Today I am sharing a recipe for what I have called Oats & Bits Cookies.
There are some cookies that the supermarket bakery sell that we quite like. However they are not gluten free and are high in sugars, preservatives and so on. So I decided to see if I could make my own homemade variety.
I am sharing the gluten free recipe I came up with. I am calling them Oats & Bits Cookies, as I am certain that you could change up the ‘bits’ or ‘fold in ingredients’ depending on personal preference.
Oats & Bits Cookies
Makes 16-18
Ingredients
2 ¼ cups of oats
1 cup almond flour
½ cup maple syrup
85 gms butter (melted)
pinch of salt
1 tbsp vanilla paste
½ tsp ground cinnamon
¼ tsp ground nutmeg
Bits (or Fold in) Ingredients
40g raisins, currants or dried blueberries
1 tbsp pepitas
1 tbsp choc chips (I used dark, dairy free chips)
Method
Preheat the oven to 180’c and line a baking tray with baking paper.
– Pulse 1¾ cups of the oats in a food processor till they are a fine crumb, then transfer to a large mixing bowl.
– Then add the remaining oats, almond flour, cinnamon, nutmeg and salt to the bowl.
– In another smaller bowl, whisk the vanilla, syrup and butter together.
– When combined, add to the bowl with the dry ingredients and mix well.
– Lastly fold in the raisins, pepitas and choc chips.
– Using a tablespoon, place spoons of the mix onto the tray and press lightly into shape.
Bake for 20 min, or until golden.
Let the cookies cool on the tray for a while before transferring to a wire rack to cool completely.
I think that the beauty of these cookies is that you could add anything from the pantry as a fold in ingredient.
Things like – chopped nuts, chopped dried apricots, your favourite muesli or granola, whatever you fancy.
I hope you have fun creating your style of Oats & Bits Cookies.
Till the next post,
Live clean n Prosper
