Recipe: Vegan Oatmeal Cookies w/Agave Nectar
I can’t help but share one of my favorite recipes using agave nectar. Since we’re talking about reducing the amount of refined sugar we use, agave is a great alternative, as I mentioned in yesterday’s video.
I adapted this recipe from a friend of mine and added in some things I love like shredded coconut and dried cranberries (in my case I only use apple-sweetened cranberries that I get at the health food store, not those with refined sugar). It’s so simple that you can make the batter in minutes. In fact, Bruce loves these cookies so much that he’s become a master of making them and swears my aren’t nearly as good!
People consistently rave about these cookies and they are a healthy alternative to store bought cookies loaded with refined sugar. Even better, they’re made with a whole grain flour.
1 cup organic rolled oats
1 cup spelt, whole wheat or oat flour (spelt is my favorite)
1 cup ground almonds (I love Trader Joe’s almond meal — already ground up)
½ cup shredded coconut (optional ,but adds fantastic flavor so why not go for it!!)
½ tsp. salt
¼ cup raisins
¼ cup dried cranberries (optional)
½ cup agave nectar (or pure maple syrup)
½ cup canola oil
½ tsp. vanilla
1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
2. Mix all the dry ingredients together in a large bowl.
3. Mix the wet ingredients and stir into the dry ingredients with a wooden spoon.
4. Form 1” balls and place on an oiled cookie sheet, pressing the balls down with your fingers.
5. Bake for 12 minutes or until crispy.
These cookies are simply delicious. Give the recipe a try and let me know what you think. 
Filed under: Agave Nectar, Desserts, Recipes, Sugar and Sweeteners
Wendy, I love your recipe for cookies with Agave Nectar. I haven’t used it for a while, so this was a great reminder to dig it out of my cupboards. Great website!
Hi, I tried this recipe because I don’t eat sugar. I replaced the canola oil with coconut oil. Canola oil is not really as healthy as it is advertised to be.
They turned out pretty good.
Thanks
Marie
Hello, I just made these cookies and they are soooo tasty. I just love the crunchy texture. These are my 15 month olds first cookie and he liked them too! Thanks!
Just made these this evening and they are SUPER yummy. Thanks for the recipe! My kids devoured them!
I just made these this afternoon. I am on an extremely restricted diet, but could eat everything in this recipe. (Spelt flour and rice bran oil). My family are out for the day, but boy, are they going to be happy when they get home. These are incredibly nice. Thank you for sharing such a great recipe.
I’ve been searching for a simple recipe using agave – I just recently started eliminating certain items from my diet: refined sugar, gluten and processed foods and have been having difficulty finding simple, quick recipes that satisfied, but didn’t incorporate those things I’ve eliminated. This cookie blew me away! Thank you so much for sharing!!
These were very good. I used oat flour, substituted safflower oil for the canola, used 1/2c cranberries as I didn’t have any raisins and they were yummy. Thanks for the recipe.
i became a Vegan three years ago and i can say that my health have been very very good. meat and dairy substitutes like soy also works well for the body.
These were great! I added 1 1/2 tbsp of cinnamon and it really added to the flavor. Thanks a bunch!
these cookies suck
Surprisingly good. Nosh nosh.
Thank you. My brother hates “healthy” food and he loved these… so did I!
These were fantastic! I have tried MANY vegan, sugar free recipes, and these were the best by far!
I substituted rice flour for the almond flour (which usually makes them crumbly) and they were still good.
Thanks!
The cookies were messy to form, very sticky and needed to bake longer then 12min, 15 to 20. I checked my oven temp and it was 350. My third patch was perfection. They are amazing!!!!!!
Hey there. I was searching the web for oatmeal cookie recipes and came across this one. I made it immediately and they are awesome. It took about 16 minutes and made 2 dozen cookies. THe kids loved them as did hubby. THese are awesome cookies. Thanks for the recipe.
AMAZING! I didn’t have any almonds so I subbed ground flax seeds – super tasty … even my kids loved them!
I just made these cookies for my two preschoolers. I am very conscious about the amount of sugar that they eat. I substituted 1/4 of applesauce and 1 tablespoon of ground flax seed to reduce the oil amount to just 2 tablespoons! I also added cinnamon and chopped walnuts. The cookies passed my picky eaters taste test easily, and they even asked for more. I am very excited to find a recipe that provides so much nutrition and easily stores for snack time.
Hey everyone, I’m loving all the responses and ideas you’ve suggested to adapt them. Andrea, I really love your idea about sustituting the ground flax and apple sauce for some of the oil. Great ideas everyone. Glad you’re enjoying them so much!
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These were great! I use G.F. oats, Sorghum Flour, and ground sunflower seed in place of the almonds. And did not add the salt. My whole family loved them. And that’s hard to do for a child that has a nut allergy, and a child that has celiac’s, and a husband on a no salt and no refined sugar diet. Thank you
‘i’m just getting started with agave so your recipe was a super find. i’m a retired high school ‘food and nutrition’ teacher so this alternative is a new challenge.
do you have a peanut butter cookie recipe as well? these are the family favorites.
thank you for your help
Hi,
Thanks so much for this recipe. My husband and I loved them, and they taste even better the next day!!
Thank you for this recipe. I just made a batch with grain-sweetened chocolate chips and unsweetened dried cherries and YUM!! They’re really easy to make, too.
These cookies turned out great. My children ate them and said they tasted great. So glad to have this delicious yet healthy cookie recipe. Thank you for sharing.
I can’t wait to try these out! Thanks for the recipe!
I made this recipe with blueberries and they came out great!
They were even better frozen!
Thanks a lot.
Rachelle.
Do the cookies have eggs??????????????
My husband and I love the taste of the cookie and they are very easy to make. They are very oily and messy. They do not look anything like the picture and end pieces break off very easily. Not sure what I am doing wrong. I have been baking cookies for over 40 years.
These cookies are phenemonal! Made them with old-fashioned rolled oats (not quick oats), whole wheat flour, maple syrup, cinnamon, and apple sauce (with very little oil needed). They have no leavener in them, so you can squeeze them all onto a tray without worrying about room for expanding. I ate the leftover batter out of the bowl and can’t stop eating the cookies! To die for.. and extremely healthy.. This recipe is a keeper!