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!
Servings: 16 large cookies
Calories: 186kcal
Ingredients
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
Instructions
- 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!
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Notes
*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!
Nutrition
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