Sweet Potato Baby Led Weaning Cookies
HOMEMADE COOKIES recipe for baby led weaning and soothing a teething baby! These healthy Sweet Potato cookies are made with mashed sweet potato, banana, baby cereal and oatmeal! My favorite part is that these cookies are so delicious we can share them together!
Can you believe Enceladus just turned 8 months? How time flies! With month 7 came her craving for finger food! No Mom, she doesn’t want to be fed with a spoon, she wants to feed herself!
I admit, it does get a little messy when she feeds herself but it’s lots of fun to watch! And honestly, nothing warms my heart more than to know she loves Mama’s cooking (she’s a big fan of my mashed cauliflower potatoes!).
Life has been filled with happy moments of “first foods”. The messy first time she ate watermelon, the slippery first time she ate avocado, the sour face lemon taste, the happy face of tasting jam on toast, etc. Sweet potatoes have been a favorite of hers for a few months, but I had to figure out a way to serve them in a way that she could feed herself since she prefers finger foods over purees nowadays.
I felt like her breakfast choices were lacking so I got to thinking in how I could incorporate sweet potatoes in breakfast or a snack. I came up with these soft and yummy Sweet Potato Banana Cookies, perfect for baby led weaning eating adventures!
These cookies are packed with sweet potato and banana! They have a soft and chewy consistency which I find easier for a baby to swallow instead of a crunchy cookie. Because they’re soft they seem to make her gums feel better while she teeths (we have 2 teeth so far!). The cookies are made with baby cereal and oatmeal to thicken them up. Add in a few spices for flavor and you have delicious cookies that you and your baby can eat together!
The first step is to peel and chop up a medium sized sweet potato. Add it to a pot of boiling water and cook until a fork easily slides through the sweet potato.
Just like that – perfect! This takes about 10-15 minutes.
Add the sweet potato to a bowl and mash until creamy. I find that using a spoon or potato masher does the job.
Now add 1/2 of a banana to the bowl and continue mashing. What should you do with the other half of a banana? Eat it, because bananas are delicious!
Now let’s add the rest of the ingredients. You will need baby cereal, quick oats and a little bit of flour to thicken up the cookies to make sure they stay together. I like using Gerber MultiGrain cereal for our cookies.
After that you will add a teaspoon of cinnamon and brown sugar. The brown sugar is completely optional if you want to go sugar-free or not!
Mix it all together and form the dough into tablespoon sized cookies. Place the cookie dough on a nonstick cookie sheet or silicone baking mat.
Then with a fork gently press down on each cookie to flatten it.
The cookies take about 20 minutes to bake. After that, just let them cool for about 15 minutes before you and your baby dive in!
These cookies are soft, moist and delicious! Enjoy these Sweet Potato Banana Cookies – perfect for your baby and you!
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Sweet Potato Baby Led Weaning Cookies
HOMEMADE COOKIES recipe for baby led weaning and soothing a teething baby! These healthy Sweet Potato cookies are made with mashed sweet potato, banana, baby cereal and oatmeal! My favorite part is that these cookies are so delicious we can share them together!
Ingredients
- 1 medium sweet potato peeled and chopped
- 1/2 banana mashed
- 1/2 cup baby cereal
- 1/2 cup quick cooking oats
- 1/4 cup all purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1 tablespoon brown sugar optional
Instructions
Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
Bring a pot of water to a boil. Add sweet potatoes and cook until fork can easily poke through sweet potatoes, about 10-15 minutes. Drain and place sweet potatoes in a bowl. Mash them with spoon or potato masher until completely mashed up.
Add mashed banana to bowl and continue mixing until combined.
Add baby cereal, oats, flour, cinnamon and brown sugar (optional) to bowl and stir.
Place tablespoon size drops of cookie dough on nonstick cookie sheet or silicone baking mat. Gently press down with a fork on each cookie to slightly flatten. Cook cookies for 20 minutes.
