The Breakfast Cookie

As soon as a friend turned me on to the Eat Clean Diet I was very intrigued. I don't always eat this way, but it has always made sense to me to eat whole foods...fruits, veggies, whole grains, nuts, seeds, anything that you can grow and is in it's natural state. We try to eat this way as much as possible around here, but like I said, doesn't always happen!


I picked up the Eat Clean Diet Cookbook about a year ago to help me create clean, healthy, and delicious meals and snacks. We have tried and enjoyed many of Tosca Reno's recipes and make them often.


The recipe I wanted to share with you today is the "Breakfast Fruit and Nut Cookie". I modified her recipe a bit to suit our needs and will share with you our modified version.

The Breakfast Cookie (yes my kids have had these for breakfast on occasion, but it is usually a snack cookie)

1/2 cup brown sugar

1/4 cup Olive Oil

3 egg whites

1/4 cup dried chopped figs or raisins

1/4 cup dried cranberries

1 tsp vanilla

1/2 cup white flour

1 cup whole wheat flour

2 Tbls ground flax seed

1/2 tsp baking soda

1/4 tsp cinnamon

1/4 tsp ground allspice

1/4 cup slivered almonds

~Pre heat oven to 350 degrees

~Combine sugar, oil, egg whites in bowl then stir in dried fruit and vanilla

~Combine flours, baking soda, flax seed and spices. Stir, then add to the egg mix and stir.

~Fold in almonds

~Form into balls and drop onto baking sheet. Bake for 12 minutes.

Enjoy!

The Breakfast Cookie