Easiest Way to Prepare Tasty Flourless Healthy Oatmeal Cookies

Flourless Healthy Oatmeal Cookies. It's been a hot minute since I've shared a cookie recipe with you guys… which is kind of crazy seeing as cookies were the first thing I learned how to bake on my own, and what I made the most of before I started blogging. For the best soft and chewy flourless oatmeal raisin cookies, you'll need instant oats. They're also called one-minute and quick-cooking oats.

Since I eat oats and nuts for breakfast everyday, why not add some berries and bake them into cookies? Without using flour, the texture of the cookies is soft and chewy. For healthier choice, DIY your butter from nuts! You can have Flourless Healthy Oatmeal Cookies using 13 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you cook it.

Ingredients of Flourless Healthy Oatmeal Cookies

It's of Dry Ingredients.
You need of regular uncooked rolled oats.
You need of dried cranberries/ black raisins/ golden raisins.
You need of crushed or chopped cashew nuts/ almond nuts/ walnuts.
It's of Wet Ingredients.
Prepare of egg.
It's of or 1/2 cup cashew butter/ almond butter/ walnuts butter (please see below for DIY).
It's of baking powder or 1/4 teaspoon baking soda.
It's of maltose or unsweetened applesauce.
It's of flavoring powder or extract (e.g. cacao, strawberry).
It's of vanilla extract (optional).
You need of cinnamon (optional).
Prepare of salt (optional).

Experiment it with different nuts, berries and flavor! Cookie flavor: Original: milk + walnuts + black raisins Brown. Place oats in a medium-sized bowl. Stir in both sugars and the salt and blend to break up any lumps.

Flourless Healthy Oatmeal Cookies instructions

Crush the nuts · Put the nuts into a zip lock bag and crush it to small pieces with a pounder..
DIY butter (Optional) · Blend nuts to paste form. Tips: If your food processor is not powerful enough, blend for 5-10 seconds and stop for 10-20 seconds. Repeat this cycle until the job is done. This is to prevent food processor from overheating..
Plump the raisins (Optional but recommended) · Pour boiling water enough to cover the raisins. Soak for 10 minutes and let it cool. Do not drain the water. Tips: Use a smaller container so that lesser water is used. This means the raisins can retain more of their sweetness and the dough used later will be thicker..
Bake 1. Set oven to 176 degrees Celsius. 2. Whisk the egg in a bowl. 3. Add the remaining wet ingredients and stir well. The mixture will thicken as you stir..
Bake 4. Add dry ingredients and mix thoroughly..
Bake 5. Divide the dough evenly using a spoon or ice cream scoop onto a baking sheet. Press gently on each ball since the cookies will not rise much in the oven. Tips: Use two spoons so that it is easier to shape up the ball..
Bake 6. Bake for 8-10 minutes and then allow them to cool. They will harden and become chewy as they cool. Cookie flavor: Original: milk + walnuts + black raisins Brown: cacao + cashew nuts + cranberries Red velvet: beetroot dye & vanilla + almond nuts + golden raisins Yellow: tangerine & vanilla + berries.

In a separate bowl, whisk together the melted butter, vanilla and egg. Stir this into the oat mixture, mixing with your hands or a large wooden spoon to work in the ingredients. Best Healthy Oatmeal Cookies These homemade and old-fashioned cookies are flourless, gluten-free and they are naturally sweetened. They are healthy, soft, easy to make, and they are ideal for breakfast, snack, brunch or even dessert. Plus, they are perfect to be added to your Healthy Meal Plan or Batch Cooking.