Healthy Vegan Oatmeal Raisin Cookies

These vegan oatmeal raisin cookies are oil free and refined sugar free, but you won't be able to tell the difference! Can be made gluten-free by subbing oat flour for the whole wheat flour.

Prep Time10

Cook Time15

Total Time25

Course: Dessert, Snack

Cuisine: American

Keyword: no oil dessert, refined sugar free dessert, vegan oatmeal raisin cookies, whole food plant based cookies

Servings: servings

Calories: 170kcal

Author: Kim Murphy

Ingredients

1 1/2 cups Old Fashioned Oats
1 cup whole wheat flour or oat flour for gluten free
1 teaspoon baking soda
2 teaspoons cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup unsweetened apple sauce
1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
1/4 cup pure maple syrup or date syrup
1/4 cup unsweetened plant milk any kind you like
1/2 cup raisins
1/2 cup unsweetened shredded coconut optional, but recommended for great flavor

Instructions

Preheat an oven to 350º F and line a baking sheet with a silicone baking mat or parchment paper.
In a large mixing bowl, combine dry ingredients & mix well (oats, flour, baking soda, salt, cinnamon).
Add the wet ingredients & mix well (applesauce, vanilla, maple syrup, & plant milk) and mix well.
Add the raisins & coconut and combine.
Make about 1- 1 1/2 inch balls and place on the baking mat leaving enough space in between. Makes about 20 cookies. Then wet your fingers and mash each ball flat into a cookie shape.
Bake for 15 minutes. Let cool for at least 10 minutes. Store cookies in an airtight container the refrigerator for up to 5 days.

Notes

You can also mix in chopped walnuts or use dried cranberries instead of raisins.

You can make your own oat flour (instead of buying it) by putting old fashioned oats in your high powered blender and blending into a powder. You'll need a little oats more to create the full 1 cup of oat flour.

You can make 10 bigger cookies as well instead - cook for same amount of time.

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