Oatmeal cookies are perfect for breakfast, like my Peanut Butter Banana Oatmeal Cookies, Protein Oatmeal Cookies, or Coconut Flour Oatmeal Cookies, but what about a cookie that adds some vegetables to your day!
These sweet potato cookies are all about adding natural sweetness and nutrients from sweet potato to your breakfast routine.
What Are Sweet Potato Oatmeal Cookies?
It’s a simple breakfast cookie recipe that adds mashed sweet potato to your cookies. Sweet potatoes are packed with beta-carotene that the body converts to vitamin A, a vital vitamin for a robust immune system.
Why You’ll Love These Cookies
These cookies taste delicious and are naturally:
Egg-free Dairy-free Oil-free Vegan Gluten-free friendly
Ingredients and Substitutions
All you need are:
Sweet Potato Puree – You can make your own mashed sweet potatoes from boiled, steamed, or air-fried sweet potatoes. Take the sweet potatoes puree to room temperature before using it. Measure the amount listed in the recipe card by packing the puree in the measuring cup to ensure the best texture and flavor. Mashed Bananas – the ripeness of the bananas will define the sweetness of the cookies. They are perfect with yellow bananas that have just a few dark spots. Old-Fashioned Rolled Oats or quick oats. Both oat options work. Maple Syrup – You can use traditional maple syrup or any similar liquid sweetener such as coconut nectar or brown rice syrup.
How To Make Sweet Potato Oatmeal Cookies
It takes just 20 minutes to make these oatmeal cookies with sweet potatoes. The two best ways to cook your sweet potato to bake goods are with an oven or an air fryer.
Air-Fried Sweet Potatoes
If you don’t want to bake your sweet potatoes, you can also air fry them:
Oatmeal Cookies Flavors
You can tweak these easy 4-ingredient oatmeal cookies by adding some of the below ingredients for a boost of flavor:
Vanilla Extract Pinch of Cinnamon, or allspices Dark Chocolate Chips Chopped Nuts like walnuts or pecan 1/4 cup of Oat Flour or almond flour to firm up the cookies.
Storage Instructions
You can store these oatmeal cookies for up to one week in the fridge in a cookie jar. You can also freeze them in silicone bags and thaw them the day before at room temperature.
More Oatmeal Cookie Recipes
If you like cookie recipes with oatmeal, you’ll love these:
