These No Sugar Added Oatmeal and Almond Cookies are flavorful and crispy, they hide very well just how good they are for you. It's coffee time!
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Not long ago I was musing about how I got my coffee addiction: I can blame my grandma for it. With coffee she always served something else, whether it was galletas de panadería, coconetes, or some other cookies or crackers.
So here’s my cookies that go perfect with coffee: No Sugar Added Oatmeal and Almond Cookies.
These are very different from grandma’s cookies, but every bit as good. They’re easy to make, and I fooled kids and grownups who couldn’t guess that these were “healthier” cookies.
It’s incredible how crispy they were. Made with natural ingredients, and sweetened with Medjool dates, they are also very nutritious. Perfect for snacking too. I see me adding a new tradition to our family.
Buen provecho!
No Sugar Added Oatmeal and Almond Cookies – Recipe & Video
Ingredients
- Oil for greasing the baking tray
- 1 cup of steel-cut oatmeal [120g]
- 1 cup of blanched , slivered almonds[160g]
- 10 pitted medjool dates
- 1 teaspoon of vanilla extract
- 1 egg
- 2 tablespoons of vegetable oil (coconut or avocado)
Instructions
- Heat oven to 350 ºF [175 ºC]. Grease a baking tray.
- Pulse the oatmeal in the food processor for two minutes over medium speed. Add the remaining ingredients, and pulse until it turns into a firm dough.
- Make into 12 balls of approx. 1 1/2″ [4 cm] diameter. Place on the baking tray and press to flatten until they have an approx. thickness of 1/4″ [0.75 cm], or thinner for crispier cookies.
- Bake for 20 mins, or until they turn golden brown. Remove from the oven and cool on a wire rack.
- Serve freshly made, or store in a tight container for two days, or a week in the fridge.
Video
Notes
Very low in sodium
Low in sugar
High in manganese
I made these cookies with some natural cold pressed coconut oil instead of the canola oil and it gave the cookies a delicious coconut taste. Very good recipe!
I tried these and really enjoyed them. Am always looking for recipes with no added sugar and dates are always a great substitue for that. The texture surprised me, very crispy and held together well enough for dunking with my tea. Thanks for the recipe!
These cookies sound so good and I feel the same as you do about family photographs. I have boxes of them too. Both food and photography keep you connected to your past.
I love old photographs- I only have a few of my great grandparents and I treasure them all. When I go to antique stores I love looking at the photographs there too and wonder about the people in them, who, as you said, are dressed their best for special occasions.
Thank you for this wonderful post and delicious recipe!
Oatmeal and almond? Well those cookies even sound healthy! These might end up as breakfast cookies for me… I mean, why not? I eat oatmeal with dried fruit and nuts in it for breakfast, why not turn it into on-the-go cookie form?