Vegan oatmeal cookies, chewy, sweet, and delicious. They only require 8 ingredients and just need 30 minutes to be ready!
I can’t live without these vegan oatmeal cookies! They are extremely easy to make, sweet, and delicious. Of course, as they are homemade, these cookies are healthier than the regular ones.
Besides, they only require 8 simple ingredients you probably already have on hand and you can customize them however you’d like. And they make the perfect healthy snack suitable for the whole family to enjoy!
- Preheat the oven to 350ºF or 180ºC.
- Add the vegan butter and sugar to an electric mixer bowl (photo 1) and beat until light and fluffy (photo 2). You could also use a regular large bowl and a hand mixer.
- Incorporate all the remaining ingredients (photo 3) and mix until well combined (photo 4).
- Now it’s time to make the cookies! Fill a cookie scoop with dough and just press and release onto a lined baking sheet (photo 5). Place them evenly onto the baking sheet, about 2 inches apart from each other (about 5 cm) (photo 6).
- Bake for about 10 to 15 minutes (photo 7).
- Remove from the oven and allow the cookies to cool on the baking sheet for 5 minutes before transferring them to a cooling rack to cool completely (photo 8).
- Serve your vegan oatmeal cookies warm or at room temperature.
Ingredients and tips
- Vegan butter: store-bought vegan butter works really well, but I suggest you make your own vegan butter at home, as it’s healthier. You could also use coconut oil (softened, but not melted) instead.
- Brown sugar: any type of sugar will do. Cane, coconut, and granulated sugar also work amazingly well with this recipe.
- Oats: I used quick oats, but pretty much any type of oats are a good choice.
- All-purpose flour: I’ve never made this recipe with a different type of flour, but I believe it would work, so feel free to use gluten-free flour if needed.
- Flax egg: it’s made with ground flaxseeds and water and it’s an excellent egg replacer in baking goods.
- Vanilla extract: I always use homemade vanilla extract as it’s more affordable and extremely easy to make, but the store-bought version is also a good choice.
- Baking soda.
- Salt: I used iodized salt, but any type of salt will do.
- You can eat them on the go or serve them along with your turmeric latte, matcha latte, or golden milk.
Looking for more vegan snacks?
- Vegan Chocolate Chip Cookies
- Vegan Cookie Dough
- Vegan Peanut Butter Cookies
- Vegan Gingerbread Cookies
- Vegan Sugar Cookies
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Vegan Oatmeal Cookies
- Prep: 15 mins
- Cook: 15 mins
- Total: 30 mins
- 18 cookies 1x
- Snack, Breakfast
- American
- Vegan
Servings 18 cookies 1x
Vegan oatmeal cookies, chewy, sweet, and delicious. They only require 8 ingredients and just need 30 minutes to be ready!
Ingredients
- ½ cup vegan butter (110 g), softened
- 1 cup brown sugar (200 g)
- 1 and ½ cups oats (120 g), I used quick oats
- 1 and ½ cups all-purpose flour (190 g)
- 1 flax egg
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- ½ tsp baking soda
- ¼ tsp salt
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350ºF or 180ºC.
- Add the vegan butter and sugar to an electric mixer bowl and beat until light and fluffy. You could also use a regular large bowl and a hand mixer.
- Incorporate all the remaining ingredients and mix until well combined.
- If your dough is too sticky, refrigerate for 15 to 30 minutes.
- Now it’s time to make the cookies! I used a cookie scoop, but feel free to use a regular spoon or even your hands. Fill the scoop with dough and just press and release onto a lined baking sheet. Place them evenly onto the baking sheet, about 2 inches apart from each other (about 5 cm).
- Bake for about 10 to 15 minutes or until the cookies are lightly golden brown. They will be soft when they come out of the oven but will firm up as they cool.
- Remove from the oven and allow the cookies to cool on the baking sheet for 5 minutes before transferring them to a cooling rack to cool completely.
- Serve your vegan oatmeal cookies warm or at room temperature with a cup of turmeric latte, matcha latte, or golden milk.
- Store them in an airtight container for about 1 week or in the freezer for up to 3 months.
Notes
- You could also use coconut oil (softened, but not melted) instead of vegan butter.
- Any type of sugar and oats will do.
- I’ve never made this recipe with a different type of flour, but I believe it would work, so use gluten-free flour if needed.
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 vegan oatmeal cookie
- Calories: 152
- Sugar: 10.9 g
- Sodium: 123 mg
- Fat: 5.5 g
- Saturated Fat: 1.6 g
- Carbohydrates: 23.6 g
- Fiber: 1.1 g
- Protein: 2.1 g
You could replace some of the oats/flour mixtures with the oat pulp. But try to dry out the pulp mixture so it doesn’t make the batter too wet.
Hi is there a way to substitute the butter with applesauce to make it somewhat healthier?
This is far by my favourite oatmeal cookie recipe but would love to try making it healthier too
Hope you can help thanks
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Hi Tahira! You could use coconut oil (softened, but not melted) instead. Also, you can make your own butter 🙂
Thank you I had replaced some of the butter with mashed carrots and peanut butter. Tastes amazing.
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How do you incorporate oat pulp from oat milk in the recipe?
Would it be possible to make them slightly healthier by replacing some of the butter with peanut butter instead?
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Hi Tahira! I haven’t tried it myself but I think it would work well!
I’ve made these, I also added some chocolate chips. They taste like flapjacks. Nice soft and chewy.
I was wondering would you be able to freeze them so make a batch in advance.
I’ve never liked the flapjacks in shops ended up tasting too sweet and hard these are perfect.
Would love to make these as snacks
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Hi! Thanks for your comment! I haven’t tried it myself but I think it would work 🙂
I’ve tried freezing them and what can I say perfect snack in the summer.. I definitely want to try it with oat flour next time too
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So glad you liked it Tahira!
These are amazing like flapjack cookies. Chewy and soft
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So glad you liked it!
Could I sub apple sauce for the oil?
Hi! I haven’t tried it myself but I think it would work 🙂
Would this work with whole wheat flour or oat flour as well? Thanks
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Hi Tahira! I’ve never made this recipe with a different type of flour, but I believe it would work 🙂
Will be making this soon i never had oatmeal cookies before perfect for my office snacks will dm you if i make this and let you know how it goes Thanks Ramya
Hi! Hope you liked it 🙂