Are you looking for healthy, delicious oatmeal cookies with no added sugar? These cookies will tick all the boxes! But don't hurry to turn the page if you're OK with adding sugar to your meals—this recipe works perfectly with or without sugar!
This recipe has stayed unchanged for years in our family despite our recent focus on low-carb food. The only thing that we dared change about it was replacing sugar with monk fruit sweetener to avoid added sugars. We usually stick to our dietary choices rather strictly, but there are some rare occasions when we allow ourselves some "good old" snack, and it has to be worth the sacrifice. This one certainly is!
Ingredients
To make these healthy oatmeal cookies, you'll need:
- oatmeal
- wheat flour
- unsalted butter
- monk fruit sweetener (feel free to replace the monk fruit sweetener with regular table sugar if your diet allows)
- an egg
- lemon zest
- baking powder
- sunflower seeds
- raisins (look for unsweetened raisins)
Directions
1. Prepare the oatmeal: Combine oatmeal with unsalted sunflower seeds and roast in half the butter.
2. Mix the butter: Mix the remaining butter with monk fruit sweetener.
3. Add lemon zest and one egg (at room temperature). Stir or mix using a hand mixer to combine.
4. Mix flour with baking powder: Combine the flour and baking powder in a separate bowl and stir well to combine. Add the flour mixture to the egg mixture.
5. Finally, add the roasted oatmeal and raisins and stir well.
6. Shape the cookies: Preheat the oven to 355℉ (180℃). Line a baking pan with parchment paper and start shaping your cookies. Use approximately 1 teaspoon of the cookie dough for each cookie. It's up to you to decide on the shape and size of your cookies. We estimated the cooking time for 1 teaspoon large cookies. If you increase their size, you might need to increase the baking time unless you make them flat.
7. Bake for 20 minutes or until golden brown. Be careful not to burn the raisins. They're best when hidden inside the cookie, not sticking out, or they may burn quickly.
Oatmeal Raisin Cookies without Sugar
Ingredients
- 1.5 cups oatmeal (150 g)
- 2 tablespoon wheat flour
- ⅓ cup unsalted butter (80 g)
- 4 tablespoon monk fruit sweetener
- 1 egg
- ½ lemon (zest only)
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- ⅓ cup sunflower seeds (50 g)
- ½ cup raisins (75 g)
Instructions
- Combine oatmeal with unsalted sunflower seeds and roast in half the butter.
- Mix the remaining butter with monk fruit sweetener.
- Add lemon zest and one egg (at room temperature). Stir or mix using a hand mixer to combine.
- In a separate bowl, combine flour with baking powder and stir well to combine. Add to the egg mixture.
- Finally, add the roasted oatmeal and raisins, stir well.
- Preheat the oven to 355℉ (180℃). Line a baking pan with parchment paper and start shaping your cookies. Use approximately 1 teaspoon of the cookie dough for each cookie.
- Bake for 20 minutes or until golden brown.
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Notes
- Be careful not to burn the raisins. It's best when raisins are hidden inside the cookie, not sticking out, or they may burn quickly.
- Feel free to replace the monk fruit sweetener with regular table sugar if your diet allows.
Disclaimer: This nutrition label has been created using the calculator provided by www.verywellfit.com, and it may not be 100% accurate.
Carla
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