Healthy Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies
User Reviews
5
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Prep Time
10 mins
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Cook Time
10 mins
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Total Time
20 mins
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Servings
12
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Calories
220 kcal
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Course
Dessert, Baked Goods
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Cuisine
American
Healthy Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies
Description
The Healthy Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies blend whole wheat pastry flour and rolled oats to create a tender but textured cookie with a mild nutty flavor. Cinnamon gives a warm spice note, while coconut sugar and applesauce provide natural sweetness and moisture. The addition of baking soda and baking powder ensures a gentle rise, resulting in a cookie that is soft yet holds its shape. Folding in chocolate chips introduces melty pockets of bittersweet contrast.
Baked at 350°F for 9-10 minutes, the cookies develop lightly browned edges that offer a subtle crispness around the chewy centers. Pressing the dough balls down slightly before baking shapes them evenly. These cookies offer a dessert that is satisfying without excessive richness and can appeal to those seeking alternatives to traditional sugary cookies.
Ingredient substitutions are possible, such as using all-purpose flour for the pastry flour, quick oats in place of rolled oats, or butter instead of coconut oil. Applesauce can be swapped with mashed bananas or yogurt, bearing in mind slight flavor changes. The cookies are best enjoyed fresh but can be stored for several days. Their combination of oats and warm spices suits snack times or casual desserts.
All-purpose flour can substitute whole wheat pastry flour; a gluten-free 1:1 flour may also work.Quick oats are an acceptable substitute if rolled oats are unavailable.Butter or neutral oils like olive or avocado oil can replace coconut oil.Mashed bananas or yogurt can substitute the applesauce with flavor variations.Regular granulated sugar may be used instead of coconut sugar.
Ingredients
- 1 cup whole wheat pastry flour
- 1 ½ cup rolled oats
- ½ teaspoon baking soda
- ½ teaspoon baking powder
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- ¼ teaspoon salt sea salt
- 1 large egg
- ¼ cup coconut oil melted
- ¼ cup applesauce
- ½ cup coconut sugar
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- ½ cup chocolate chips
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°F and line a baking tray with parchment paper or spray with cooking spray.
- In a large mixing bowl stir together dry ingredients: flour, oats, baking soda, baking powder, cinnamon and sea salt.
- In a medium mixing bowl whisk together wet ingredients: egg, coconut oil, applesauce, coconut sugar and vanilla extract.
- Add wet ingredients to dry ingredients and stir to combine.
- Gently fold in chocolate chips.
- Using a cookie scoop or Tablespoon drop dough balls onto prepared cookie sheet. Press cookie dough down into a cookie shape with a spoon or your fingers.
- Bake for 9-10 minutes, until lightly browned on the edges.
- Let cookies cool slightly and then transfer to a wire rack to finish cooling. Enjoy!
Notes
- If you don't have whole wheat pastry flour, using all-purpose flour or a gluten-free 1:1 flour blend will work.
- Quick oats can replace rolled oats in a pinch without drastically affecting texture.
- Butter or neutral oils like olive or avocado oil can be used instead of coconut oil.
- Mashed bananas or yogurt may substitute applesauce but may alter the flavor slightly.
- Regular granulated sugar can be used instead of coconut sugar if needed.
Nutrition Information
Show DetailsNutrition Facts
Serving: 12Serving
Amount Per Serving
Calories 220 kcal
% Daily Value*
| Serving | 1 cookie | |
| Calories | 220kcal | 11% |
| Carbohydrates | 32g | 11% |
| Protein | 4g | 8% |
| Fat | 9g | 14% |
| Saturated Fat | 6g | 30% |
| Cholesterol | 16mg | 5% |
| Sodium | 131mg | 5% |
| Potassium | 173mg | 4% |
| Fiber | 2g | 8% |
| Sugar | 15g | 30% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.
User Reviews
Overall Rating
5
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