Looking for a delicious oatmeal cookie recipe that packs whole grains and other real ingredients? Have your cookie and eat it, too! Get the best of both worlds with these Healthy Oatmeal Cookies — something healthy and something sweet.
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Healthy Oatmeal Cookies
These oatmeal cookies have a bite to them. And? There has to be a chocolate chip in every bite. We substituted some of the processed sugar in this recipe with maple syrup and we use brown sugar to add a chew bite to the recipe.
why we love these cookies
These oatmeal cookies are easy to whip up and freeze for later.
They are lower in sugar than most oatmeal cookies!
You can freeze the cookie dough or the cookies themselves.
We love that you can add your favorite mix-ins to change up the recipe.
Ingredients You Need
- Rolled Oats: for these oatmeal cookies you need to pulverize them a bit! Do do this you can use a food processor or coffee grinder.
- All Purpose Flour: we needed to choose a flour that made these cookies a bit lighter when mixed with the oats so we decided on all purpose flour.
- Light Brown Sugar: brown sugar adds a bit of chewiness to these cookies.
- Cinnamon: what would an oatmeal cookie be without a bit of cinnamon? Don’t skip it!
- Mini Chocolate Chips: mini chocolate chips give you a chocolate chip in every bite.
- Eggs: don’t skip the eggs and be sure they are large eggs.
- Maple Syrup: we use a mixture of brown sugar and a mixture of maple syrup to sweeten these babies up.
- Vanilla Extract: love the bit of sweetness and flavor vanilla gives all cookies!
Ingredient Swaps
All-purpose flour—> 1:1 gluten free flour mix
Rolled oats—> quick cooking oats (you wouldn’t have to pulverize the oats if you use these)
Light brown sugar—> dark brow sugar will work, too.
Mini chocolate chips—> regular chocolate chips
Maple syrup—> we do not recommend substituting maple for honey in this recipe.
Fun Add-Ins
The sky is the limit when it comes to ingredient add-ins. You can add any of the ingredients below to these cookies or feel free to get created.
- Nuts (walnuts or pecans)
- Raisins
- Craisins
- M&Ms
- White chocolate chips
How to Make Oatmeal Cookies
- Pulverize the oats. If you are using rolled oats, pulverize the rolled oats in a small food processor or a coffee grinder. Just be sure to rinse your coffee grinder before and after!
- Whisk dry ingredients together. Add all of the dry ingredients together (minus the brown sugar) and whisk them together until combined. Set aside for later.
- Cream the butter and sugar. Place the butter and sugar into a large bowl and mix for 3-5 minutes or until light and fluffy. Drizzle the maple syrup into the mixture and cream the maple into the sugar mixture.
- Add the egg. Crack the egg into the bowl and mix until just combined.
- Add dry ingredients to wet ingredients. Slowly add the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients until combined and a cookie dough is formed.
- Refrigerate the cookie dough. Cover the cookie dough and refrigerate the cookie dough. This hydrates the flour in the dough and firms up the dough so they don’t spread on the cookie sheet.
- Bake. Scoop the cookie dough onto the baking sheet and bake at 350ºF for 8-10 minutes.
Healthy Oatmeal Cookies FAQ
Yes, you can substitute a the large egg with a flax egg. Check out how to make a flax egg.
No, but you can make them gluten free by buy certified gluten free oats and using 1:1 gluten free flour instead of all purpose flour.
Keep these cookies in an air-tight container at room temperature for up to 5 days, making sure they fully cool before storing.
Simply store in an air-tight container (large Ziplocs work great for this!), and write the date you made the cookies + the name of the cookies on the bag before placing in the freezer.
oatmeal cookie right now, remove a cookie from the freezer and place in the microwave for 1 minute on defrost, or until it’s chewy and delicious.
Yes, make the cookie dough as written in the recipe and the place it in a freezer safe container. Freeze for up to 3 months.
Healthy Oatmeal Cookies
This healthy oatmeal cookie recipe is chewy and has a chocolate chip in every bite. Make a batch and eat them right away or freeze them for later.
Ingredients
Dry
- 1.25 cups rolled oats, lightly pulverized (or quick-cooking oats)
- 1/2 cup all-purpose flour
- 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
- 1/2 cup chocolate chips
- 1/4 cup light brown sugar, packed
Wet
- 1/2 cup unsalted butter
- 1/2 cup maple syrup
- 1 large egg
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350ºF. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper and set aside.
- Place oats into a food processor and blend for 15-20 seconds to lightly pulverize, shredding them into smaller pieces. If you’re using quick cooking oats, omit this step.
- Add oats, flour, baking powder, cinnamon, and salt to a bowl and mix well. Set aside.
- Using a standing mixer, cream butter and brown sugar together on medium/high speed until light and fluffy.
- Scrape the sides of the bowl and then turn the mixer on low speed and slowly add the maple syrup to the butter and sugar. Beat on medium/high until light and fluffy.
- Add egg and continue mixing. Scrape the sides of the bowl, add vanilla, and mix until light and fluffy.
- Slowly add dry ingredients (everything but the chocolate chips) to wet ingredients, 1/4 cup at a time, mixing on low. Last, fold in mini chocolate chips.
- Place the cookie dough in the refrigerator for 30 minutes to harden and to allow the flour in the cookie dough to hydrate.
- Using a tablespoon cookie scoop, roll dough into ball and slightly flatten between your palms. Place on cookie sheet and bake for 8-10 minutes.
- Remove cookies from oven, let cool, and enjoy!
Tips & Notes
- This recipe was updated on January 6th, 2022. Click here for the old recipe.
