Healthy Gingerbread Oatmeal Breakfast Cookies

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These healthy gingerbread oatmeal breakfast cookies are a delicious way to start the day! Supremely chewy and extra cozy, they’re filled with soft oats, warm spices, and festive flavors. The dough comes together in just 20 minutes (or less!), and they’re easy to whip up any day of the week. Although a fun treat any time of the year, these wholesome breakfast cookies are especially perfect for the holiday season!

close-up overhead of healthy gingerbread oatmeal breakfast cookies on white parchment paper – easy recipe – soft, chewy, low calorie, low fat, low sugar, and clean eating with gluten free, whole wheat, and dairy free options – made with oats, spices, molasses, and no refined sugar

Throughout my childhood, our Christmas mornings followed a very similar pattern. My brother and I waited in his room in the dark, watching the wooden Arthur-themed clock on his nightstand like two eagle-eyed hawks. The moment it reached 6 am, we burst through the door and ran to the brick fireplace in the family room, eager to see what Santa had nestled inside of our bright red hand-sewn stockings.

Because we weren’t allowed to touch anything until the adults woke up — only look with our eyes! — we rushed to our parents’ room next to wake them up. In hindsight, the way they cheerfully greeted us as soon as we pushed open the door probably should’ve been a clue that our noisy race down the hallway a few moments earlier had already achieved that…

healthy gingerbread oatmeal breakfast cookies arranged on a rimmed baking sheet lined with parchment paper – easy recipe – soft, chewy, low calorie, low fat, low sugar, and clean eating with gluten free, whole wheat, and dairy free options – made with oats, spices, molasses, and no refined sugar

Once the adults gathered around the tree, steaming mugs of coffee in Dad’s and Grandpa’s hands while Mom and Grandma clutched cups of hot tea, we plunged our hands into the stockings and began tearing wrapping paper from the gifts scattered around the festive Christmas tree skirt.

(Or, in my case, painstakingly peeling the tape off and carefully pulling back the paper. Even now, it’s still a running joke at how long I take and how meticulous I am compared to everyone else in our family!)

The adults waited to cook a proper breakfast and sit down at the dining table to enjoy it until after unwrapping every last gift, but our parents knew my brother and I couldn’t survive that long without turning a little hangry… So we often nibbled on bits of peanut butter toast or crunched through cups of dry breakfast cereal, whether Cheerios or Life or our favorite Fruity Pebbles, in between playing with our new presents and reaching for fresh ones still lingering under the tree.

a stack of five healthy gingerbread oatmeal breakfast cookies on a rimmed baking sheet, with a bite missing from the top cookie – easy recipe – soft, chewy, low calorie, low fat, low sugar, and clean eating with gluten free, whole wheat, and dairy free options – made with oats, spices, molasses, and no refined sugar

Looking back, these healthy gingerbread oatmeal breakfast cookies would’ve been perfect for those holiday mornings! Full of festive flavor, they’re easy to prepare ahead of time and great for quick snacks or grab-and-go meals.

Besides… What little kid (or adult!) wouldn’t love eating cookies for breakfast on Christmas? Or any day of the year??

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