Vegan breakfast cookies are a quick grab-and-go morning treat. They're made with instant oats, dried cranberries, and hemp hearts making them full of protein and nutrients to get you going. This easy breakfast recipe uses one bowl, eight simple ingredients, and comes together in about 15 minutes.
These cranberry oatmeal cookies are a great morning snack. They bake up soft, slightly chewy and are perfectly sweet.
30-minute Frugal Vegan Recipes
Melissa Copeland, the creator of the blog The Stingy Vegan, released her cookbook 30-minute Frugal Vegan Recipes in 2019. She was kind enough to let me share her cranberry-oat breakfast cookies on the blog!
The cookbook is about creating delicious vegan food while sticking to a budget. There are no pricy mock meats (something you won't find here anyways) or hard-to-find ingredients.
Melissa's cookbook is filled with 75 recipes that transform supermarket staples into amazing and delicious plant-based meals.
- Smoky mushroom Fajitas
- Quicker-Than-Takeout Chow Mein
- Simple Spanish Lentil Stew
- Warming Carrot Ginger Soup
- Mint and Pea Pesto Pasta
- Apple Crumble for One (or More)
- Snickerdoodle Hummus
just to name a few!
The book is divided into eight chapters:
- Cheap-as-Chips Main Meals
- Quick-Fix Pasta and Noodles
- Speedy Soups and Stews
- Plant-Powered Salads
- Irresistible Vegan Sandwiches, Wraps, and Burgers
- Savory Small Bites
- Quick and easy Morning Munchies
- Snappy Sweet Treats
Visit The Stingy Vegan to learn more about Melissa's cookbook and where it is sold!
How to make Vegan Breakfast Cookies
This light morning meal easily comes together in ONE BOWL!
- Add to the dry ingredients to a large bowl.
- Mix everything together.
- Add the wet ingredients to the bowl of dry and mix.
- Form the cookies and bake!
It really is that easy!
Vegan Breakfast Cookie Add-ins
There are many ways to customize these vegan cookies to your taste or ingredients you have on hand.
Replace the cranberries with:
- raisins
- fresh raspberries
- chopped apple bits
- chocolate chips
- dried apricot bits
Replace the hemp seeds with:
- pumpkin seeds
- sunflower seeds
- crushed walnuts
- almond slivers
Tips for Success
- To stick to the original recipe: replace the coconut oil and hemp hearts with equal amounts of vegan butter and pumpkin seeds.
- Bulk bins are great for a variety of dried fruit: Plus, you only have to buy what you need.
- To make these cookies gluten-free: Replace the flour and oats with a 1:1 ratio GF flour and oats.
- For extra protein: Replace 2 Tablespoons of flour with vegan protein powder. To accurately measure the flour use ¼ cup + 2 Tablespoons flour along with the protein powder.
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Recipe
Vegan Breakfast Cookies
Ingredients
Dry
- 1 ½ cups quick oats, 120g
- ½ cup all-purpose flour, 63g
- ½ cup coconut sugar, 100g
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- ¼ teaspoon Himalayan pink salt
- ¾ cup dried cranberries, 90g
- 3 Tablespoons hemp hearts, 26g
Wet
- 4 Tablespoons coconut oil, melted (45ml)
- ½ cup non-dairy milk, 120ml
Instructions
- Preheat your oven to 375ºF and line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
- In a large bowl combine the dry ingredients.
- Add the wet ingredients to the bowl of dry and mix everything together.
- Form the dough into 10-12 cookie balls. You can use a cookie scoop, spoon, or your hands to collect and shape the dough.
- Place the dough balls onto your prepared baking sheet and gently flatten with your palm.
- Bake at 375ºF for 18-20 minutes.
Notes
- Store cookies in an airtight bag or container on the counter for 3-4 days or in the fridge for up to a week.
Nutrition
**Nutritional info is provided as an estimate based on the ingredients I used and for convenience and as a courtesy only.**
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Sandhya
I always love to eat cookies. It is good for health because it contains Himalayan pink salt, coconut sugar and oats.