Chewy and delicious Guilt-Free Oatmeal Raisin Cookies easily made with simple, wholesome ingredients, studded with raisins and naturally sweetened for the perfect healthy cookie you can enjoy for breakfast or serve as an after school snack!
Oh hey, remember me?  Well I actually happen to have some recipes to share with you now that I finally found time to cook! I’ve been battling the flu since this past weekend so my apologies that my recipe comes to you on a Wednesday. Major blogger FAIL I know. But hey, I promise this recipe was worth the wait!  Cheesy?
Yeah you’ll get over it.
Let me just begin by saying, these cookies have absolutely NO eggs, oil, sugar or butter…..BOOM. A winner in my book already. Now I’m well aware those ingredients pretty much encompass everything that people love about a cookie, but these taste insanely good and without the guilt! Believe it or not they taste a lot like banana bread, probably because bananas are used as the main component which hold all the ingredients together. I subbed plain Greek yogurt for the oil and sweetened these up with some vanilla extract, cinnamon and allspice. I promise you, this recipe is definitely worth saving and is great for a quick breakfast when you’re on the go. They also freeze really well too!
And a quick little update, I just saw a preview of my new blog design and can hardly wait to launch everything! I told my designer I wanted the gorgeous style of a wedding blog combined with delicious recipes and fun little details. She is definitely capturing my vision and I’m super excited to share everything with you all. Until then, I hope you enjoy these cookies!!
Guilt-Free Oatmeal Raisin Cookies
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 cup old fashioned rolled oats
- 1 cup unsweetened coconut flakes
- 1/2 tsp. sea salt
- 1 tsp. cinnamon
- 1/2 tsp. allspice
- 1/2 cup mixed nuts, finely chopped (I used pecans, walnuts and almonds)
- 1 cup raisins
- 3 ripe bananas, mashed
- 1/4 cup plain Greek yogurt
- 1 tsp. vanilla extract
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. In one bowl, combine rolled oats, coconut flakes, salt, cinnamon, allspice and chopped mixed nuts. Stir in raisins and set aside.
- In a smaller bowl, whisk together mashed bananas, Greek yogurt and vanilla extract until smooth and all lumps are gone. Pour over dry ingredients and mix well.
- Using a round cookie cutter (or shape with your hands), spoon mixture into the cutter pressing firmly then removing the cutter. Shape should keep form; do this until you have 20 cookies or you run out of batter. Bake at 350 degrees F for about 15 to 20 minutes and enjoy!
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
What can i replace allspice with?
Feel free to use a combination of cinnamon, nutmeg and ground cloves 🙂
I am sorry I have to ask. I thought oats is not gluten-free.
You are correct 🙂 The title of these is “guilt-free” haha, sorry for the confusion!
I just made these and am in LOVE!! I’m Just wondering if these should be stored in the refrigerator and if they would freeze well?
These absolutely would!! 🙂
They look so yummy!!
But everytime I try recipes like these (oatmeal raisin cookies/bars..etc) they taste weird (too raw and chewy) and after 2 days or so they either smell weird or get too hard. Think I’m doing something wrong..haha
xx
Just make sure to store them in a sealed air-tight container and that should keep them soft and chewy! 🙂
Has anyone tried substituting pumpkin & apple sauce for the bananas? Was thinking the pumpkin with pie spice might make a flavorful cookie.
OMG yum! These look so tasty! Can’t wait to try it. Thanks for the great recipe Kelly
Where do you buy unsweetened coconut flakes at?
cant wait to make these cookies!
Thanks
While these look absolutely amazing, i was not able to make them. I think these may be better for the vegetarian recipes as Vegans don’t consume dairy. Do you have any substitutes for the greek yogurt? I’m always looking for great vegan desserts.
These are amahzing!
If there is one food I am really bad at craving, it’s biscuits, cookies and the like.
Fab recipe. I subbed half the coconut for LSA (cause that’s all I had) and used chopped almonds, vanilla bean paste and Greek honey yoghurt. And three way overripe previously frozen narnas.
In love. Thanks!