Easy Gluten Free Vegan Oatmeal Raisin Cookies (V, GF, DF): an easy recipe for soft and chewy oatmeal cookies bursting with juicy raisins. Vegan, Gluten Free, Dairy-Free.
So, funny thing…I just learned a brand new fact about my sister Jenny. Ya know, the sister I’ve known for, like, my whole life. Okay, scratch the “like” and let’s just go with my whole, entire life. Woah!
Does it ever throw you for a loop when you learn something new about someone you’ve known forever? You thought you knew everything there already was to know, but then they decided to keep you on your toes and announce something you really feel like you should have known already? <– Hands raised if just reading that sentence made you dizzy.
And you’re searching your brain, thinking, how did I not know this? Could it be because of the hereditary forgetfulness in my family (ahem, I’m looking at you, Mommy)? Or the fact that this person just changed her mind and covertly added this fact to her Facebook all-there-is-to-know-about-me-without-actually-knowing-me profile fact sheet while you weren’t looking?
Okay, Jenny doesn’t even have a Facebook because she’s avant garde like that. And she totally would roll her eyes at me calling her “avant garde” then ask me to use it in a sentence.
But I totally just did already, so there, Jenny!
Well, anyway, Jenny just informed me that she LOVES oatmeal raisin cookies! Say whaaaaaaa? How could I not know such a thing? After making and sending approximately 12,954 care packages full of sweets to her for decades… After regularly updating my dossier on her likes for when package-sending/birthdays/rando family trivia quizzing times come up…
After… So. Much. Time.
And ya know, the whole I bake for a semi-living thing. I should know this! Let me tell you, I am blushing all the lovely-but-not shades of red and green right now. I am totally a bad sister, right? Okay, don’t answer that!
In any case, I’ve checked with Erik, otherwise known as the Family Historian aka Holder of All the Facts About Everyone Dude and he says that he didn’t know it either! So I’m off the hook, right Jenny? Riiiiight?
Either way, Erik and I just sent her a big ol’ box of these Easy Gluten Free Vegan Oatmeal Raisin Cookies and she gave her biggest seal of approval: texting me that they were her Number 1. In front of Best Vegan Brownies, which used to hold that coveted spot. Meanwhile, I was still numb, eyes big as saucers all weekend long, trying to unblow my mind from the little nugget about oatmeal raisins being her favorite.
Monica, Penny, Grams, did you know this? I have to text them at once, and see if they’ve finally surged ahead of me in the forever-ongoing family trivia showdown, and more importantly, Erik, in the Family Facts throwdown. I’ll keep you posted. In the mean time, you have to check out this seriously amazing Gluten-Free Vegan Cookie Crunch Cereal from my friend Chrystal at Gluten-Free Palate! It basically fulfills all of my childhood dreams of cookies for breakfast!! ????
Anyway, while I still recover from this earth-shattering news, would you like to hear all about these easy Gluten Free Vegan Oatmeal Raisin Cookies? Let’s go ahead and dedicate these cookies to Jenny. We’re gonna pretend like that was my intention all along. And hopefully, hopefully, secure my spot as favorite sister. Even though no one has favorites.
My Easy Gluten Free Vegan Oatmeal Raisin Cookies aka Jenny’s Obviously Favorite Cookies are:
- delightfully easy to make
- perfectly soft and chewy
- bursting with juicy raisins
- lightly balanced with cinnamon
- vegan, gluten-free, dairy-free, whole grain
- made with healthy ingredients
- doubled up on whole grains: rolled oats and oat flour
- plant-based and allergy-friendly
- melt in your mouth GOOD
- of course, totally made in advance for Jenny, who I already knew, again, in advance, loved oatmeal raisin cookies
So grab your Family Facts sheet and make sure that thing is updated! Then, grab a few bowls, your juiciest raisins (or pretty dry ones—they’ll moisten up in the oven!!), a healthy appetite and get ready to bake! I’m so happy to whip up delicious homemade treats with you. I can’t wait to hear what you think. In the meantime, tell me:
When have you been surprised to learn a new fact about someone you’ve known forever?
Sending you all my love and maybe even a dove, xo Demeter ❤
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- 1 cup gluten free rolled oats, more in Add-Ins
- 1 cup gluten free oat flour
- ½ teaspoon baking powder
- ½ teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- ¼ cup + 2 tablespoons melted coconut oil
- ¼ cup coconut sugar
- ¼ cup pure maple syrup
- 2 flax eggs (2 tablespoons ground flax + 6 tablespoons water, whisked together, set for 15 minutes)
- 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
- ¾ cup raisins, packed
- ½ cup gluten free rolled oats
- 2 tablespoons raisins
- Preheat oven to 350°F. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper or greased foil. Set aside for later.
- In a medium bowl, whisk together all the dry ingredients: oats, oat flour, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon and salt.
