you had fun in wine country! 🙂
These sound so yummy! I feel the same way, I’m always more interested in a recipe when it has protein in the name. And my favorite cookies are probably oatmeal chocolate chip.
Patricia @sweet and strong recently posted…Mediterranean Chickpea Salad with Vinaigrette
I LOVE oatmeal chocolate chip as well. And it’s so funny how a particular word can draw us into a recipe! Hope your long weekend is going well, Patricia! 🙂
I like the idea of pumpkin seeds and raisins together in a cookie, sounds yummy!
Emily @ Pizza and Pull-Ups recently posted…Weekend recap – Happy Memorial Day!
Hi Emily! Hope your weekend was great, lady! 🙂 And YESSSSS to raisins and pumpkin seeds to jazz up the cookie — sweet and crunchy all go together!
Oh man, these did not turn out well for me 🙁 Too soft even after a couple more minutes in the oven and tasted a bit chalky. I did use Vegasport vanilla protein powder, but the oats still tasted a bit raw. Oh well! I still ate them and they were nutritious and filling. My friend called them oat pucks. :-/
Hi Sheila! Oh man, so sorry to hear that. I’ve never tried making these with Vega — and I have a feeling that baking with a plant-based protein powder yields a slightly different result than a whey protein powder, like I used. In fact, I think the plant-based proteins soak up the moisture more, so maybe that’s why it happened? hahha! But seriously, oak pucks makes me laugh. You’re a good sport for still eating them!! Maybe another shot with a new powder and more nut butter or oil? hahahah! Good luck, lady! Happy Friday!