Chocolate Sunflower Butter Energy Bites
Packing school lunches is a whole new challenge at our house. After six weeks, these protein-packed treats have become a lunchbox favorite. Any nut butter will do, though sunflower butter makes them allergy-friendly. They’re so easy to make that they’re a great hands-on activity to do with a new kindergartener, and they never come home at the end of the day (unlike those poor rejected baby carrots).
Chocolate Chip Oatmeal Cookies with Cherries & Pecans
Chocolate, dried cherries, pecans, and oats make for a perfect cookie.
Thick, Chewy Granola Bars
I made these granola bars a lot when I was home on maternity leave. It could be hard on those long, sleepless days to get a meal in, but these were easy to grab and eat with one hand while holding a dozing baby in the other.
Chose whatever fruits and nuts you like best, and these will quickly become a favorite snack.
Creamy Lemon Crumb Squares
Layer a creamy mixture of sweetened condensed milk, lemon juice, and lemon zest on top of a base of sweetened oats and butter. Add a crumb layer on top, and bake. Serve these delicious creamy squares cold for a refreshing tart treat.
Granola
Every ingredient in this granola is perfect, especially the ridiculously crispy coconut chips.
Nikki’s Healthy Cookies
These butter-less, flour-less, egg-less (but delicious!) cookies contain ripe mashed banana, coconut oil, oats, almond meal, coconut, and chocolate.
Blueberry Oat Crisp
Bake blueberries, peaches, and brown sugar under an oat streusel topping. Served with Greek yogurt, it’s a delicious and satisfying breakfast.
To serve as a dessert, increase the brown sugar to 2/3 cups total – use 1/3 cup in each step. Serve with whipped cream or vanilla ice cream.
Chewy Choc-Oat-Chip Cookies
Oatmeal cookies are much better with chocolate chips than raisins, in my opinion.
Urban Legend Cookies
This famous Neiman-Marcus cookie recipe has ground oats, shaved chocolate, and nuts, and shares a similar urban legend origin story to the recipes for waldorf salad and red velvet cake.
Peanut Butter Oaties
These peanut butter oatmeal cookies with coconut and chocolate chips have a little something for everyone.