If you give a mouse a cookie, he’s going to ask for a glass of milk…
except the mouse forgot to tell you that he’s vegan. So he’ll ask for a glass of almond milk instead.
When you give him his glass of almond milk, he’ll probably ask ‘Are these cookies made with butter or eggs?’
To which you can happily reply: ‘No mouse. These cookies are kind to all creatures great and small. Your cow friends will rejoice as they have no dairy, and your chicken friends will cluck with joy to know they have no eggs. Even your bee buddies will buzz with bliss as they have no honey.’
The mighty mouse devours his cookie and smiles with glee, then asks ‘May I please have the recipe?’
Everything Awesome Oatmeal Cookies
Everything awesome includes: oats, nuts, seeds, dried fruit and dark chocolate
But nothing nasty like: refined white sugar or flour
They are also suitable for those with special dietary requirements!
These cookies are vegan, gluten free, dairy free, egg free, and Low FODMAP.
Prep Time: 30 minutes Cooking Time: 10 minutes
Makes 3 dozen cookies
Ingredients
Dry Ingredients
- ¾ cup raw pecans
- ¼ cup raw walnuts
- ¾ cup natural almond meal
- ¾ cup gluten free flour (such as brown rice, buckwheat, or gluten free oat flour)
- 1 cup gluten free rolled oats
- ½ cup coconut sugar
- ½ tsp salt
- 1 tsp cinnamon
Wet Ingredients
- 2 tbsp unsweetened coconut or almond milk
- 1 tsp natural vanilla paste
- 3.5 tbsp coconut oil
- ¼ cup brown rice syrup
- ¼ cup maple syrup
Add ins
- 1.25 cups fruit free muesli with nuts & seeds (GF if necessary)
- ½ cup dairy free chocolate chips
- ½ cup dried fruit (such as raisins, or dried cranberries)
Method
- Preheat oven to 350°F (175°C) and line a baking sheet with baking paper.
- Place walnuts and pecans on baking sheet and toast in preheated oven for 8 – 10 minutes, mixing once halfway through. Remove nuts and let cool.
- In a large bowl, sift together the almond meal, flour, coconut sugar, salt and cinnamon. Set aside.
- When nuts have cooled, place them in a food processor with the gluten free rolled oats. Process until finely ground, about 1 minute.
- Add nut/oat mixture to bowl with flour and mix thoroughly to combine.
- In another bowl or large measuring cup, mix together the wet ingredients. If coconut oil is solid, place in microwave for 20 – 30 seconds to melt.
- Add wet ingredients to dry and mix to combine. Once combined fold in gluten free muesli, chocolate chips, and dried fruit.
- Cover dough with cling wrap and place in the fridge for 10 – 15 minutes to chill. While mixture is chilling, line 2 baking sheets with baking paper.
- When dough feels cool to touch, remove it from the fridge. With damp hands, roll about 1 tbsp of dough into a ball, and place on cookie sheet. Repeat with remaining dough. Using your fingers, or the back of a spoon, lightly flatten each ball on the cookie sheet.
- Bake for 10 minutes in oven at 350°F (175°C). Remove from oven and let cool on baking sheet for 2 – 3 minutes before transferring to a cooling rack.
- Cookies will keep in a sealed container in a cool dry place for one week, or frozen for up to 3 months. Makes about 3 dozen cookies.
To download a printable version click here: Everything Awesome Oatmeal Cookies
The particular batch I made are wheat free but not 100% gluten free. I used a bag of the muesli I won in a competition, and the combination of nuts and seeds was sensational! I baked these cookies on saturday and by sunday evening they had all ‘magically disappeared’.
Coincidence?
I think not.
I love your story. Will have to try this!
Well hello new best friend, mr. cookie.
I love Enjoy Life Chocolate Granola (so does my allergy-ridden, gluten-free vegan belly!) and I actually used it to make a recipe too!
http://lungesandlunch.blogspot.ca/2011/05/enjoy-life-granola-and-chocolate-chip.html
Will definitely try these cookies out
oh wow your cookies look so good!!! will have to try them out.
i LOVE oatmeal cookies. like. A LOT. these look yummy! i can’t wait to try them!
i find all things oatmeal highly addictive….at least it’s a healthy obsession right???
seriously! haha exactly. i feel less guilty. right now i’m loving some oatmeal no-bake cookies! they taste like texas sheet cake! i’ll have to share the recipe soon
except… there is butter… :-/ maybe you can help me find a healthier substitute!
hmmm maybe mashed banana or applesauce and then reduce the sugar a bit??? They are my go to substitutes for butter in recipes. Or maybe a nut butter like almond or peanut?
ooh! i didn’t think of that. i’ll have to try that next time. thanks!
Thanks for the recipe.. I love oatmeal cookies!
Love this post. If you give a mouse a cookie is one of my favorite children’s books.
I love those books too!! If you give a mousse a muffin or if you give a pig a pancake are also classics
I didn’t know there were more in series! That’s great. Also, totally random but someone posted on my blog and gave me a “Liebster” award. Basically it’s just some blog chain letter but kind of a fun way to publicize other blogs. Hope you don’t mind but I’m linking to your blog from mine tonight. I love all yours posts so hopefully other people do too. http://whitlikesfit.com/2012/03/29/liebster-award/
Cool thank you!
This recipe rocks! I love me some cookies
Nom! My favourite muesli is Carman’s. Heaven!
these sound fantastic! i’m not much of a baker, but i think this sounds like something i might have to try!
They are really moreish….i think the chocolate chips and nuts are my favourite part. let me know what you think
Wow, those do look awesome! I love the little mouse, too, so sweet
I’ve never baked with granola but there are some incredible raw (dehydrated) ones I buy at Whole Foods that I want to learn how to make myself someday. Awesome lately has been *anything* with coconut and chocolate!
can’t go wrong with that combination!!! ooo raw muesli sounds yum. Do they soak it then dehydrate it??? I’ve tried nuts that have been processed this way and the crunch factor is amazing!
Yum! I must try these. I am a healthy cookie addict – and proud of it!
I love this recipe and am going to put on my list to make. I have just been diagnosed as gluten intolerant and need some ideas. My kids have the book, If you give a pig a pancake…. love it ! Sonia
How wonderful! I love a cookie with a little bit of everything in it; that way, you don’t have to make any hard choices.
Even better that you used coconut sugar. I definitely want to play around with that ingredient a bit more.
I’m really loving coconut sugar at the moment! The taste is like evaporated cane sugar…but it’s low GI which is awesome
I like the idea of coconut sugar, coconut oil, coconut milk and muesli. I will soon be making this for us to munch on all week. Thanks a million for sharing. Printing the recipe right now.
I didn’t realise I put so many coconut ingredients in the cookie until you listed them…i must be going through a coconut craze haha. I hope you enjoy them