A blend of almond flour and rolled oats along with chocolate chips and raisins make these gluten-free oatmeal cookies incredibly moist, tender, and packed with whole-food deliciousness!
Cookies. Sometimes you just need one.
Like when you're feeling a little beat up from the repeated changes in weather, or mold allergies, or whatever happens to you this time of year.
Like when you're recovering from a week or so of scary technical blog problems.
Oh, and then when you mix up an entire bowl full of cookie dough only to realize the moths from earlier this season made their way into the raisins you just threw into your cookie dough, resulting in you having to scrap the batch, send your husband our for more raisins and start over, yup, you really appreciate it when those cookies finally come out of the oven.
So, as you can guess, I really needed a cookie. And I'd been meaning to play around with some almond flour that Bob's Red Mill sent me. You probably know by now that I don't stick to a gluten-free diet, but I do try to share a variety of recipes that everyone can enjoy, and I just love almond flour for the richness it gives my baked goods.
Whenever I use almond flour I seem to end up with a product that's super moist and dense. I balanced things out a bit here with some gluten-free oats. As a result I was able to get away with using applesauce and just a bit of oil. Healthy(ish) cookies. Could all of the oil be cut out or replaced with applesauce? Probably, but that's not how I did things this time around.
Some cinnamon and nutmeg make these oatmeal raisin cookies perfect for fall, but because I am a chocoholic, and because I love the combination of dark chocolate and raisins, I went and threw some chips in there as well. All in all, these are the kind of cookies that'll perk you up after a rough week.
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Healthy(ish) Gluten Free Oatmeal Raisin Chocolate Chip Cookies
Ingredients
- ¾ cup no-sugar added applesauce
- ¼ cup maple syrup
- ¼ cup coconut oil, melted
- 1 tsp. vanilla extract
- 2 cups gluten-free rolled oats, divided (or 1 cup rolled oats and 1 cup oat flour)
- 1 cup almond flour
- 1 tsp. baking powder
- 2 tsp. cinnamon
- ¼ tsp. nutmeg
- ¼ tsp. salt
- ½ cup raisins
- ½ cup vegan chocolate chips
Instructions
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Preheat oven to 350°. Line 2 baking sheets with parchment paper.
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In large mixing bowl, stir together applesauce, maple syrup, oil and vanilla.
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Place 1 cup of rolled oats into food processor and blend to a powder (skip if using oat flour). Add to bowl with wet mixture, along with almond flour, baking powder, cinnamon, nutmeg and salt. Stir to combine. Fold in raisins and chips.
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Scoop rounded 2 tablespoonfuls onto baking sheets. Bake 12 minutes. Remove from oven and transfer to cooling rack to cool. Cookies will firm up as they cool.
These look so perfect and yummy and awesome and just right for when you REALLY need a cookie!!
They are!!!
Oh, yum! What a perfect afternoon pick me up snack!
Exactly! Thanks Nicole! :)
Loved these!
Hi Alissa! These look delicious but don't look like 2 rounded tablespoons of dough each. To make 2 1/2" or 3" diameter cookies would you say use 3 or use 4 tablespoons of dough and flatten slightly, and increase the bake time by 3-4 minutes or more?? I want to make these for the guys at the gym and they would devour the little ones in one bite!! Thank you for all these wonderful healthy and "healthyish" recipes, I like to make treats once in a while that don't sabotage the work we put in at the gym, and I am proud that what I make for them is Vegan, WFPB and healthier than anything they can get at any local bakery or restaurant.
Hi Janis! I think you're right. This is an older recipe so it's hard to say, but from the photos these look more like one tablespoon cookies. I'll update as soon as I'm able to retest the recipe, but for now I'm thinking you've got the right idea. I'd start with about 3 tablespoons of dough. I do remember that these don't spread out that much, so I'd assume they're pretty close to the diameter they'll be after baking. I wouldn't add too much to the bake time - just a minute or two!
Thank you!! I've made a few of your other recipes for my fellow "gym rats", and they love them. I won't be baking during the Summer so I wanted to get this one in before then!