More Breakfast Cookies (variations)

Clockwise from top right: Bacon Maple, Mango Clove,
Banana Chocolate Chip

I started out with a basic Breakfast Cookie, that was the result of an experiment gone right. Tried a variation that had some extra Spice (also on the page with the Basic recipe).  At hubby's suggestion tried Chocolate Bacon, wonderful!  Now I'm on to other variations… here's my results thus far & where I'm headed in the future...


For all variations, preheat oven to 450F


Banana & Chocolate Chips - Yes!!

Ingredients:

  1 Banana, mashed up

  1/2 cup Levian (Sourdough Starter)

  1/2 cup Quick Oats

  1/4 cup Mini-Morsels (miniature chocolate chips)

  2 Tbl Honey

  1 tsp Vanilla Extract

  1/2 tsp Sugar

  1/4 tsp Salt

  1/4 tsp Baking Soda (wait until the last minute to add this)

Bacon & Maple - Fabulous!!

Ingredients:

  2 slices of Bacon cooked very crispy (almost burnt) & diced

  1/2 cup Levian (Sourdough Starter)

  1/2 cup Quick Oats

  1/4 cup Maple Syrup

  2 Tbl All Purpose Flour

  1 tsp Vanilla Extract

  1/2 tsp Sugar

  1/4 tsp Salt

  1/4 tsp Baking Soda (wait until the last minute to add this)

Mango & Cloves - texture wasn't what I expected…  I'll explain *

Ingredients:

  1 Mango, processed in a food processor

  1/2 cup Levian (Sourdough Starter)

  1/2 cup Quick Oats

  2 Tbl Honey

  1/2 tsp Sugar

  1/4 tsp Cloves

  1/4 tsp Salt

  1/4 tsp Baking Soda (wait until the last minute to add this)

Instructions (for all variations):

I mixed up all but the Baking Soda.  Once the oven was up to temp I added the Baking Soda, let the batter rise (it takes about a minute to double in size).

I placed 8 dollops of batter onto a piece of parchment paper, popped it into the oven, watched & waited… 10 minutes later I removed my "cookies"… I put the word cookies in quotes because these are softer than a typical soft-baked cookie, and not nearly as sweet, much more suited to be a breakfast item than a traditional cookie.

For all of the above the recipes make 8 "cookies"


* Mango & Cloves - the flavor was fine, might even need a bit more cloves, but the cookies flattened out & weren't cooked well - I had to put them back in the oven for another 6 minutes… they finally cooked but ended up thin & chewy, not bad just not what I was expecting.  I think it may have been too much mango… look for an update in the future...


Variations I still want to try:
  Chocolate Espresso Bean
  Strawberry & Chèvre
  Banana & Maple
  Peach/Pear & Cloves (if I can get the Mango one sorted out)


I encourage you as well to play with your ingredients… have fun & create new wonderful flavors of your own… :)