Oatmeal Breakfast Cookies

Might be a good way to use up old bananas.

Ingredients:

2 cups oatmeal, uncooked quick
2 ripe bananas
1 cup unsweetened applesauce
1 tsp cinnamon
1 tsp vanilla extract

(optional add-ins: 1/3 cup of raisins, chocolate chips or cranberries. For a sweeter cookie, you can also add 1 TBSP of honey)

Directions: 

1. Preheat heat oven to 350 degrees.

2. Mix together, oatmeal, bananas, vanilla extract, applesauce and cinnamon.

3. Prepare a cookie sheets with parchment paper. Drop cookie dough in spoonfuls onto the the cookie sheet, and then flatten cookies into round shapes. (about 17 medium cookies)

4. Bake approx. 25 – 30 minutes, or until golden.  Remove from oven & let rest on cookie sheet for 5 minutes and then move to cooling rack. Be careful, cookies will be very soft until they cool entirely.

Store in an airtight container for up to a week.

Recipe source - Family Fresh Meals