Healthy Vegan Chocolate Oatmeal Cookies

vegan chocolate oatmeal cookies stacked on top of each other

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Healthy Vegan Chocolate Oatmeal Cookies

The healthy kind of vegan chocolate oatmeal cookies are pure joy, crafted from simple ingredients. They are a nutritious treat, boasting a delightful texture and chocolate flavor.

Prep Time5

Cook Time12

Total Time17

Course: Snack

Cuisine: American, Australian

Diet: Gluten Free, Vegan

Servings: cookies

Calories: 197kcal

Author: Janelle Hama

Equipment

Ingredients

Wet Ingredients

⅓ cup Maple syrup
5 tablespoon Tahini
1 teaspoon Vanilla extract or vanilla bean scraping

Dry Ingredients

1½ cups Rolled oats old fashioned oats
1 pinch Sea salt
¼ cup Chocolate chips + extra for finishing (dairy free)
⅛ cup Cocoa Powder

Instructions

Take ¾ cup of rolled oats and grind them in a spice grinder or high-speed food processor until it turns into a rough oat flour, this takes less than 10 seconds.
Add this along with the remaining ¾ cup of rolled oats and the cocoa powder into a large mixing bowl and combine them evenly.
1½ cups Rolled oats, ¼ cup Chocolate chips, ⅛ cup Cocoa Powder
In a small saucepan over low heat, whisk together the maple syrup and tahini for about 90 seconds to warm it up. Turn off the heat then add the chocolate chips and whisk until all melted. Whisk in the vanilla and salt.
⅓ cup Maple syrup, 5 tablespoon Tahini, 1 pinch Sea salt, 1 teaspoon Vanilla extract
At the wet ingredients to the wet ingredients and fold everything together until combined and a sticky cookie batter has formed.
Line two cookie sheets with parchment paper. Use a cookie scoop (or a wet spoon) to drop the cookie dough onto the lined baking sheet, making 8 even mounds (4 per cookie sheet). Wet the back of the spoon and flatten each cookie dough into a round disc, approximately ¼ inch (½ cm) thick.
Leave a 2-inch (5cm) gap between each cookie. Top each cookie with additional chocolate chips by gently pressing them in.
Place each baking sheet in the middle of a preheated 356°F (180°C) fan-forced oven.
The baking time will differ - for crispy cookies bake for 12-13 minutes, and for a chewy texture bake cookies for approximately 8-9 minutes.
Let the chocolate chip oatmeal cookies cool for 5 minutes (they will still be slightly soft straight out of the oven) before transferring them to a wire rack to cool completely to room temperature.

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Notes

If you opt for crispy cookies (my favorite), they will emerge from the oven with a soft texture. However, they'll firm up as they cool, resulting in the perfect texture.

See the storage notes in the above article.

Here are more gluten free vegan cookie recipes to try next time;

ANZAC biscuits

Easy vegan oatmeal cookies

Nutrition