Oats are one thing that I like a lot I’ve eaten them almost day by day for the previous 20 years of my life. I’ve a bowl of oatmeal within the morning, I by no means get sick of it and it’s one in every of my favourite issues. It has shifted from cooked to in a single day oats, however I like them each. I additionally love oatmeal cookies! Why not have all the fiber of oats in a scrumptious cookie! I hadn’t made any for some time, so I believed I’d make some final week! I used to make oatmeal cookies on a regular basis earlier than I switched jobs final 12 months (I do not bake at my present job) and I used to be simply interested by how good the cookies had been. The oatmeal chocolate chunk had been one in every of our high promoting cookies within the retailer that I labored at. And for good cause, they had been wonderful! I wished to make some this time with the chocolate chunks after all, however I ended up making Vegan Date Pecan Chocolate Chunk Oatmeal Cookies! As a result of I like add ins in these sort of cookies.
These are fairly easy to make, and you may be having fun with heat cookies in lower than 45 minutes! I used coconut oil in these because the fats, it provides them a pleasant candy taste, and I used flax eggs instead of actual eggs as a result of that’s what I all the time have utilized in my oatmeal cookies. Coconut sugar was my sugar of selection this time as a result of it’s what I had readily available however I’ve made my cookies with maple sugar and brown sugar earlier than they usually come out about the identical. All of those sugars give them a considerably caramelly taste.
For the flour I used complete wheat pastry, however you would use oat flour in the event you desire that. I’ve used that in my oatmeal cookies earlier than with good outcomes. These are scented with vanilla as a result of I add vanilla to nearly all of my desserts. It’s one in every of my favourite issues in spite of everything! I used gentle, pitted medjool dates that I chopped up in these as a result of I wished there to be pockets of gooey caramelly dates all through! I really feel like it is a manner so as to add some pure caramel bits with out including precise caramel. The toasted pecans and the important merchandise, the vegan chocolate chunks had been so good paired with the dates! I say important as a result of oatmeal cookies with chocolate chunks or chips are the BEST!
These smelled so heavenly whereas baking, I couldn’t wait to strive one! They had been so scrumptious, with their chewy facilities on the within crisp on the edges with the feel of dates all through and the candy caramelly dates, decadent chocolate chips and crispy crunchy pecans! I feel you would use these as an excuse to eat cookies for breakfast! In case you are an oatmeal cookie lover like me, undoubtedly give these Vegan Date Pecan Chocolate Chunk Oatmeal Cookies a strive!
Date Pecan Chocolate Chunk Oatmeal Cookies
Makes 16 massive cookies Components:
- 3/4 cup coconut oil, warmed to liquid
- 1 1/2 cups maple sugar or coconut sugar or brown sugar
- 2 Tbsp floor flax seed combined with 1/4 cup and a couple of Tbsp water
- 1 Tbsp pure vanilla extract
- 1 1/2 cups complete wheat pastry flour or oat flour
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 3/4 tsp sea salt
- 3 cups gluten free quaint rolled oats
- 3/4 cup chopped pecans, toasted
- 3/4 cup chopped pitted dates
- 3/4 cup chocolate chunks
Directions:
- In a big mixing bowl, combine collectively the coconut oil, and sugar till properly blended. Add flax eggs, vanilla, and blend till properly mixed (the combination will turn into very thick).
- Combine within the flour, soda, and sea salt till properly blended. Combine within the oats till properly mixed, then add dates, chocolate chunks and pecans and blend till evenly distributed all through the dough.
- Decrease the oven to 350F levels with the rack set on the center place.
- Roll the dough into 16 massive balls, and unfold them out on the two cookie sheets with loads of room in between. Bake for 15-18 minutes or till golden, however not over baked. Let cool on sheet a couple of minutes, then take away to a wire rack lined with parchment to chill.
- Get pleasure from!
