Trail Mix Breakfast Cookies

Name: Trail Mix Breakfast Cookies
Prep time: 5 min
Total time: 35 min
Yield: 24
Ingredients: 1/2 cup coconut oil, softened; 1/2 cup coconut sugar; 1 tablespoon vanilla; 1 egg; 1 3/4 cups Bisquick Heart Smart™ mix; 1 cup cooked quinoa; 1/4 cup shredded coconut; 1/4 cup chopped pecans, walnuts or sunflower seeds; 1/4 cup dried cranberries; 1/4 cup M&M’s™ dark chocolate candies

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Prep 5 min
Total 35 min
Servings 24

Cookies for breakfast? It’s just like you’ve always dreamed! Secretly healthy and not-so-secretly delicious, these make-ahead breakfast cookies get a boost of protein thanks to hearty quinoa. And all that chocolate is definitely worth getting out of bed for—hey, they might even make a morning person out of you. MORE+ LESS-

By Cheeky Kitchen

Updated January 24, 2020

Ingredients

1/2

cup coconut oil, softened

1/2

cup coconut sugar

tablespoon vanilla

egg

1 3/4

cups Bisquick Heart Smart™ mix

cup cooked quinoa

1/4

cup shredded coconut

1/4

cup chopped pecans, walnuts or sunflower seeds

1/4

cup dried cranberries

1/4

cup M&M’s™ dark chocolate candies

Steps

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1

Heat oven to 350°F. In a stand mixer, beat together coconut oil, sugar, vanilla and egg. Add Bisquick™ and mix until combined.
2

Stir in quinoa, coconut, nuts, cranberries and M&M’s™.
3

Scoop onto a parchment-lined baking sheet.
4

Bake 8 to 10 minutes, or until cookies set.

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Expert Tips

Change up the flavor of these breakfast cookies by adding in dried blueberries, raisins, granola or sliced almonds.
Give your breakfast cookies a super protein boost by stirring a scoop of protein powder into the cookie dough.
If you’ve got a big appetite, scoop the balls of dough so they’re twice as large, and increase the cook time by five minutes for monster-sized breakfast cookies.

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More About This Recipe

Start off the morning right with plant-based protein baked into tasty trail mix breakfast cookies. Cooked quinoa gives these cookies a hearty texture, while coconut sugar sweetens the mix. It’s a delicious way to have breakfast ready to go in the morning!