Name: Grain-Free Sweet Potato Breakfast Cookies
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 40 min
Cuisine: Vegan
Ingredients: ¼ cup ground flaxseed + 3/4 cup filtered water; ½ cup sweet potato purée* (1 whole sweet potato roasted in oven for ~60 minutes); ½ cup No Sugar Added SunButter; 1/2 cup pure maple syrup; 1/4 cup almond flour; 1/4 tsp cinnamon; 1/2 cup dried cranberries; 1/2 cup chopped pecans

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Grain-free sweet potato breakfast cookies made with baked sweet potato, almond flour, and SunButter. Perfect for an easy grab and go fall breakfast!

Do you ever moments where you completely forget we’re in the middle of a pandemic?

Usually the knowledge is acutely present in the forefront of my consciousness, but every now and then I completely forget.

It mostly happens when I’m outdoors, mask-free, soaking in the sunshine, walking and laughing with M.

Guys, those moments are the best.

It also happens when I’m writing– sharing content Instagram by means of a virtual connection that I was accustomed to far before it was the new normal.

Or when I’m scurrying around the kitchen, throwing plants in pans to make dinner.

Let’s do more things that make us forget about the precariousness of the current age.

Or we could also make cookies.

These Grain-Free Sweet Potato Breakfast Cookies are perfect for a make ahead fall breakfast.

If you’ve been here a while you know that I’m no stranger to sweet potatoes for breakfast.

Take my Stone Fruit Stuffed Sweet Potatoes with Maple Tahini, for example, or my Sweet & Savory Breakfast Salad.

So, I thought it might be fun to bake them into cookies.

These cookies are special, because while they beautifully hold a cookie shape, they’re entirely grain-free.

How?

Let me show you.

What You Need to Make Grain-Free Sweet Potato Breakfast Cookies

Here’s what you need:

ground flaxseed
sweet potato purée
No-Sugar-Added SunButter
pure maple syrup
almond flour
cinnamon
dried cranberries
chopped pecans

That’s it!

How to Prepare the Sweet Potato

This recipe begins with baked sweet potato purée.

You can use canned sweet potato purée if you’re in a hurry, feeling lazy, or need to use up some cans in your cabinet.

HOWEVER, I highly recommend using freshly baked sweet potato if you can because in my experience they’re much more flavorful and fresh.

One small sweet potato should be enough to give you 1/2 cup of sweet potato purée, but if you can only find larger taters, bake one whole and save the remaining sweet potato purée for another recipe.

How to Make Grain-Free Sweet Potato Breakfast Cookies

You can easily make this recipe entirely in one bowl.

Start by whisking up your flax egg in a large mixing bowl.

After allowing it to gel for 5-ish minutes, stir in the sweet potato purée, SunButter and maple syrup.

Sift in the almond flour and spices, and salt and mix together thoroughly.

The use of Organic SunButter allows this recipe to be entirely oil-free but packed with healthy fats!

Add Your Mix Ins

Fold in the cranberries and pecans.

These cookies are better large and in charge.

Drop ~1/4 cup per scoops of dough on a parchment covered cookie tray.

The batch should make 12 medium sized cookies.

Bake them at 350°F for 25-30 minutes, until the cookies are browned underneath and firm to the touch.

Allow cookies to cool for 15 minutes before serving.

How to Serve Grain-Free Breakfast Cookies

Enjoy these Grain-Free Sweet Potato Breakfast Cookies as a hearty compact fall breakfast.

They’re perfect to meal prep in advance to make breakfast incredibly easy this fall!

Make a batch on Sunday and store them in the fridge all week long for easy grab-and-go breakfasts and snacks.

For an entirely nut-free variation, try subbing out the almond flour for oat flour, or even protein powder.

Enjoy them chilled straight from the fridge or re-heated in the microwave.

The cookies can get a bit soggy in an airtight container in the fridge, so I recommend leaving them out

I love to serve mine in bowls with yogurt and warm fruit for a cozy start to my day.

Enjoy!

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