Chocolate Covered Raisin Oatmeal Cookies {Gluten-Free}
A gluten free and low sugar oatmeal raisin cookies- with dark chocolate! Loaded with chewy raisins, combined melted chocolate, reminiscent of my favorite movie theatre candy- chocolate covered raisins!
Prep Time10 minutes mins
Cook Time9 minutes mins
Total Time19 minutes mins
Course: Dessert
Cuisine: American
Servings: 16 large cookies
Calories: 186kcal
Dry
- 1 cup oat flour (process whole oats in a food processor until a flour is formed)*
- 1 cup almond meal or almond flour*
- 1 cup whole oats
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon sea salt
Wet
- 1/4 cup +2 tablespoons coconut oil**
- 1/4 cup coconut sugar
- 2 tablespoons raw honey or maple syrup
- 2 tablespoons ground flax seed
- 1 egg
- 2 teaspoons vanilla
Mix-ins
- 3/4 cup raisins (I use half black and half golden)
- 1/3 cup 85% dark chocolate chopped, or dark chocolate chips
Preheat oven to 350º.
Add the dry ingredients together in a mixing bowl, and mix well.
In a smaller bowl, mix together all the wet ingredients.
Mix the wet ingredients into the dry, and then add the raisins and chocolate.
Use a 3 tablespoon cookie scoop to scoop the cookies on to a cookie sheet. Use fingers to press each mound into a flattened cookie shape, since these will not spread while baking.
Bake for 9-11 minutes. I pull mine out at 9 minutes to make them chewier.
Allow to cool for at least 10 minutes before removing from cookie sheet. They will be very crumbly while hot, but will firm up after they've cooled.
For best results, keep frozen. They are extra chewy when eaten out of the freezer, and I prefer the chocolate frozen because it's crunchy!
*I do not recommend using a store bought oat flour. I've found finely ground oat flour makes cookies grainy and crumbly.
**I've used butter in place of the coconut oil, and it turns out okay. The flavor is great, but it results in a drier cookie.
Variations:
- Use all raisins if preferred, and omit the dark chocolate.
- Omit the raisins and use dark chocolate.
- Use a different dried fruit, like cranberries or even freeze dried strawberries in place or the raisins.
- Forget the fruit, and add in extra dark chocolate!
Calories: 186kcal | Carbohydrates: 22g | Protein: 4g | Fat: 10g | Saturated Fat: 4g | Trans Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 10mg | Sodium: 120mg | Potassium: 141mg | Fiber: 3g | Sugar: 5g | Vitamin A: 16IU | Vitamin C: 1mg | Calcium: 30mg | Iron: 2mg