I am in love! Now there will never be an excuse to skip breakfast. When it's this delicious and so easy to grab on the go, who'd want to? DO follow the popular advice to press these down after they come out of the oven, for a chewy texture that does not crumble!! I love the versatility of the recipe. I used almonds as my ground nuts, and tahini as my nut butter. I happened to have some tahini in my pantry that needed to be used up, so I saved $ not having to buy some expensive "alternative" nut butter (some say they used peanut butter, but I'm not a big PB fan). As far as drastic changes, the only different thing I did was replace all of the oil with applesauce. There is NO need for ANY oil in these cookies. I also did not have any brown sugar, so I used white sugar and a little molasses. You could make this recipe a million different ways and they'd all be delicious! Use any nut, any nut butter, any dried fruit, use different chips/morsels (white, peanut butter, butterscotch, etc!) THANK YOU IRISMAC!!

These are YUMMY! I used tahini (sesame seed paste) in place of peanut butter, coconut oil for the oil part, and raisins instead of cherries. I didn't add the cinnamon. The cookies are soft and delicious. My dough/batter wasn't thick like the recipe said, so I was a bit worried, but they came out great.

Fantastic "cookies" especially if you have kids! I did add 2 ripe mashed bananas (which was great because you couldn't even taste them and it added some fresh fruit to the breakfast) and used peanut butter. I added a few extra chocolate chips but wouldn't do that next time...didn't need it! I like to freeze them and have them on hand for a quick breakfast or snack! Great recipe to play with...next time I'm going to try using cinnamon chips.

A-MAZING! How clever! What a wonderful way to eat a fantasticly nutritious and delicious treat. Seriously! I may start selling these to preschool parents. My daughter loves flax seeds and is no newbie to whole grains or nuts ground to flour but, I am still thrilled to start the school year slipping these into a time deprived hand! So, I tweaked it a bit. I used chocolate almond butter and used dark chocolate chips. I also omitted cranberries because my four year old won't eat them. Though, I think they would certainly compliment these perfectly. Love, Love, Love these. Quite impressed by the results in the food processor. I have been looking for a great breakfast bar. I happened to have everything on hand which meant that it fit my nutritional requirements I will make these time and again! I am thrilled! You and your sister should get a table at your local farmers market. Kudos!

These were pretty good, especially considering how healthy they are. They do look much better than the picture. I made 1/2 recipe and got 25 cookies using a standard cookie scoop. The only change I made was using white whole wheat flour and subbing 1/2 the flax meal, I was short, with extra white whole wheat flour. I did not have cherries, so I used dried cranberries. I was also out of almond butter and just used an equal amount of almonds, since it was going to all get ground up anyhow. I used my vitamix blender, to grind the walnuts, and blended the liquid mixture about 2 minutes on speed 10 instead of using a food processor. They are a filling and a very hearty and chocolatey breakfast cookie. ty

These are soooo good! I did sub applesauce for oil and added an extra egg. There was no crumbling. My new favorite.

These are great -- I felt like I was eating a cherry pie -- yum my favorite-- I couldn't get them to stay together while making the balls so I just pressed them into a jelly roll pan and baked them that way. Let them cool all day then cut into bars - like granola bars. Worked perfect for me, that's how I'll make them from now on now just to see how the teen likes them

Excellent, used 2 eggs and peanut butter and they were awesome cookies, not even just for breakfast, for ANY occasion! Also I used craisins but any dried fruit would be great!

This is exactly what I was looking for to replace the packaged breakfast cookies my kids like - thank you so much! The version I made was based on previous reviews and what I had in the house (peanut butter for almond butter, almonds for the walnuts, applesauce for the oil, omitted the cherries, used 3/4c mini chips, 2 eggs, honey for the brown sugar, ground up the oats). I would not have been able to come up with this on my own, so I am very grateful to you for sharing.

These are SO good! Thank you so much for putting this recipe up on the site. I had seen some breakfast cookies in Martha Stewart's magazine this month but the recipe literally calls for 4 sticks of butter! These are really good and much healthier. I had to make some changes based on what I had in the house - (added some pineapple and coconut, did not have cherries - that sort of thing) but I am gobsmacked by how yummy these taste! Thank you!!!