---
title: "Soft Oat Breakfast Cookies"
description: "Three big, soft oat cookies for breakfast, sweetened only with dates and banana, held together with peanut butter and egg and studded with chocolate. Closer to a banana bread than a biscuit, and on the table in 25 minutes."
category: "Baking"
cuisine: "American"
serves: "3 large cookies"
prep: "10 mins"
cook: "15 mins"
author: "Thomas Chaplin"
site: "Chaplin Kitchen"
url: "https://chaplinkitchen.com/r/soft-oat-breakfast-cookies/"
datePublished: "2026-10-24T22:52:04+01:00"
dateModified: "2026-10-24T22:52:04+01:00"
---

# Soft Oat Breakfast Cookies

Three big, soft oat cookies for breakfast, sweetened only with dates and banana, held together with peanut butter and egg and studded with chocolate. Closer to a banana bread than a biscuit, and on the table in 25 minutes.

**Category:** Baking · **Cuisine:** American · **Serves:** 3 large cookies · **Prep:** 10 mins · **Cook:** 15 mins

**Recipe URL:** https://chaplinkitchen.com/r/soft-oat-breakfast-cookies/

## Ingredients

- 4 dates
- 2 tbsp hot milk
- 1/2 large banana _(or 1 small)_
- 1 egg
- 2 tbsp smooth peanut butter
- Pinch of salt
- 80g rolled oats _(about 1 cup)_
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 30g chocolate _(broken into small pieces)_

## Method

1. **Heat the oven.** Preheat the oven to 180°C and line a baking tray with baking paper.
2. **Soften the dates.** Squash the dates between your fingers and pull out the stones. Put them in a wide bowl and pour over the hot milk.
3. **Mash a paste.** Mash the dates into the milk with a fork until you have a rough paste. It doesn't need to be smooth.
4. **Add the banana.** Add the banana and mash it into the date mixture.
5. **Mix the dough.** Add the egg, peanut butter, salt, oats and baking powder and mix until thoroughly combined.
6. **Stir in the chocolate.** Break the chocolate into the mixture and mix it through.
7. **Shape the cookies.** Spoon the mixture into 3 round cookies on the lined baking tray.
8. **Bake.** Bake for 15 minutes, until beautifully golden brown.

## Notes

- Good for breakfast, or as a snack at any time of day.
- Medjool dates are best here: they are soft and sticky enough to mash straight into a paste.
- Lovely eaten warm with a dollop of Greek yoghurt and a drizzle of honey.
- The dates and banana are the only sweetening in the cookies themselves, so the riper the banana the sweeter they will be.
- Rolled oats rather than jumbo or instant: they keep some chew without staying hard.