Healthy Oatmeal Raisin Cookies
Soft and chewy, these are the best Healthy Oatmeal Raisin Cookies ever. They pack all the good flavors of oatmeal raisin cookies but with little sugar and no butter. Enjoy for breakfast, as a dessert or snack!
Prep Time: 10 minutes
Cook Time: 10 minutes
Total Time: 30 minutes
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Ingredients
- 1 egg
- 60 grams (¼ cup) unsweetened applesauce or mashed banana
- 60 grams (¼ cup) almond butter or preferred nut butter
- 70 grams (⅓ cup 1 tbsp) coconut sugar or preferred granular sweetener (more for sweeter cookies)
- 1 tsp ground cinnamon
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- ⅙ tsp salt
- 150 grams (1 ½ cup) rolled oats
- 50 grams (½ cup) oat flour or all purpose flour
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 60 grams (½ cup) dried raisins
Optional Add-ins
- 50 grams (⅓ cup) nuts and seeds
Instructions
Optional Step
- About 30 minutes before starting, place the raisins into a bowl and cover with warm water. Allowing raisins to soak will make them softer and more delicious in cookies.
Oatmeal Raisin Cookies
- Preheat oven to 180°C (360°F) and line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
- In a large mixing bowl add egg, applesauce, almond butter, coconut sugar (or preferred granulated sugar), ground cinnamon, vanilla extract and salt. Using a hand mixer or whisk, stir the wet mixture for a couple of minutes until all is well combined.
- Add to the wet mixture rolled oats, oat flour and baking powder. Using a spatula stir all ingredients together.
- Fold in raisins, and optionally nuts and seeds.
- Let the dough rest in the fridge for at least 10 minutes.
- Scoop about ⅓ cup of dough out and shape 10 cookies. Transfer the raisin cookies to the parchment paper covered baking sheet, spacing them apart.
- Bake in hot oven for 10 to 12 minutes. Let cool over a baking rack before serving.
Notes
Nutritional values are approximations only and do not include the optional nuts and seeds.
Nutrition
Calories: 173.5kcal | Carbohydrates: 28.8g | Protein: 4.6g | Fat: 5.1g | Saturated Fat: 0.6g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1.3g | Monounsaturated Fat: 2.4g | Trans Fat: 0.002g | Cholesterol: 16.4mg | Sodium: 110.3mg | Potassium: 160.7mg | Fiber: 3.4g | Sugar: 7.6g | Vitamin A: 26.1IU | Vitamin C: 0.4mg | Calcium: 58.6mg | Iron: 1.4mg
Nutritional values are based on third-party calculations and should be considered approximations. Actual nutritional content will vary based on brands used, measuring methods, portion sizes and more. We do not overtake any responsibility.
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