Paleo Breakfast Cookies (Grain Free Dairy Free)

Back-to-school is coming, and it means Breakfast. Fast, crowd-pleasing, healthy and hearty Gluten Free Breakfast (yes – it’s like that). I don’t want to fight first thing in the morning, nor do I want to beg (“please just eat because we have to GO!”). I also don’t want to wake up even earlier than I already do just to make each of my kids’ favorites. Enter Paleo Breakfast Cookies: make-ahead, packed with protein, fiber, good fat and vitamins, with no refined sugar. And they’re just sweet enough to overcome any I’m-just-not-hungry-this-morning objections. School morning breakfast. Done.

Just for the record, with all other parenting hurdles, I believe in natural consequences: Won’t do your homework? Try explaining that to your teacher, Missy. Won’t eat dinner? You’re gonna be hungry later. That’ll suck. For you. Me? I’ll be fat and happy, since I’m eating my dinner like a big girl. But breakfast on a school day is, well, it’s just the battle I pick and choose. It’s not completely rational, I realize. But I get all freaky about making sure all 3 of my kids eat something hearty before they start that long slog of a school day.

These breakfast cookies are, indeed, paleo. That means they’ve got no gluten, no grains, no dairy, and no refined sugars. Hey, does Paleo have to be capitalized, like English and Buddhism?

I’m into these breakfast cookies for the taste, health and nutrition, not for the purism of Paleo. If you’ve never tried baking with coconut and almond flours, these Paleo breakfast cookies are an easy place to start. Just check the recipe directions carefully for notes on sourcing blanched almond flour. Not all almond flours are created equal!

Stay tuned for more healthy back-to-school recipes here on the blog. We’re gonna be Ready.

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