Vegan crunchy chewy oatmeal cookies

I am not a big fan of cookies, but I can still remember the first time I ate oatmeal cookies in the US as a teenager ! Yum ! Loved the combination of oats, raisins and cinnamon, and the super moist texture.

Have been trying to make my own version vegan of these, cutting on eggs, flour, sugar and the other not so good stuff you usually find in oatmeal cookies.

The recipe I share below is quite a success within the family (even with Romain and Leopold who don’t like raisins :).

100 vegan, GF (providing you use GF oats), don’t use any sugar and is definitely super rich in fibers, minerals and proteins thanks to the use of chia, pumpkin and sunflower seeds.

Hungry now ? Give it a try 🙂

Ingredients

• 220 gr GF rolled oats
• 110 gr sunflower seeds 
• 40 gr pumpkin seeds
• 50 gr chia seeds
• 50 gr raisins
• 130 gr really moist dates (ideally medjol)
• 75 gr coconut oil
• 65 ml unsweetened almond or oat milk
• 1 heaped tsp cinnamon
• 1/3 tsp sea salt
• 1/2 tsp baking soda
  
  

Directions

1. Preheat the oven to 180C
2. Place half the oats and sunflowers seeds in your high speed blender and pulse until you get flour like texture. Combine with the rest of dry ingredients
3. Put the dates and other wet ingredients in your high speed blender and pulse at high speed until you get a thick paste and everything is combined
4. Mix wet and dry ingredients and mix well together to get a proper dough.
5. Form balls using a tbsp and put them on baking tray layered with baking paper. Press a little the balls to get a thick cookie shape
6. Bake for 12/14 min (they should get golden edges, but don’t get them brown !)
7. Remove from the oven and get them cool down totally on a grid before storing in airtight container (they can keep for 3/4 days in the fridge or can be frozen easily for a few months)

Nb: if you really really don’t like raisins I guess you could switch for chocolate chips. Also you can play with flavors and use vanilla or ginger to instead of cinnamon… but will be a little less like oatmeal cookies 🙂