Hi guys! How are you? We’ve had a horrible week. Alberto suffered a terrible allergic reaction and we also had to move to another apartment for the third time because we couldn’t find a place to stay in Cologne for the three months we’re going to be here. Fortunately Alberto is much better and we’re enjoying our last days in Germany. We’ll miss Cologne so much, but are so excited because we’ll spend the summer in Spain enjoying the sun, and the good weather, woohoo!
Cookies are delicious and so convenient to eat on the go as a healthy snack or dessert, but they could be also a great breakfast option. You can make a big batch of cookies and enjoy them for a few days with your favorite plant milk, juice or smoothie.
We have some cookie recipes on the blog and oatmeal cookies are our favorite ones because they require just a few ingredients, are super healthy and everybody can make them because the recipes are sooo simple.
These cookies are super chewy and not as crunchy as others, but they’re the healthiest cookies you can make and taste amazing. ? Feel free to add other ingredients like nut butters, nuts, seeds, cocoa powder, jam or whatever you want!
You can see the cookies before and after baking in the picture below. Hope you find it helpful!
Tips:
- To make this recipe we used applesauce and one banana, but you can use only bananas or applesauce if you want, although I can’t tell you how many bananas or how much applesauce you’re going to need, just add them gently until you’ve got a perfect cookie dough (not too wet, not too dry).
- Feel free to use any sweetener instead the agave syrup.
- If you don’t like raisins, just remove this ingredient or add any other dried fruit or even chocolate chips (maybe you’d want to take a look at our chocolate chip oatmeal cookies recipe).
5-ingredient Oatmeal Cookies
- Prep: 10 mins
- Cook: 20 mins
- Total: 30 mins
- 20 1x
- Breakfast
- Vegan, American
Servings 20 1x
These 5-ingredient oatmeal cookies are super chewy and not as crunchy as others, but they’re the healthiest cookies you can make and taste amazing.
Ingredients
- 1 banana
- ½ cup applesauce (160 g)
- 4 tbsp agave syrup
- 2 cups rolled oats (240 g)
- ½ cup raisins (80 g)
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 390ºF or 200ºC.
- Mash the banana in a bowl, then add the applesauce and agave syrup and stir.
- Add the rolled oats and raisins and stir until well combined.
- Scoop the dough (about 1.5 tablespoons each) onto a baking sheet with baking parchment. Press down on the dough mounds with your hands or a tablespoon to slightly flatten.
- Bake the cookies until golden brown (for about 15 to 20 minutes).
- Remove and let set for about 5 minutes on the pan. Then transfer the cookies to a cooling rack until they’re cool.
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 cookie
- Calories: 62
- Sugar: 6.6g
- Sodium: 1mg
- Fat: 0.6g
- Saturated Fat: 0.1g
- Carbohydrates: 13.5g
- Fiber: 1.2g
- Protein: 1.3g
DID YOU MAKE THIS RECIPE?
Please leave a comment below or tag a picture #simpleveganblog. We’d love to see what you cook!
Can quick oats be used instead of rolled oats? Is there a difference in how these cookies will turn out?
Hi! I think it is possible to use quick oats 🙂
They seem to get hard. How do I keep them chewy?
Hi Gazbo! Where have you stored them?
Can I use fresh grated apple to make it a bit heather?
Hi Chantal, feel free to make that change. Hope you enjoy it!
Just made these with my 4 year old and he loved them! He loves the idea that he can have cookies for breakfast 🙂 They are a little bland though so next time i’ll try adding cinnamon. Thanks for the recipe!
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Hi Jen !! It is great to hear that!!! let us know how it is with the cinnamon! Have a nice day!
Finally! I was looking for something which did not use flour, butter, eggs and thought I was just dreaming. I have high cholesterol and need to recover from a toxic condition – but also don’t want added sugars. This recipe is exactly what I was looking for. I even omitted the maple syrup so mine were 4 ingredients! Next time I will try adding a bit more applesauce to banana ratio to have a bit less banana flavour, but AMAZING recipe. Thank you!
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Hi Grazia! You’re so welcome 🙂 I’m so happy for you!
Hi! I followed the recipe exactly the way one should and my dough still fell apart, even after I tried a little more maple syrup and more oats… Is there anything else could do next time to fix this in case I have the same problem again? Thank you!!
Hi Christie! I’m sorry the recipe didn’t work for you. Add less oats or a little bit of milk. You could also leave the dough in the fridge for 20-30 minutes before making the cookies 🙂 Hope it helps!
Yummy and good less sugary alternative to other protein bars and such!
Hi Emma! Thanks a lot 🙂 I’m glad you enjoyed them!
I used 2 cups whole oats, 2 very very ripe banana and 1/2 c unsweetened applesauce and 2 tbs honey. I took 1/4 c golden raisins and chopped them up pretty good and then i added 1 tsp pumpkin pie spice. Yielded 24 and that made them come in at 1 pt a piece on the weight watchers recipe point scale. I am trying to lose weight and go 2 meals out of 3 each day vegan.and vegan snacks. I only tried these warm so far and they are definitely sweet enough and have a good flavor i guess the texture would be my only complaint, i will try them again in the a.m. when they are cool,
Hi Johna! Vegan good is perfect for losing weight as long as you’re eating whole foods and it’s also great for your health 🙂 So glad you liked the cookies!
This is a good basic adaptable and forgiving recipe. I omitted liquid sweetener.
I did not use the applesauce, added one tablespoon almond butter instead.
I don’t like raisins so I subbed a few mini EnjoyLife vegan chocolate chips for a little sweetness.
The key to getting them to stick together is to make into a tight ball first and then flatten round. I baked them in a counter toaster oven at 390 for 12 min.
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Yummy and super simple. Thank you!
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Hi Kate! You’re so welcome 🙂 Have a nice day!
These are delicious! I subbed apple butter for the apple sauce, date syrup for the agave and added 1/2 teaspoon of pumpkin pie spice. I omitted the raisins because I didn’t have any on hand. YUM!
Hi Kelly! Thanks a lot. Sounds so good 😉 Have a nice day!
My husband and I are new vegans as of May 1st, 2017. I’m making these right now for my 2 visiting grandkids who are about 80-90% vegan. Their parents convinced us to adopt a plant based lifestyle after we all watched the documentaries ‘Forks Over Knives and What the Health’. Very eye-opening! But back to the cookies which are smelling wonderful! I had all the ingredients except agave so I subbed my homemade maple syrup instead and threw in a handful of chocolate chips… Little taste testers are loitering around the kitchen now lol. So the verdict is in: most everyone loved them except for the kid who doesn’t like bananas! She ate it but prefers without the offending bananas lol. Tomorrow we’ll try your chocolate chip cookie recipe but this one is a definite do-over!
Hi Martha! Congratulations on going vegan 🙂 I’m so glad you like them 🙂 Have a nice day!
What can be subbed for the applesauce? I don’t have any on hand…
Hi Ann! You could add half banana instead 🙂 Have a nice day!
Anyone tried them with maple syrup?
Hi Sonia! You can use maple syrup as well 😀
Buenas,
Once you’re under the Spanish sun you’ll forget the rest…:):)
Recipe sounds great – will honey work as good as agave syrup??
Hi Ouisder! Yes, you’re right 😉 I’m vegan, so I don’t eat honey, but you can use any sweetener you want. Have a nice day!
I am so sorry to hear that you have had such a tough time recently. Hopefully you are OK now! I really appreciate the fact that you still manage to send out regular newsletters – well done!
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Thanks a lot Karyn! We’re okay now 😉 Hope you have a nice week!