Do you know what is almost as fun as spending your entire day lesson planning? Taking out some cookies that your coworker made for you last week and realizing that they have gone bad.
After taking one huge bite.
Then spitting it all out onto the plate. At least I was alone at the time. They looked so good too!
So there I am, exhausted after spending a full day thinking up fun things to do when teaching a World Issues class and reading pretty much every newspaper article written within the past few days to make it relevant, and I don’t even get my cookie reward.
Well, there are some things that I can remedy with baking. Like…lack of cookies.
Now that is a World Issue if I’ve ever heard one.
Since my go-to snack for the past few days has been a Nutella and peanut butter sandwich (best sandwich EVER), I decided to switch things up a little and make my peanut butter and chocolate obsession into cookie form.
Like I’ve never done that before.
But these ones are breakfast cookies. You know, it’s like oatmeal, but in a cute little form.
And people keep telling me they hate oatmeal…
But can’t we even say that these cookies are a superfood? I mean.. there’s chia seeds in it! Doesn’t that count for something? Can we even call these cookies….healthy?
So when I say that I eat oatmeal for breakfast everyday, now you know what I mean.
Chia Seed Peanut Butter Oatmeal Cookies
Ingredients
- 1/4 cup salted butter, softened
- 1/2 cup dark brown sugar
- 3/4 cup creamy peanut butter
- 2 large eggs
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 1 1/2 cups rolled oats
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 1/2 cup all-purpose flour
- 1 1/2 Tbsp chia seeds
- 1/2 cup chocolate chips
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350°F. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper or a silicone mat and set aside.
- In a medium bowl, beat together the butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Add in the peanut butter, eggs and vanilla and mix until fully combined.
- In a separate bow, mix together the oats, baking powder, flour, and chia seeds. Slowly mix into the wet ingredients until fully incorporated.
- Fold in the chocolate chips.
- Form the cookie dough into balls, and place them 1 inch apart on the baking sheet.
- Bake in the preheated oven for 12-14 minutes, or until the edges are golden. Let the cookies cool on the baking sheet for 5 minutes, then transfer to wire racks to cool completely.
Great use of chia seeds! They arent very sweet though, next time I would add 1/4c of white sugar I guess. Its also completely missing salt so I added some, but not enough, needs at least 1/2tsp. But they wont go to waste thats for sure!
I subbed the butter for 1/4c coconut oil and the sugar for 1/3 cup honey & increased flour to 3/4 cup. Found they only need to be in oven for 8ish minutes. Did the first batch for longer and the bottoms burnt. Otherwise turned out great!
Oh good! I need to try it with those substitutions, that sounds so tasty! Glad it turned out well for you 🙂
Wow that sounds yummm… I never tried chia seeds with oatmeal before… I really wanna grab one and try it right away…. I am definitely going ti try this recipe and also share it with my friends 🙂
Thanks! I hope you do, it is one of my favourites 🙂
I printed out your recipe and sent it to my Mom, and she is very happy! We will make it this weekend.
Thanks Blair! Let me know how it goes!!
Those cookies do look delicious. I am not sure whether I would be into the chia seeds, but the rest of it sounds marvelous. And I’m not the biggest oatmeal fan, but in a cookie it’s awesome.
I love oatmeal in any form 🙂 Thanks David!
Oh wow. these cookies are so adorable. I love the recipe and would def like to try it.
Thanks. I hope you try it!
This blog always has ways to make “junk” food healthy and I greatly appreciate it. Sounds like a great recipe!
Thanks! I can’t resist my “junk” food, healthy or not 😉
These Chia Seed Peanaut Butter Oatmeal Cookies looks so delish. I will be making them. Its a real breakfast treat and my family love oatmeal and peanut so I believe that these cookies will be a hit in my hpuse.
I hope so! Thanks!
These look good and would taste even better fresh out the oven when the chocolate is still hot and melty. I don’t have chia seeds on hand yet. My kids if they liked them would enjoy a few cookies for breakfast!
100% agree with you about eating them fresh out of the oven!! I am sure your kids would love these!