Banana Oat Breakfast Cookies

Ingredients

• 1 1/2 cups oatmeal, quick or old fashioneduncooked
• 2 ripe bananas, mashed with fork until creamy or 2/3 cup pureed fresh or frozen mango
• 1 cup unsweetened applesauce
• 1/3 cup raisins, or to taste
• 1/4 cup chopped walnuts, toasted
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• 1 tsp cinnamon (or more, to taste)

Directions

1. Preheat heat oven to 350 degrees.
2. Mix vanilla extract & cinnamon into the applesauce. Blend applesauce mixture with all other ingredients & let sit for 10 minutes
3. Drop cookie dough, by spoonfuls, onto a parchment paper lined cookie sheet & flatten cookies into rounds.
4. Bake approx. 20 30 minutes, or until golden & done. Remove from oven & let rest on cookie sheet for 5 minutes, then move to cooling rack. Store in a covered container when completely cool.