#HEALTHY OATMEAL RAISIN COOKIES RECIPE FULL#

Gourmet Fruit & Nut Crackers for Cheese – homemade version of the rather expensive fruit and nut crackers to serve with cheese! Homemade is incredible – the flavour is so much better than the store bought. Crisp with a tender melt-in-your-mouth texture, just like Byron Bay Cookies! Other recipes I’ve created in the past for the same reason as these Byron Bay cookie copycat recipe (ie because I love ’em but they’re expensive!)īyron Bay Cookies Copycat White Chocolate Macadamia Nut Cookies – big, thick, buttery cookies loaded with white chocolate and macadamia nuts. Best chunky and “meaty” – appropriate for breakfast! They are soft-chewy and lack the crispy edges you find in classic Oatmeal Raisin Cookies, I wasn’t thrilled with the texture. PS I don’t recommend making them normal cookie size/thickness. Self control is a trait I admire from afar.

#HEALTHY OATMEAL RAISIN COOKIES RECIPE FULL#

So full for so long, I didn’t even have a full dinner that night. I made the mistake of having two of them when I took these photos and I was full for hours. I’ve made these breakfast cookies hefty instead of wimpy little cookies because they are intended to be a breakfast. No food processor, no beater – terrifically simple. Quick and easyīreakfast cookies are so simple to make, you can make them today for a grab ‘n run breakfast tomorrow!! Soak dates, mash (strangely satisfying, despite how unattractive date sludge looks), mix with remaining ingredients, form cookies and bake. No added sugar, natural gluten free and just 376 calories. Rolled oats have a low GI so they keep your fuller for longer, the nuts provide protein and the dried fruit provides fibre and natural sweetness. Oatmeal raisin cookies are incredibly easy to make. Do not sub with normal flour – it makes the cookies dry and cardboardy.Ī HEALTHY BREAKFAST THAT KEEPS YOU FULLER FOR LONGER! One cookie is like having one of those quick oatmeal sachets topped with dried fruit. Ingredients 100g raisin 150ml vegetable oil 200g golden caster sugar 1 large egg, beaten 1 tsp ground cinnamon 1 tsp vanilla extract 140g plain flour. Any oil will be fine here – or melted butter or margarine Īlmond Meal: Can be substituted with hazelnut meal / flour. Oil: In the spirit of keeping this healthy, I use coconut oil (most of the time). Sweetness can also be controlled – from a range of 1 to 4 tablespoons Agave or any other liquid form of sweetness should work fine here. Use any combination of coconut, nuts and dried fruit that you want… or CHOC CHIPS!!! Try: orange blossom, almond essence, all spice, cloves – whatever takes your fancy!Īdd Ins: I’ve used coconut, almonds and raisins.

These are the ingredients you can customise:įlavourings: I’ve used cinnamon and vanilla. It’s actually a very forgiving recipe – thanks to the mashed dates that makes a solid batter base. Stir flour mixture into butter-sugar mixture. Mix flour, salt, baking powder, and nutmeg together.

Add sugars and beat until fluffy, about 3 minutes. These Healthy Oatmeal Cookies are great for customising. 1 12 cups raisins (optional) Adjust oven racks to low and middle positions. MASHED DATES!!!! Thoroughly unappetising and sludge-like as it looks, this is the secret to sweetness, moisture, colour and terrific texture for healthy sugar-free cookies!!! I’ve tried multiple times and they’ve always been meh – the main problem being too dry and hard to swallow.įinally, the penny dropped when I was smushing soaked dates for Sticky Date Pudding. These are a copycat of muesli breakfast cookies I’ve been eyeing at my local coffee shop for years, wanting to make a version that was actually acceptable to have for breakfast. So I’m not exaggerating when I say these are like a bowl of granola in cookie form! The only 2 ingredients in these Healthy Oatmeal Cookies that I don’t put in homemade granola are almond meal and egg. Cool on baking sheets for 2 minutes remove to wire racks.These Breakfast Cookies are like a bowl of homemade granola in cookie form! They’re healthy oatmeal cookies that taste like your favourite oatmeal raisin cookies – but they’re refined sugar free, gluten free, and will keep you full for ages.Ĭopycat of the popular Muesli Cookies sold in cafes across Australia, these are a terrific make ahead breakfast. Drop by rounded tablespoons onto ungreased baking sheets.Ĥ. Add eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition. Beat together butter, sugars, oil and vanilla extract in large mixing bowl until creamy.

Combine flour, flax seeds, baking soda and cinnamon in small bowl.Ģ. Makes approximately 40 cookies Ingredientsġ.

Healthy oatmeal raisin cookies recipe