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5-Ingredient Healthy Sweet Potato Oatmeal Cookies

These soft and chewy cookies are warmly-spiced and such a lovely healthier treat. Flourless, easy to prepare and so versatile! Add your favorite goodies like chopped nuts or dried fruit.

Prep Time
20 mins
Cook Time
20 mins
Total Time
31 mins
Servings: 9 Cookies
Calories: 194 kcal
Course: Breakfast , Baked Goods
Cuisine: American

Ingredients

  • ⅔ cup sweet potato cooked and mashed
  • ⅓ cup pure maple syrup
  • ½ cup unsweetened almond butter
  • 2 cups rolled oats
  • 1 tsp ground cinnamon
  • ½ tsp sea salt
  • Optional additions:
  • 1 tsp pure vanilla extract
  • ½ tsp ground ginger
  • ½ cup to 1 cup chocolate chips

Instructions

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  1. Cook the sweet potato using your preferred method (see post above for cooking instructions).
  2. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Line a large baking sheet with parchment paper.
  3. Allow the potato to cool to room temperature. You can speed up this process by cooling it in the refrigerator. Once cool enough to handle, mash the sweet potato with a fork or potato masher and measure out ⅔ cup.
  4. Transfer the mashed sweet potato to a large bowl, along with the almond butter and pure maple syrup (and vanilla extract, if adding). Mix the wet ingredients together until they are well-combined.
  5. Add the oats, cinnamon, and salt (dry ingredients) to the mixing bowl and mix until a thick, sticky cookie dough forms. The dough will be much stickier than regular cookie dough. This is normal.
  6. If you’d like you can stir in chocolate chips.
  7. Drop mounds of cookie dough onto the parchment lined baking sheet. Note that the dough won’t spread or change form during the baking process, so form it into disc shapes using your hands or press dough balls with the back of large spoon. I make 9 cookies out of the dough but you can make any size cookies you like. Just note that the cook time can vary depending on the size of the dough mounds.
  8. Bake cookies on the center rack of the preheated oven for 10 to 12 minutes or until they are golden brown around the edges.
  9. Remove the cookies from the oven and allow them to cool for at least 10 minutes before moving them off of the cookie sheet. Enjoy!

Nutrition Information

Serving 1cookie (of 9( Calories 194kcal (10%) Carbohydrates 25g (8%) Protein 5g (10%) Fat 10g (15%) Saturated Fat 1g (5%) Polyunsaturated Fat 1g Monounsaturated Fat 1g Sodium 150mg (6%) Fiber 3g (12%) Sugar 9g (18%)

Nutrition Facts

Serving: 9Cookies

Amount Per Serving

Calories 194

% Daily Value*

Serving 1cookie (of 9(
Calories 194kcal 10%
Carbohydrates 25g 8%
Protein 5g 10%
Fat 10g 15%
Saturated Fat 1g 5%
Polyunsaturated Fat 1g 6%
Monounsaturated Fat 1g 5%
Sodium 150mg 6%
Fiber 3g 12%
Sugar 9g 18%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.