I’ve been feeling like a oatmeal connoisseur over here lately (you know, anything for that milk supply). On a low-key morning that’s meant a little oatmeal bowl for breakfast (with added collagen peptides, chia seeds, a splash of maple, dousing of cinnamon, sprinkle of spirulina, or handful of raisins).
But on a busy morning? Like after a night of no sleep and no hands free to make something?
Well then. On those mornings, I was needing something extra easy. Full of goodness. And able to eat with one hand, until I could make a more proper meal.
Oh. And also, something more fun. For everyone in the house, guests included too in these early weeks of visitors.
Because everyone- mama or not, loves a little weekend cookie. Especially one that’s so simple & all real ‘gredies:
GF OATMEAL CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIES
Makes 1 dozen cookies
1 cup gf oats ( I love Trader Joe’s brand)
1 cup blanched almond flour
6 TB coconut sugar
1/2 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp baking soda
1 egg (or a flax egg)
3 TB coconut oil, melted
1 handful mini chocolate chips
If needed, place batter in the fridge for a few minutes to make it easier to scoop out. When ready, roll into cookie balls and space out on a parchment lined baking sheet. Wet hands and flatten each ball slightly. Bake at 350 for 8-10 minutes.
Other great additions could include coconut flakes, chia or flax seeds, peanut butter, almond butter or raisins.
And for extra lactation boosting powers (if you’re going for that), I’ve been adding 1-2 tablespoons ground flaxmeal (I make my own by grinding flax seeds in my coffee grinder or vitamix to make it easy but you can also buy it pre-made), and 2 teaspoons brewers yeast (I use this gluten-free version). The gf oats have natural lactation producing ingredients too.
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Love this recipe? You’d love the cookbook then too. And be sure to check out the brand new Food Academy, now open for enrollment, and the seasonal meal plans!
These look great and Id lover to try them. However I’m allergic to almonds, so I’m wondering about how to sub the flour. I have no problem with gluten, so could I just sub a cup of flour? Or would I need to alter the recipe in another way? Thanks!
If you try it let us know! I can’t do gluten at all so I’m not sure, but it seems like it could work!
Am i missing something here? Where are the instructions? And any suggestions for a coconut sugar swap? I’d love to make these ASAP!!!
Hi Sara! The instructions are listed below ? you can use regular or brown sugar instead of coconut sugar if you don’t have it. Enjoy!
I’m also looking for instructive instructions. Just ingredients listed and cook time isn’t sufficient (kindly hoping your new cookbook has more info than the above example or I won’t be buying it..). I mixed in order of ingredients listed – for a new mama gift – and am concerned they won’t come out well as the eggs absorbed weirdly in the oat and flour mix before I added the oil… Hopefully they’ll turn out ok, but either way. Order of ingredient mixing should be included at a minimum and how to deal with too dry/change in consistency if adding other suggested ingredients, etc. would be very much appreciated
These are really a recipe you can’t mess up! I mix up everything in a big bowl, liquids first usually and then dry ingredients and add more egg/oil if needed! You got this!! xx
Sarah, somewhat embarrassed to say that my husband and I have eaten through 3 batches of these cookies over the past 2 weeks, yesterday we went outdoors and it was such a treat to eat the last 2 cookies after our hike. I brought 2 batches to work today and my colleagues are buzzing and eating them up. I did add coarse salt to the recipe. This is definitely my new favorite cookie – Thank you so much for sharing this!
Added some peanut butter to make the batter more moist and they turned out soo good! Thank you for a great receipe!
These are now my go to recipe. I make these once a week. My kids love them. Love baking a healthy treat for them that tastes so great.
I followed the recipe but th dough was so dry and crumbly that I couldn’t form it into balls. Even after almost an hour in the fridge. I ended up needing to ass another egg and more oil for it to stick together. Am I the only one? Or What am I missing??
An extra egg or even extra coconut oil would work for dry dough! Make sure you melt the coconut oil too so that it adds some liquid to the dough!