RECIPES
Oatmeal trail mix cookies
By Anthea Dawson
Often around 10:00 a.m., I start to get hungry. Breakfast is such a gong show in my house with getting 3 kids fed and out the door on time for school, that many mornings my breakfast consists of bites of their leftovers, maybe a bowl of fruit if I’m lucky.
These trail mix cookies are a great little mid-morning pick-me-up that keep me going until lunch. They are sweet and filling and packed with protein.
I can’t send these to school with my kids for a snack because of the nuts in the trail mix but they are great for an after-school treat too. AND they freeze really well too!
Ingredients
MAKES 24 COOKIES
- 1/2 cup softened butter (1 stick)
- 1/2 cup light brown sugar
- 1/4 cup honey
- 1 egg
- 1 tsp vanilla
- 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 1/4 cups old-fashioned oats
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1/2 tsp baking powder
- 1/2 tsp cinnamon
- 1 cup trail mix
- 2 tbsp pumpkin seeds
- 1/2 cup chocolate chips
- 1/4 cup flax seeds (optional)
Preparation
In a standing mixer, cream together the softened butter and brown sugar, mixing at medium speed until well combined, about 1 minute. Add the honey and mix again. Add the egg and vanilla and mix again until well combined, about 1 more minute.
In separate medium-sized bowl, add the flour, oats, salt, baking powder and cinnamon and mix until everything is incorporated. With the mixer on low speed, slowly add the dry ingredients into the wet, mixing until just combined. Remove the mixer bowl and by hand, stir in the trail mix, pumpkin seeds, chocolate chips and flax seeds (if using), until just combined. Pop the bowl into the fridge and let it cool for 1 hour - this allows for easier scooping.
Preheat your oven to 350 degrees. Prepare 2 cookie sheets with parchment paper.
Scoop the batter into 2 tablespoon-sized balls onto your prepared cookie sheets, 12 cookies per sheet, and bake for 11 - 12 minutes. Remove from the oven and carefully slide each cookie onto a wire cooling rack. Let cool for at least half an hour and then store the cookies in a reusable freezer bag or container. Enjoy!!