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Healthy Oatmeal Raisin Cookies

If you’re looking for a healthy oatmeal raisin cookies recipe, this one is a winner. It has all the flavors you crave, but not the fat. It’s a chewy and puffy cookie studded with oats, raisins and flax seeds for extra fibre and omega 3.

Prep Time
10 mins
Cook Time
10 mins
Additional Time
10 mins
Total Time
34 mins
Servings: 12 cookies
Calories: 207 kcal
Course: Dessert , Breakfast , Snacks
Cuisine: American

Ingredients

  • 1 1/3 cups oats rolled oats or quick cooking
  • 1/3 cup flour all purpose
  • pinch of salt
  • 1/4 teaspoon baking powder
  • 1/4 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1 teaspoon cinnamon ground
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla
  • 6 tablespoons butter unsalted butter is best and it should be at room temperature ( margarine may be substituted)
  • 3/4 cup brown sugar light brown sugar
  • 1 egg
  • 3/4 cup raisins
  • 1/3 cup flax seeds

Notes

  • Make sure your butter is room temperature, not too cold nor too hot to get the perfect oatmeal cookie.
  • Use both baking powder and baking soda for puffy and light as air oatmeal cookies.
  • The cookie dough should not be too runny when you're trying to shape your cookies. If you feel the oatmeal cookies aren;t holding their shape before baking, then add 1/4 cup more of oatmeal to the dough and try again.
  • Male sure your oven is preheated so the cookies don't over spread.
  • You can make endless oatmeal cookies varieties using this healthy oatmeal cookie as a base. So instead of raisins add chocolate chip for a healthy oatmeal chocolate chip cookie.
  • Also because I've had plenty of comments about the flax seeds, they're totally optional :) So replace them with nuts if you prefer or skip them all together.
  • Store the baked oatmeal cookies in a air tight container for up to 6 days or freeze them baked for up to 4 months. 
  • If you want to freeze unbaked cookies, then it's best to shape the cookie dough into cookies and freeze them in a single layer on a baking sheet. Once frozen, place the cookies in a ziploc bag in the freezer and bake them as needed.
  • Bake the frozen cookies at the same temperature for an extra 3-4 minutes max.
  • These healthy oatmeal cookies are crispy on the outside and chewy puffy on the inside, however you can get a crisper oatmeal cookie by adding 2 extra minutes to your baking time. 
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