Vegan Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies (Gluten-free)
Vegan Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies (Gluten-free) of your dreams! These are oil-free, 1 bowl and made with just 8 easy ingredients and nobody will be asking where is the butter or oil!
Prep Time10 minutesmins
Cook Time12 minutesmins
Total Time22 minutesmins
Course: Cookies
Cuisine: American, Vegan
Servings: 16cookies
Calories: 141kcal
Author: Brandi Doming
Ingredients
1cup(112g) blanched almond flour
1cup(100g) rolled oats (NOT instant)
1/2teaspoonbaking powder
1/4teaspoonsalt
1/2cup + 2 tablespoons(160g) roasted super creamy almond butter (make sure it is salt-free)
6tablespoons(120g) pure maple syrup (agave would work too)
1 1/2teaspoons(8g) vanilla extract
2tablespoons(30g) plant milk or cold coffee or water (Any will work, all tested. Coffee will give a delicious robust flavor)
Preheat the oven to 350°F (177°C) and line 2 sheet pans with parchment paper.
To a large bowl, add the almond flour, oats, baking powder and salt and whisk well.
To the same bowl, add the almond butter, syrup, vanilla, milk or cold coffee and chocolate chips. Mix all of the ingredients until a very thick and sticky, cohesive batter forms. Just keep stirring and pressing the batter together with the back of a spoon. Now, taste the batter. Yeah, I know.
Using about 2 tablespoons worth of dough, form smooth round balls with your hands. The batter should be sticky but you should be able to roll into balls.
Place them on the pan 2 inches apart. I did 8 on each sheet. Either dip your fingertips in water or use a small piece of parchment paper to press each cookie down to about 1/4 inch thick, making sure to press evenly and seal the edges into a round shape so they bake up uniform.
Bake the 1st pan for 10-12 minutes. Ovens can greatly vary, but mine were perfect at close to 12 minutes. You are looking for them to puff up and starting to get golden edges.
Remove from the oven and cool on the pan just 5 minutes. Transfer them to a cooling rack and let cool completely. As they cool they will crisp up perfectly around the edges and into the perfect cookie texture with crispy edges and moist, chewy centers.
Notes
Can't do almond flour? Make these Oatmeal Raisin Cookies instead and add chocolate chips in place of the raisins. OR, you can try grinding up raw sunflower seeds into a fine powder and use the same weight amount as the almond flour.
Can you sub all-purpose flour for the almond flour? No. If you do, they will be dry as dirt. The almond flour (and almond butter) help to make these so moist and buttery. Remember, they are oil-free, so the almond flour is amazing here.