Remember oatmeal cookies growing up, before sugar was bad and flour was fattening? The creamed butter and sugar was a combination I simply could not get enough of. After becoming a Trim Healthy Mama, I missed oatmeal cookies (among other foods).
NOTE: this recipe and all of the images had a complete overhaul as of July 2020.
All of the recipes I could find for healthy oatmeal cookies had add-ins like chocolate chips, cranberries, even caramel. While I’m sure those are perfectly delicious, they simply aren’t the same as fresh home baked oatmeal cookies like grandma used to make. (My grandma didn’t bake for me, but I’m imagining if she had ).
Although I initially started with a low fat recipe (THM E) for these cookies, they weren’t right. For an oatmeal cookie like I remember, you need both carbs and fats. (If raisins are in your dream oatmeal cookies, feel free to add some). Thus, after some experimenting, this recipe was born.
More into a different type of cookie? Why not try this Chai Flavored “Sugar” Cookie recipe instead?
Basic Oatmeal Cookies Notes:
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This recipe uses xylitol as it is an affordable sugar substitute that doesn’t have a weird aftertaste or cooling effect. PLEASE remember that xylitol is toxic to dogs, and if your dogs are at risk of consuming one (or more) of these cookies, PLEASE use monkfruit instead. It is not as cost-effective, but it’s worth the extra expense to keep your fur babies safe.
I grind my own oat flour by putting old fashioned oats in my Ninja chopper, but you could also put them in your blender or a coffee grinder. Just grind the heck out of them until you have a fine powder, much like all purpose flour. You could also buy pre-made oat flour, although I have not gone this route.
Basic Sugar-Free Oatmeal Cookies
Equipment
- stand mixer with paddle attachment
Ingredients
- 1 1/4 c unsalted butter softened
- 1 1/4 c xylitol sweetener see note
- 2 tsp blackstrap molasses
- 1/4 c applesauce unsweetened
- 1 tsp vanilla
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 1/2 tsp baking powder aluminum free
- 1/2 tbsp cinnamon
- 1/4 tsp nutmeg
- 3 c old fashioned oats uncooked
- 1 1/2 c oat flour see note
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375°F.
- Cream together the butter and xylitol (or monkfruit) sweetener in a stand mixer.
- Add the molasses, applesauce, and vanilla. Beat well.
- Mix in the baking soda, baking powder, cinnamon, nutmeg, and raw old fashioned oats.
- Meanwhile, grind the 1 1/2 c old fashioned oats into flour. You want it really fine, like all purpose flour.
- Mix the oat flour into the butter mixture.
- Once dough is well combined, scoop the dough onto a parchment lined cookie sheet.
- Bake in preheated oven for 8-9 minutes or until golden brown.
- Let sit for 3-5 minutes, then remove from the cookie sheet to cool and enjoy!
Notes
Did you try this recipe? Let me know how it turned out in the comments below.
Christian, wife, “hybrid” mama, I run the site All Behind A Smile to help others like me.
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