Chewy Sweetpotato Oat Breakfast Cookies (Vegan)
Sweet potato oatmeal cookies are an easy snack anytime of the day, and perfect for breakfast. Made with whole grain oats, flour, sweet potatoes, spices and maple syrup, my version of these cookies is vegan and easy for meal prep. It’s a simple recipe takes only about 30 minutes, and is made without bananas, peanut butter, or nuts.
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I had this idea to make some sweetpotato breakfast cookies to help us get veggies in during breakfast.
So, naturally, I thought of adding oats, some flour to make them sturdier, and before I knew it, these amazing sweet potato oatmeal cookies were born.
If I had to rename my blog, it would probably be something related to sweetpotatoes because we have so many easy sweetpotato recipes.
It’s hard to pick favorites, but I really love these oatmeal sweet potato cookies, as well as sweetpotato oat bars and sweetpotato pizza crust.
It’s hard to find breakfast cookies without banana or peanut butter, but these sweet potato oatmeal cookies are the magic solution. A breakfast cookie without nuts, too!
If you like sweeter sweet potato recipes, you’ll love these sweetpotato oatmeal cookies. Or, try the sweetpotato zucchini muffins and sweetpotato quick bread.
I like to serve them mixed with an array of our other healthy cookies and Thanksgiving snacks for kids for a holiday dessert table.
When we were in the kitchen, Camryn asked, “Mommy, are we having cookies made with sweet potatoes?”
If you’ve never had cookies made with sweet potatoes, these are about to blow your mind.
Why You’ll Love Sweetpotato Oatmeal Cookies
- Easy way to get veggies in – These easy sweet potato and oatmeal cookies are an easy snack for picky eaters, since they are naturally sweet. I love getting veggies in at breakfast, so I eat them as sweet potato breakfast cookies, paired with two hard boiled eggs for a balanced, healthy high protein breakfast.
- High in fiber – Oatmeal sweetpotato cookies blend sweetpotatoes and oats for a naturally high-fiber treat! Fiber helps with balancing blood sugar and promoting fullness. If you love sweetpotatoes in pie, imagine them in sweetpotato and oatmeal cookies.
- Vegan – These healthy sweetpotato oatmeal cookies are naturally vegan, but can be made with a few swaps if you don’t need them to be vegan (for example, butter for coconut oil). Plus, if you have a nut allergy, these breakfast cookies are made without nuts.
- Ready in under 25 minutes– Don’t we all love the healthy snack recipes that can be ready quickly, especially when the kids are hungry? Sweet potato oat cookies work great as back to school snacks.
- Easy to meal prep – There are so many things you can meal prep with oatmeal, and these sweet potato oat cookies are a great one for families. Better yet – make a double batch to freeze for later!
Want some more fun kid-friendly recipe ideas for snacks and meal prep? Check out our dietitian-approved 30 healthy recipes for toddlers and kids!
Gather Your Ingredients
A few notes on the key ingredients:
- all purpose flour – All purpose flour keeps these oatmeal sweetpotato cookies nice and light, but you could use whole wheat flour if you wanted. They wouldn’t be as soft.
- Oats – I prefer rolled oats!
- brown sugar – I love the flavor that brown sugar with molasses imparts, but if you don’t have it, white sugar will still work fine.
- flax egg – A real egg also works!
- sweetpotatoes – If you don’t have leftover mashed sweetpotatoes to use for this recipe, you can microwave a sweetpotato for 5-7 minutes or use canned sweetpotato puree. You could also substitute canned pumpkin.
- chocolate chips – I order my favorite vegan chocolate chips from Thrive Market
How to Make Sweetpotato and Oatmeal Cookies
To start, whisk your wet and dry ingredients separately in mixing bowls and then you’ll blend together.
For the wet ingredients, it helps to use an electric hand mixer to mix everything in a large mixing bowl, adding the egg, vanilla, and mashed sweetpotato in last.
I love the smell of all the fall spices!
This sweet potato cookies recipe is a great one to let your kids help – toddler sweetpotato recipes are the best.
Plus, since it’s vegan, it won’t hurt them if they choose to taste it as they go. I know that can be hard for my littles to abstain when there are eggs in the batter.
Secret Tip
Sprinkle with sea salt after baking to emphasize the deliciousness! Salt brings out more flavor.
When arranging on baking sheets, I like to use a cookie scooper to get perfect little bite-sized scoops.
Then, lightly flatten your sweetpotato oatmeal cookies for baking, adding a few extra mini chocolate chips on top.
You’ll love the texture of these sweet potato oat cookies – perfectly soft and chewy!
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Expert Dietitian Tips
- Serving cookies to your toddler – I love these sweetpotato oat cookies for toddlers because they offer veggies and fiber. These do have maple syrup, so if serving to babies, try these oatmeal cookies for baby instead without any added sweeteners.
- Other mix in ideas – There are so many fun options for mix in’s if you want to omit the chocolate chips. We love:
- sunflower seeds or pumpkin seeds
- chopped nuts
- flax seeds or chia seeds
- raisins
- hemp seeds
- cocoa nibs
- How to store them – Yes, you can freeze this sweet potato cookies recipe for up to 3 months in an airtight container or ziplock bag. You can also keep them at room temperature on the counter in an airtight container for up to 3 days.
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Chewy Sweetpotato Oat Breakfast Cookies (Vegan)
Ingredients
- 1 cup all purpose flour
- 1 cup rolled oats
- 1 tsp baking soda
- ½ tsp salt
- 1 tsp ground cinnamon
- ¼ tsp nutmeg
- ¼ tsp allspice or 1/8 tsp ginger and 1/8 tsp cloves
- ½ cup coconut oil, softened
- ½ cup packed light-brown sugar
- 1/3 cup maple syrup
- 1 flax egg
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 1 cup mashed sweetpotato* cooked and cooled
- 3/4 cup vegan semi-sweet chocolate chips
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- In medium size mixing bowl, whisk together dry ingredients (flour, oats, baking soda, spices).
- In a separate mixing bowl, whip coconut oil and sugars using an electric mixer or hand mixer. Add in maple syrup, egg, vanilla extract and mashed sweetpotato.
- Add the dry ingredients to wet and mix until combined, adding in chocolate chips last. Batter will be wet. Let it sit for 5-10 minutes to firm up.
- Scoop out dough in 1 ½-2 inch scoops and arrange on baking sheets.
- Bake for 14-16 minutes. Allow sweetpotato oatmeal cookies to slightly cool before serving
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Support Bucket List TummyThese cookies are our new favorite snack – I love the nutmeg added in there!