Gluten-Free Chewy Cherry Coconut Cookies
A delicious, super chewy, gluten-free cookie, packed with wholesome oats, walnuts, coconut and cherries. So little sugar, and still a very sweet treat!
Servings: 26 cookies
Calories: 102kcal
Ingredients
Dry
- 1 1/2 cups walnuts divided
- 1 1/2 cups oatmeal
- 1/2 cup coconut
- 1 tablespoon chia seeds
- 1/2 teaspoon sea salt
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 3/4 cup tart dried cherries
Wet
- 1 egg
- 1/4 cup brown sugar
- 1/4 cup coconut oil melted
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 300 degrees f.
- Add walnuts to a lined cookie sheet. Bake in preheated oven for 10 minutes.
- Remove walnuts to cool, and raise oven temperature to 350 degrees f.
- Add oatmeal and 1 cup toasted walnuts to a food processor bowl, and process until a coarse flour forms, bring careful not to over process and turn the walnuts into nut butter.
- Add the other dry ingredients, except for cherries, and mix.
- In a small bowl, add all the wet ingredients, and mix well together.
- Add the wet ingredients to the dry, and pulse 6-10 times, until flour is all wet.
- Roughly chop remaining ½ cup of toasted walnuts.
- Add cherries and chopped walnuts to food processor bowl, and mix in with a spoon.
- On a lined cookie sheet, scoop dough into balls, and then press down into desired thickness. I left mine on the thick side.
- Bake for 11-12 minutes.
- Allow to cool for 10 minutes before removing from pan.
- I highly suggest storing in the freezer! I love them directly from the freezer, and they become even more chewy.
Nutrition
Calories: 102kcal | Carbohydrates: 8g | Protein: 2g | Fat: 8g | Saturated Fat: 3g | Cholesterol: 6mg | Sodium: 70mg | Potassium: 52mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 4g | Vitamin A: 133IU | Vitamin C: 1mg | Calcium: 17mg | Iron: 1mg