Remove from oven and allow to cool for 15 minutes. During this time they will harden up some. Sprinkle with additional cinnamon if desired.
Store in airtight container for a few days, or freeze for later usage.
Looking for more baby led weaning recipes?
Try my Pumpkin Baby Pancakes!
And try my Avocado Baby Muffins!
Interesting….I like that the entire family loves these! 🙂
Yes! Everyone loves these baby cereal cookies!
Love this. My second baby is 5 months old (today), so we’ll be starting BLW shortly. I’m excited to try these for him and his sister (and maybe mama, too).
#wineddown
Katelynn, hampersandhiccups.com
Hey Pamela!! 🙂 I am one of the co-hosts for Fiesta Friday this week and so I am stopping by to check out everyone’s yummy goodness, tidbits, or crafty things! I love the idea of these cookies!! They are the perfect way to get your baby, and you, fruits and veggies while tasting yummy. AND they can feed themselves!
Thanks for sharing and being apart of Fiesta Friday!! 🙂
Love this recipe, Pamela! It’s so good to introduce real foods like this early on – and your little one really does look like she is enjoying these weaning cookies! Thank you for being a part of the Hearth and Soul Link Party.
For baby cereal, do you use baby oatmeal or baby rice cereal? Thanks!
Hey Allison, here’s what I use: http://amzn.to/2CObqOO
Is there something I can sub for the baby cereal?
You can double the quick oats. Enjoy!
Can I use other foods such as the jared baby food ?
Hey Shiann, are you referring to the baby cereal? If so you can double the quick oats. Enjoy!
Could you substitute puree baby food for the sweet potato and banana? My son gets a lot of baby food from wic but isn’t big on the purees, so looking for ways to use it up.
Hey Callista, I’ve never tried using purees. In theory you could, the only thing I worry about is the purees being too liquid based so you might need to add more oatmeal and flour to thicken up the cookies.
I just made these loved them and my daughter (10 months) did too. I served them with you further/tahini sauce for some protein. I had a question: could I store them at room temperature or refrigerate them? Do they turn hard within 24 hrs of storage? Thanks!
Hey Lourdes, so happy to hear you both liked the cookies! Love the additional protein you added! I usually refrigerate the cookies and they last a few days. You can even make a double batch and freeze the other batch, then I like to defrost the cookies and pack them for daycare for my daughter. It’s a quick healthy snack! Hope this helps!
Great recipe , can’t wait to try it. I am wondering, for the oatmeal and baby cereal do I have to cook that first though? Like cook the oatmeal on the stove and then add it (and the baby cereal)? Thanks! 🙂 Megan
Hey Megan, nope – you don’t have to cook the oatmeal or baby cereal prior. Since you’re using quick oats it will cook while it bakes! Enjoy the cookies!
Thank you for the recipe, making for my almost 9 month old now x
Hope you both enjoy these cookies!
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What can I substitute baby cereal with?
You can double the quick oats. Enjoy!
Made these tonight for my 9 month old she loved them 😊😊great recipe thank you so much.
Hey Michelle, thanks for commenting! I’m so happy your little lady loved the cookies! Keep on enjoying! 🙂
I may have missed this, what temperature do you bake them at?
I think my 9 month old would love them!
375 degrees. Enjoy!
Do you have to use a banana or can you just double up on the sweet potatoes?
Hey Destiny, I’d substitute the banana with some applesauce if possible. The banana adds a bit of creaminess which softens up the cookies.
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Hey thank you for this! I was wondering if I could bake the sweet potato instead of boiling it?
Absolutely! Enjoy the cookies!
Wish I knew how to post a picture of my 10 month old loving these!! Bonus that they’re easy enough for toddler big sister to help make = afternoon activity. Thanks!
Feel free to email me a picture if you want – I love seeing little ones enjoying my recipes! Thanks for the sweet comment! 🙂
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Where is the recipe with ingredients and measurements?
Hi Lura, the recipe is at the end of the post in a blue card. Enjoy the cookies!