Baby Oatmeal Cookies + Variations (9 months +)

Looking for a healthy oatmeal cookie recipe to introduce to your baby or toddler? These healthy baby oatmeal cookies are soft, chewy, and full of nutritious ingredients.

You can customize the recipe according to your baby’s needs by using different purees, such as apple sauce, banana, or other favorite purees. It’s one of my favorite ways to serve oatmeal for toddlers!

Serve these baby oatmeal cookies as a snack or breakfast, and pack them in small lunch boxes for older kids. They will love them!

Related: Healthy Oat Carrot Cookies With Applesauce

Introducing Healthy Oatmeal Cookies To Your Baby or Toddler

There are so many benefits to introducing oatmeal cookies to your baby or toddler. But before you do that try serving oatmeal for babies in other forms such as oatmeal porridge and see if they like it and making sure they’re not allergic to oats first.

Then you can bake these baby oatmeal cookies in smaller size and progress to larger sizes for toddlers in older kids. They are absolutely time savers when you’re doing baby led weaning.

Recipe Overview

These healthy baby oatmeal cookies are soft, chewy, and full of nutritious ingredients. You can customize the recipe and use different purees, if if you have a problem with the apple sauce.

Related: Banana Oat Pancakes For Baby

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You can also add in some extra ingredients, such as ground pumpkin seeds or chia seeds for more nutrients. Or you could substitute half of the flour for whole wheat flour or tigernut flour. Gluten free flours work wonderfully too. The possibilities are endless!

How To Make Healthy Baby Oatmeal Cookies

To make these healthy baby oatmeal cookies, you will need the following ingredients:

• Old-fashioned oats
• Flour (see more options in recipe card)
• Pureed fruit or vegetable
• Unsalted butter or ghee
• Egg (see egg free version below)
• Cinnamon, vanilla and maple syrup (optional for toddlers)
• Baking soda + vinegar (or lemon juice) – as leavening agent.

Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
2. In a bowl, whisk together the pureed fruit or vegetable (I’m using apple sauce), melted butter or ghee, egg, vanilla extract and salt (if using).
3. Then add the rest of dry ingredients: the rolled oats, flour, and cinnamon (if using). Mix until well combined, try not to overdue it. Add baking soda and apple cider vinegar at the end and give it a final mix.
4. For baby cookies, use a small cookie scoop or spoon to drop dough onto the prepared baking sheet (about 2 teaspoons). For toddler cookies, use a medium cookie scoop or 1.5-2 tablespoons.
5. Bake for 20-25 minutes, or until cookies are golden brown and set. Let cool on the baking sheet for a few minutes before transferring to a wire rack to cool completely.

Recipe Variations

Here are some ideas to customize these cookies. Use different purees (same amount), such as:

• banana puree (mashed)
• mango puree
• sweet potato puree
• pumpkin puree
• pear puree
• carrot puree
• peach puree

Flour Replacement

Ground some rolled oats into flour or use healthier flours like buckwheat, sorghum or whole wheat. Use gluten free organic oats if the baby’s on a gluten free diet.

Add-ins

• Ground pumpkin seeds
• Chia seeds
• Ground sunflower seeds
• Ground hemp seeds
• Pecans or walnuts (if not allergic to nuts).

More Snack Recipes For Babies/ Toddlers

• Healthy Oat Carrot Cookies With Applesauce
• Sweet Potato Pancakes
• Banana Oat Pancakes
• Blueberry Pancakes (DF & Egg Free Option)
• Healthy Banana Muffins
• Easy Baby Blueberry Muffins (DF, GF Option)
• Banana Pancakes (GF, DF Egg Free Option)
• Homemade Granola With Puffed Grains

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