Making oatmeal cookies without brown sugar is super easy! This easy cookie recipe uses granulated sugar and coconut oil instead of butter with excellent results. A healthy oatmeal cookies packed with superfoods, such as cacao, cranberries and sunflower seeds.
Mix the chia seeds with 3 tablespoons of water and set it aside.
Whisk together the flour, baking soda, salt, and pumpkin spice blend.
Beat together oil, sugar, egg, and vanilla with whisk or mixer until well mixed. Add the flour mixture and stir just until combined.
Stir in oats, cranberries, sunflower seeds and cacao nibs
Scoop out dough using a one tablespoon measure and place on a baking sheet with some space between as cookies will spread out. Press down to slightly flatten each cookie.
Place tray into a hot oven and bake for 12-15 minutes or until the cookies are lightly golden brown.
Cool on the pan for five minutes upon removing cookies from the oven. Then transfer cookies to a cooling rack and allow to cool before storing. Repeat until all cookies are baked.
Notes
Expert Tips:Use a hand mixer instead of mixing by hand. It makes mixing easier but also the cookies have a more cohesive texture when I used the hand mixer. When I mixed by hand, the cookies ended up more crumbly.Remember every oven is different. So your cookies may take a bit longer or shorter to cook. Check at the 12-minute mark and frequently after that point until they are done so you avoid having burned bottoms.Allow the cookies to cool on the pan for a few minutes before transferring them to a cooling rack. They are still super soft when fresh from the oven, letting them cool slightly allows the cookies to stick together better.Fully cool the cookies before storing them to prevent moisture from building up on the inside of the container.Nutrition: This recipe makes about 22-24 cookies. Nutrition is displayed per cookie.