Nutrition Facts
Serving Size: 1 Calories: 122 Sugar: 10 Fat: 5 Carbohydrates: 18 Fiber: 1 Protein: 2Keywords: healthy oatmeal cookies
I loved the recipe, with a little change, they turned out delicious, crunchy, moist and just the right touch of sweetness. I reduced the brown sugar to a little less than half a cup, added a ripe mashed banana and some walnuts.
Thank you for this healthy cookies recipe, love baking them more than store bought.
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Way too sweet and batter way too dry. I did no read reviews before cooking. Should’ve. How this has almost 5 star rating I don’t understand.
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Los postres son siempre mejor si están acompañados con un buen café
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Si! Delicioso!
These have a great flavour and the oatmeal texture was nice. I used 2/3 organic cane sugar and 1/3 coconut sugar. I chopped up some dark (70%) chocolate for the chips. The only criticism is that they didn’t flatten out.
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I added a quarter cup of brewers yeast to make these lactation cookies, came out great!
Such a great idea!
The taste was quite good but there was too much sugar. Dough was dry so added a tablespoon of peanut butter and a tablespoon of milk.
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I agree with this one. I also added banana bits and lessen the sugar too and some raisins. kinda want it to be a healthy cookie recipe.
Can you be more specific with all the changes you made (amounts, etc.). Your cookies look great!
I just made these cookies and do not like them at all. It has a cake-like consistency and the cinnamon flavor is too strong.
Yes, it was looking dry so I took that advice, I also only did only half the sugar and added 2 tablespoons honey. Turned out just perfect!! xoxo <3
So you kept everything else the same except for using half the sugar and adding 2T honey? I want to make this today. Thanks.
This is a really nice trick. I made the oatmeal cookies for the very first time with 1/2 cup brown sugar, 2 Tbsp honey, 1 Tbsp peanut butter and 1 Tbsp milk. They came out beautifully. The flavor of cinnamon came out a little stronger for my taste. I would use 1/2 tsp of it the next time. All in all, a really good recipe.
So I’m only labeling it a three stars cus I used oat flour instead and over whipped the eggs so my end result was a ball not a cookie 😄lol but if at first we don’t succeed try try again right 👍🏻Thanks for sharing this great recipe. They are delish.
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Hello! these look and sound amazing! Can I use rye flour instead of the wheat/white? Otherwise I have all purpose flour too … will that work? Lastly, can I use a sugar substitute, like golden monkfruit or some other sugar-like substance?
Hi! If anything I would use all-purpose. I’ve never had that sugar substitute, so I can’t speak to that!
These are tasty but PLEASE do not label them as healthy! Whole wheat flour doesn’t forgive the loads of sugar in here.
These cookies are excellent! I have been trying several ‘healthy’ oatmeal cookie recipes lately and they were too dry or to soft . These have the perfect taste and texture and they spread just the right amount. I didn’t get quite 24 cookies so I will add a bit of unsweetened applesauce next time to extend the dough. (I’m trying to keep them to 3 points each for weight watchers. I did not find them too sweet but to cut the calories from sugar a little, I used part Sukrin Gold and Monk fruit. I used the quick cooking oats. I also used part barley flour but I think any flour (combo) would work. Thank you!
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These cookies are generally satisfying (the cinnamon is a nice touch), but are way too sweet. In fact, many typical chocolate chip cookies call for 1 cup of sugar, so I’m not quite sure what qualifies these as “healthy.” I’d suggest reducing the sugar by a substantial amount – I haven’t experimented so I can’t make a specific suggestion – but 1 cup is overkill.
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These cookies are fantastic! I used regular size dark chocolate chips since that’s what I had and added raisins, which I hydrated like another person suggested. My only tip would be to double the recipe because they are so delicious! Bookmark this recipe!
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Exactly what I was looking for! I made mine vegan by using Earth Balance butter and a flax egg. I did everything else per instruction, cooked for 11m, and they are PERFECT. The dough is delicious too- I saved half the batch to eat uncooked! Thank you!
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So glad your vegan substitutions worked!
This recipe was awesome. It was my first time EVER making cookies so I read the recipe and a lot of the comments and it turned out so good. I added 2.5 tbsp of soy milk because the dough ended up being dry and I added an extra tsp of cinnamon. Also I had to bake it for 20 mins for it to be done, but I think it was because I made really big cookies. Thank you so much for the easy steps. I will no longer be buying things that I can easily bake myself :).
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So glad you loved these cookies!!
Delicious!!! What can i do to keep them in good conditions without fridge i want to leave some at work
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I would let them cool completely and then store them in a container in a cool, dark place!
These were delicious! Used old fashion oats so my dough was a bit dry but after flattening just a bit they baked up beautifully. Added chopped cherries and unsweetened coconut to half the batch and they ww amazing too!
Can the dough be frozen before cooking? I make this every week for my daughter’s lunchbox (I use spelt flour and a bit less sugar) and would love to freeze the mixture to only have to bake it each week rather than make the dough as well 😊
Hey Kat! We haven’t personally tried freezing the dough, but I bet it would be just fine!
I shaped half the dough into balls and froze in a zipper freezer bag. They lasted several months
and I would just remove as needed from freezer to enjoy fresh baked cookies when the craving hit. Just added a few minutes to baking time. Delicious every time!
Great recipe. Easy and quick. I used half the sugar and raisins and some toasted nuts. Dough was dry so added little buttermilk. These Cookies are Now my favourite with morning tea!
Hi. My boyfriend had a heart attack recently. We have been told by doctors that coconut oil is saturated fat and he shouldn’t have that in his food. We are looking for alternatives for him.
Hey! Could I use coconut oil instead of butter? Also what can I replace eggs with?
Hi Sanya! Yes, you can use coconut oil instead. We have not made this recipe without eggs!
Great recipe! i love these cookies. The dough was too dry to form into balls without falling apart so I added a couple tbsp of oat milk. They turned out great!
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