Coffee Cake Scone recipe (Goji Berry plant benefits)

It’s summer, which means it’s time to pick Goji berries, or buy them dried to enjoy this fruit year round.

Even better, it’s summer, which means it’s time to get in the kitchen to create with my mom. She is quite the talented baker! 

So, between my love of making everything nutritious and her umpteen years of experience, we created the perfect breakfast cookie for you. A coffee cake oatmeal breakfast cookie! These taste like an oatmeal cookie with a coffee cake crumble and the fresh gojis give it a tart pop.. Soo gooooood. 

If you like warm cookies and want an excuse to make them in the morning, you’ll love these! I actually made these twice. Love that bake time with my mama!

Note: Since these have nuts, which are high in fats and protein, and oats which are high in fiber and protein, you’ll feel full after just one cookie. These treats are also very high in calcium, iron, and vitamin e. 

I just had a long discussion with my mom on avoiding almond flour. I did find a rebuttal article as well. I’m curious about your opinions. There seems to be strong opinions about using nut flours. 

I still think moderation is key. This isn’t a flour to be afraid of, just know the positives and negatives and vary your flour choices so your body doesn’t get too much of one kind. 

This recipe is about 6 nuts per serving (1 cookie or slice). That’s not even a full serving of nuts. So enjoy and know they will be gone by the end of the day!

In addition to the perfect baked scones, these are a great pre-workout cookie. If you like protein balls, I think these coffee cake oatmeal breakfast cookies will be a nice variation for you.

Gojis are the natural product of the Lycium Barbarum plant, a native of China. They have complete amino acids and packed full of vitamins including loads of Iron, Calcium and even protein. They are known to be cancer preventing agents, helpful for diabetes and reducing cholesterol.

If you don’t have goji berries, some interesting topping options would be: apple pieces, extra cinnamon, lemon zest, vanilla extract, a mashed banana, blueberries, or a powdered sugar glaze.

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Prep Time

1 hr

Cook Time

20 mins

 

Ingredients

• 1 1/3 cups oat flour if gluten intolerant, get gluten-free oats
• 1/4 cup cashew flour
• 1/4 cup arrowroot flour
• 1/4 cup almond flour
• 1 tbsp baking powder
• pinch salt
• 1/4 cup coconut sugar
• 1/2 cup chopped goji berries
• 1/2 cup almond milk or regular milk
• homemade almond milk recipe here
• 1/4 cup coconut yogurt or regular yogurt

Surface Flour (set aside)

• 1/4 cup oat flour for surface and kneading

Coffee Cake Crumble

• 1/4 cup gluten-free oats
• 3 tbsp coconut oil (or cold butter) solid form, not melted
• 1/4 cup coconut sugar
• pinch sea salt
• pinch orange peel fresh is great, or my favorite zest is the one from The Spice House

Instructions

COFFEE CAKE OATMEAL BREAKFAST COOKIES: PREP

1. Freeze: 1/4 cup coconut oil for at least 45 min-1 hour so it doesn’t melt when you mix it.

   If you don’t have time to freeze it that long and want to do around 10 minutes instead, you may want to skip the high speed blender and use a pastry blender to really work it in without melting it.

2. Preheat: oven to 400° F

COFFEE CAKE OATMEAL BREAKFAST COOKIES: INSTRUCTIONS

1. Mix Dry Ingredients: Mix all dry ingredients together and put in a high speed blender or food processor for 15 seconds. We want to evenly distribute the fat (coconut oil) so its pea-sized.

2. Mix Wet Ingredients: Sparely mix all of the wet ingredients together and add the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients. Don’t overmix!

   

3. Knead: Knead the flour mixture into a ball and transfer to a lightly floured surface (I use oat flour). It’s easiest when you flour your hands as well.

   

4. Shape: Shape into cookie disks (frisbee shape), OR into a 1/2 inch thick circle.

   

5. Cut into 8 slices

   

6. Transfer onto a baking sheet with parchment. Top each slice with the coffee cake crumble and bake for 20 minutes or until golden brown.

   

7. Rest: Let it rest for 5-10 minutes until you can pick it up easily.

   

Enjoy!

1. These coffee cake oatmeal breakfast cookies are definitely for sharing! Warm breakfast cookies, nom nom nom.

Recipe Notes

Prep time does not include time to freeze coconut oil-this time can be adjusted if needed.

Serve with clotted cream and tea for a traditional British fare. 

 

*Though I didn't because I wanted to keep these healthy, a powdered sugar glaze would make these EXTRA

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For a fun summer project…grow your goji berries at home!

Goji plants are easy to grow and a year after planting you’ll have plenty of the red fruit. They are drought tolerant, so great for my California garden and even before they produce fruit, you’ll have pretty purple flowers. They’re also a great alternative from growing fruit trees since they grow like a vine.

Start your planting indoors with good, moist potting soil. Make sure to use a pot with holes at the bottom to drain the soil. They should have at least a few hours of full sun and then spend the rest of the time in the shade. 

Once they are ready, you can transplant them outside or keep them in pots. They’ll grow to many feet tall on a trellis. Keep an eye on the PH balance of the soil. To prevent side branching, prune regularly to keep them healthy.