Mysty PfefferIf you’re looking for a little take-along snack with your morning smoothie or egg, this ultimate breakfast cookie will help. It’s nutrient dense with pumpkin seeds, walnuts quinoa, and whole grain. It’s also low in sugar, which is tolerable to those who have completed their sugar fast to remove its sweet desire from the pallet.
There are studies to prove you can retrain your taste buds to remove excess salt and sugar. (1)
Keeping sugar at a minimum in our diet for optimal health, is the goal here. We want whole food, all the time! And giving up those highly processed items without nutrients, is a start to better health.
Plus, you can choose if you want to go with baker’s honey (17 grams of sugar per tablespoon and 60 calories) or cane sugar, which has 13 grams per tablespoon. Using 2 tablespoons of honey in this recipe keeps the sugar less than 1 teaspoon per cookie.
Remember, the American Heart Association recommends less than 6 teaspoons of sugar per day to minimize heart disease risks! The American Cancer Society also recommends a low sugar and decreased intake of processed food. (1) So, making our own items and having complete control of the ingredients in them, helps us stay within range.
Exercising portion control is still a must here, as well. Just because they are healthy doesn’t mean we can eat the entire batch!
Practicing intentional eating and making healthy, purposeful choices alongside this cookie to attain fullness is doable.
Good Land
When we look around at all the things available to us in our markets and our farmland, we can see how the Lord has given us good land. I feel a small piece of the promise for Israel came true for Americans too, so many years ago. As they sought freedom to worship in a better land, on the Mayflower and her sister ships, they arrived at a land of plenty.
Deuteronomy 1:25
And they took in their hands some of the fruit of the land and brought it down to us, and brought us word again and said, ‘It is a good land that the Lord our God is giving us.’
Enjoy your good land today, my friend! And while you’re at it, try this ultimate breakfast cookie to get you started! I am here for you, if you need a RN health and wellness coach to guide your through healthier lifestyle changes. Book a consultation here!
The Ultimate Breakfast Cookie
Ingredients
- 1 Cup Whole Grain Flour
- 1 Cup Oats
- 1 tsp. Salt
- 2 Tsp. Cinnamon
- 1/4 Tsp. Baking Soda
- 4 ounces Organic Extra Virgin Olive Oil
- 4 ounces Butter
- 2 tbsp apple sauce
- 2 Tbsp.. Honey
- 1 Egg
- 2 tbsp Chia Seeds
- 1 Cup Quinoa Precooked
- 1/2 Cup Pumpkin Seeds
- 1/2 Cup Walnuts
- 1/2 Cup Chocolate Chips
Instructions
- Preheat Oven to 350 degrees.
- In a medium bowl combine the oil, softened butter, egg, honey, and chia seeds apple sauce, and set aside.
- Combine the whole grain flour of your choice (spelt/oat, hard red/ sorghum, gluten free, etc.) with the salt, baking soda, cinnamon, and cooked quinoa.
- Add the oil mixture to the dry ingredients and stir until well combined. Add the pumpkin seeds, walnuts, and chocolate chips.
- Bake at 350 for 15-18 minutes or until done. Times may vary with ovens.
Nutrition
I hope you enjoy these ultimate breakfast cookies! if you’re looking for more cookie recipes check out these Vegan Cookies and Low Sugar Lemon Cookies.
References:
May CE, Dus M. Confection Confusion: Interplay Between Diet, Taste, and Nutrition. Trends Endocrinol Metab. 2021 Feb;32(2):95-105. doi: 10.1016/j.tem.2020.11.011. Epub 2020 Dec 28. PMID: 33384209; PMCID: PMC8021035.
