Oatmeal cookies for babies and toddlers - chewy soft oat cookies made with simple healthy ingredients. Customize the recipe according to your baby's needs, whether you use apple sauce, banana or other purees, it will enhance it's nutrition value considerably. Serve these cookies to your baby or toddler as a snack or breakfast. Perfect for small lunch boxes for older kids.
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
Cookie Dough
In a bowl, whisk together the pureed fruit or vegetable (I’m using apple sauce), melted butter (or ghee), egg (or egg replacement), vanilla extract and salt (if using).
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.
Cook The Cookies
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.
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.
Notes
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.Egg Replacement: use 2 teaspoons of ground flax seeds (flax meal) mixed with 4 teaspoons of water (warm) and let it gelatinize for 10 minutes. Then add to cookie mixture.Apple sauce replacement: banana puree (mashed), mango puree, sweet potato puree, pumpkin puree, pear puree, carrot puree, peach puree etc.