When I first read the title for these cookies, I imagined them to be like the locally-made bars wrapped in plastic with homemade stickers I buy from a little basket near the register at my health-food store. They are thick and yummy and full of healthy sounding ingredients.
I was a little disappointed when I discovered that this week’s Sweet Melissa Sundays recipe selection–the Granola Breakfast Cookies– were drop cookies not bars. But that’s where the disappointment ended. These cookies are made with whole-wheat flour and Cherry-Almond Granola (which I blogged about on Friday) and are absolutely delicious. And I made them as bar cookies to be more like my health food store bard. So everything is right in the world.
Thank you to Jessica of A Singleton in the Kitchen for selecting these cookies. They were a big hit at work. Everyone gobbled them up. Please visit her blog, not only for the recipe, but because it truly is a great blog.
I’ve been known (I know – I’m hanging my head) to eat homemade oatmeal cookies for breakfast…so this is a much better idea! They look great!
Great idea to turn them into bars! YUM!
Bars make this just that much easier. They look absolutely wonderful!
These look great. Love them as bar cookies. Having these around in the morning might help make things less insane around here – I will have to try them!
Making them into bars was a stroke of genius. Next time I’m going to try that!
I was thinking bars when I made these too, but cookies won, next time it will be bars for sure! Yours look so thick and chewy, I love them.
MM Your granola looks delish on top of your yogurt parfait! I did the same and added some of mine to yogurt as well – gotta love that crunch! Good idea to make yours as Bars!
They look delish.
I hate missing out, I think I’ll make mine this week and post them on Synday with the Strawberry Shortbread.
Katie xox
Those bars look wonderful, what a great idea. I love that you didn’t have to make the individual cookies (so time consuming). I’m glad that you enjoyed them and thanks for baking along with me this week!
The bars were the way to go with this recipe. And not whatever way mine went! Glad you have a new healthy breakfast treat.
Nancy
Great idea to make the cookies as bars! I saved some of the dough and stuck it in the freezer so maybe I’ll try bars when I bake it. Glad you enjoyed them!
These granola cookies look good. I like that you made them into a bar and the ingredients sound really yummy.
I can use some of that right now!
Cookies for breakfast? Count me in!
Your bar version looks really wonderful. I think that’s the way I’ll do it as well.
They look like they’d make a super satisfying breakfast -yum!
I allmost made bars too. I thought the healthy part of these cookies was the best part.
What a great idea. My granola is in the oven right now, you all convinced me to make it, and I just might try these bars. Hope I don’t mess it up if I do!
They do look delicious! I love a chewy, oatmeal cookie.
I will have to try these, oatmeal cookies are my favorite!
I think that since this is a denser cookie, these work better as bars. What a great idea!
Ooh, love the idea of turning them into bars!
I love these bars!
I was wondering how these would work as bar cookies, and it looks like they turned out great that way. Glad they were a hit!
I can’t find the recipe. Would love love love it.
They look really thick and chewy! Maybe I’ll try bars next time.