Healthy Cowboy Cookies

These Healthy Cowboy Cookies are part of my super popular Breakfast for Kids post. They are so delicious that I thought they needed their own post.

These healthier cookies are so versatile! They can be used as a quick breakfast, an on-the-go snack or packed in a lunch for a boost of nutrition.

What are Cowboy Cookies?

Cowboy cookies are hearty, chewy cookies with ingredients like oats, nuts, chocolate chips and coconut, first made famous by first lady Laura Bush in a 2000 Presidential Bake Off.

Cowboy cookies are typically oversized and can be considered a replacement for a quick breakfast or on the go snack. There are so many variations – in fact – as many as you can think up! We are focusing on a healthier version in this post one that can be filled with protein and superfoods.

What makes these Healthy Cowboy Cookies?

What makes these Cowboy Cookies healthier than most are the ingredients and the extras that you can add in.

We start with a base of almond flour and eggs for a great high-protein boost. Coconut flour adds even more fiber and makes these completely gluten free!

Sweetened with honey, instead of processed sugar, helps your body to process the sugar slowly, stopping those sugar crashes that come with white sugar or high fructose corn syrup.

The superfoods that you can customize help put these in the healthy cookie category, as well. Pack these with your favorite superfoods like chia, flax, hemp or ashwaganda for even more nutritional benefits.

The great thing about these cookies is that you can customize them to your tastes and liking – adding a few more eggs or a few scoops of protein powder. You can lessen the amount of honey even more and rely on the sweetness of the almond flour and raisins.

You get to decide just how healthy these are for your kiddos!

Healthy Cowboy Cookies

This healthy-ish version of the ever popular Cowboy Cookies can be eaten for breakfast or lunch, as a snack or dessert. Packed with protein and fiber, these are a bit too healthy to be called a cookie.

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Prep Time 15 minutes mins

Cook Time 25 minutes mins

Servings: 16 cookies

Course: Breakfast, Dessert, Snack

Ingredients Method Notes

Ingredients

  

• 1 cup coconut oil or butter
• 6 – 8 large eggs
• 3/4 cup honey
• 5 cups almond flour
• 1/4 cup coconut flour
• 1/4 cup chia seeds
• 1/4 cup ground flax seed
• 1/2 cup raisins or dried fruit

Method

 

1. Mix the melted oil, eggs and honey.
2. Add in the flours and mix until blended.
3. Add in the extras you are using – chia seeds, dried fruit, etc
4. Mix until all ingredients are blended.
5. Drop by big tablespoons onto a parchment lined cookie sheet and bake at 350 degrees for about 25 minutes or until a bit brown and crispy on the edges.
6. Cool for 10 minutes on a cooling rack. Store in airtight container for about a week or freeze for up to 6 months.

Notes

These are so customizable!  Add in chocolate chips, omit superfoods, or add in different ones. 

Budget tip:  I often sub 3 cups of oats for three cups of the almond flour and these turn out great for a fraction of the price.

We freeze these and pull them out at night for breakfasts or lunches the following day.