Best 5 Healthier Oatmeal Cookies Recipes

HEALTHIER SOFT OATMEAL COOKIES

Steps:

• Beat butter, white sugar, and brown sugar with an electric mixer in a large bowl until smooth. Add eggs, one at a time, allowing each egg to blend into the butter mixture before adding the next. Beat in vanilla extract. Combine all-purpose flour, whole wheat flour, baking soda, salt, and cinnamon in a separate bowl; stir into butter mixture. Fold in oats and dates. Cover and chill dough for at least one hour.
• Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Grease two baking sheets.
• Roll dough into walnut-sized balls and place 2 inches apart onto baking sheets. Flatten each cookie with a large fork.
• Bake in preheated oven until cookies are golden brown, 8 to 10 minutes. Allow cookies to cool on baking sheet for 5 minutes before transferring to a wire rack to cool completely.

HEALTHIER CARROT OATMEAL COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Line 2 cookie sheets with parchment paper.
• Combine honey and coconut oil in a large bowl; beat with an electric mixer until creamy. Add carrots and eggs and mix well.
• Sift flour, baking powder, cinnamon, nutmeg, baking soda, and salt together in a large bowl. Add to the wet ingredients and mix until well combined. Mix in oats, raisins, and walnuts until well distributed.
• Drop large spoonfuls of dough 2 inches apart onto the prepared cookie sheets and flatten with a fork, if desired.
• Bake in the preheated oven until tops are a golden color, about 15 minutes. Cool on the baking sheet for 1 minute before removing to a wire rack to cool completely.

HEALTHIER OATMEAL COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• Sift whole wheat flour, baking soda, baking powder, and salt together in a bowl. Set aside.
• Combine coconut oil, sugars, and molasses in a medium bowl. Beat with an electric mixer until smooth and creamy. Beat in eggs one at a time. Gradually stir in the sifted flour mixture until well blended. Mix in oats, chocolate chips, and cranberries.
• Drop teaspoonfuls of dough onto ungreased cookie sheets.
• Bake in the preheated oven until edges are golden, 8 to 9 minutes. Let stand on the cookie sheets for a few minutes before transferring to wire racks to cool completely.

VEGAN PEANUT BUTTER OATMEAL COOKIES (HEALTHIER)

Steps:

• In a big bowl combine flours, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon, salt and oats. Add in peanuts or chocolate chips and pb chips and stir to combine.
• In a second bowl beat together applesauce, peanut butter, sugars, ground flax seeds and vanilla.
• Add the liquid to the dry ingredients and stir to combine. If your dough seems too wet to handle, add in more flour, if its too dry, add a tad more milk.
• Drop generous tbs full of dough per cookie onto a paper-lined or greased baking sheet leaving some space between the cookies (these wont spread much). Flatten cookies slightly using moistened fingers or a spoon.
• Bake in the preheated oven at 350°F/175°C for about 15 minutes or until toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. These cookies are more cake-like, so they wont crisp up.
• Allow to cool on the baking sheet for 5 minutes and then remove to wire racks to cool completely.
• Enjoy! :).

HEALTHIER NO BAKE OATMEAL COOKIES

Steps:

• Mix sugar, milk, and cocoa powder together in a saucepan; bring to a boil and cook at a boil for 1 minute. Remove saucepan from heat and stir peanut butter, applesauce, and vanilla extract into the hot mixture until smooth. Add oats and stir until evenly mixed.
• Drop oats mixture by spoonful onto waxed paper. Cool completely before removing from paper, at least 20 minutes.