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Gluten-Free Banana, Coconut and Dried Cherry Breakfast Cookies

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Gluten-Free Banana, Coconut and Dried Cherry Breakfast Cookies
  • Prep 25 min
  • Total 1 hr 10 min
  • Servings 24
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Cookies for breakfast? When they’re made with oats, flaxseed, pecans and dried cherries, it makes delicious sense.
By Betty Crocker Kitchens
Updated Aug 13, 2014

Ingredients

  • 2 cups Rice Chex™ cereal
  • 1 cup gluten-free old-fashioned oats
  • 1 cup unsweetened coconut flakes
  • 1 tablespoon ground flaxseed
  • 1/4 teaspoon salt
  • 3/4 cup chopped pecans
  • 3/4 cup dried cherries
  • 3 ripe bananas, mashed (about 1 1/3 cups)
  • 2 tablespoons coconut oil, melted
  • 1/4 cup honey
  • 1/2 teaspoon gluten-free vanilla

Steps

  • 1
    Heat oven to 350°F. Line cookie sheet with cooking parchment paper.
  • 2
    Crush cereal. In large bowl, mix crushed cereal, oats, coconut flakes, flaxseed, salt, pecans and dried cherries. In medium bowl, stir together bananas, coconut oil, honey and vanilla until well combined. Add wet ingredients to dry ingredients; stir until well mixed and dough forms.
  • 3
    Place 2 1/2-inch round cutter on cookie sheet. Press 3 tablespoons dough into cutter on cookie sheet. Carefully remove cutter. Repeat to use remaining dough.
  • 4
    Bake 22 to 25 minutes or until deep golden brown. Cool on cookie sheet 20 minutes before removing to cool completely.

Tips from the Betty Crocker Kitchens

  • tip 1
    Always read labels to make sure each recipe ingredient is gluten free. Products and ingredient sources can change.
  • tip 2
    To crush cereal, place in resealable food-storage plastic bag; seal bag and finely crush with rolling pin or meat mallet (or finely crush in food processor).

Nutrition

110 Calories, 6g Total Fat, 1g Protein, 12g Total Carbohydrate, 5g Sugars

Nutrition Facts

Serving Size: 1 Cookie
Calories
110
Calories from Fat
60
Total Fat
6g
9%
Saturated Fat
3g
16%
Trans Fat
0g
Cholesterol
0mg
0%
Sodium
45mg
2%
Potassium
105mg
3%
Total Carbohydrate
12g
4%
Dietary Fiber
2g
7%
Sugars
5g
Protein
1g
% Daily Value*:
Vitamin A
0%
0%
Vitamin C
0%
0%
Calcium
0%
0%
Iron
6%
6%
Exchanges:
1/2 Starch; 0 Fruit; 1/2 Other Carbohydrate; 0 Skim Milk; 0 Low-Fat Milk; 0 Milk; 0 Vegetable; 0 Very Lean Meat; 0 Lean Meat; 0 High-Fat Meat; 1 Fat;
Carbohydrate Choice
1
*Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.
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