- In a large bowl, whisk together all the wet ingredients: coconut oil, coconut sugar, maple syrup, flax eggs and vanilla. Whisk until thoroughly combined and resembles caramel.
- Add the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients. Whisk until thoroughly combined. Fold in raisins and oats. The dough will be sticky.
- Using a 2-tablespoon cookie scoop, scoop cookie dough and drop onto the prepared baking sheet. Using a fork, flatten cookies into a round disc—they will not spread during baking. Optionally, press raisins into the tops of the cookies.
- Bake for 8-12 minutes. Mine took 10 minutes. Using a flat, heatproof spatula, carefully lift cookies off the baking sheet and transfer to a cooling rack. Allow to cool completely. Enjoy! Storing instructions below.
- Store in an airtight container at room temperature for up to 1 week.
- Freezing instructions: store in an airtight, freezer-friendly container in the freezer for 1-2 months. Before enjoying, allow to thaw for 10-20 minutes at room temperature, or heat in the microwave in 10-second increments until warm.
- More cookie recipes (all V, GF, DF): almond butter chocolate chip walnut oat cookies, peanut butter chocolate chip oatmeal cookies, oatmeal raisin cookie bars.
- Nutritional Info: is an estimate based on 25 total cookies.
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Hahaha – Oh Demeter – guess better knowing later than never eh?! I gotta say, this line “I bake for a semi-living thing” had me chuckling so hard cos I’ve walked in those shoes myself! 🙂 As for these Oatmeal Raisin cookies, I bet Jenny was over the moon elated when she got her package! You are such the bombdiggity dame of sisters! You take such amazing care of your brood – they are lucky to have you in their clan!
When we visited my sister for the first time after she moved to Texas, I was in shock when I saw her eat a gynormous beef burger – this thing was as big as her head and she polished it off and I didn’t realize till then that she was such a meat head! 🙂
Happy Easter to you and your family and I hope you have a wonderful weekend!
Yep! At least that’s what I’m telling myself! Lol. These shoes aren’t fancy, let me tell you! Haha. Aw, thank you, Shashi. She absolutely loved them–that’s the best reaction every. Love that you also got to learn something new about your sister too! They apparently change as the years go on… Haha. Who knew? 😉 Have an awesome weekend!
Ummmm YES that has happened with people I love and have known for FOREVER. Whenever a subject like this comes up I ALWAYS think of my dad. When he was living with Jeremy and I (after his meso diagnosis), he one day woke up and decided he didn’t like cheese and had a HISSY FIT when I handed him a sandwich with cheese for lunch. I’m talking, he went ON and ON about the dang cheese. Literally, this is coming from my dad who used to have a cheeseboard out every time I went over to his house. Dude LIVED for cheese. Then just woke up and didn’t like cheese. Weird AF. lol. Not really same same as Jenny and her love of oatmeal raisin cookies. But it made me think of my dad. so THANK YOU FOR THAT! <3 Anyways, me and Jenny have a lot in common. We both adore you. AND we both LOVE oatmeal raisin cookies!! YES! These look all sorts of perfect, D! But of course they do, YOU made them!!! Pinned! Cheers, love bug! xoxoxoxoxo
See, so you know what I mean!! It’s so funny how things change… but in your case, he actually changed his mind. In mine, I may have to embarrassingly admit that perhaps she always liked them, but I didn’t notice. Shame on me! Lol. So happy to remind you of your amazing dad. <3 How funny, because I totally ADORE you. (And these cookies lol). Cheers cupcake! oxoxo
I am always shocked as well when I learn something new about someone close to me. These cookies look amazing! I love oatmeal cookies, I actually like them more than chocolate chip.
Haha. It’s like, “did I even know this person at all??” Lol. It’s awesome that you love this more than chocolate chip! Holla for a fellow oatmeal cookie lover! 🙂
Hi Demeter,
If I want to use real eggs, how many do you recommend? Cute story, BTW!
Thnx for this recipe!!!!
Hi Makai! You’d use the same amount of real eggs as flax eggs– so 2 for this recipe. 🙂 Thank you so much for stopping by! Glad you enjoyed the story. 🙂 Happy baking!
Awesome! Thank you, Demeter! I loooove oatmeal raisin cookies, but I’m GF, dairy free, refined sugar free, but boy do I love oatmeal raisin cookies, and I’m excited to try these!
My pleasure, Makai! 🙂 Being GF, DF, and refined sugar free cannot be easy, by a long shot! Let me know if you ever need help finding recipes that fit within your dietary restrictions. Can’t wait to hear what you think!
Haha, seems you learn new things about people know matter how long you’ve known them! I don’t blame your sister for put these cookies to the no. 1 spot, they look and sound absolutely delicious! xo
So true! Lol. Keeps us on our toes, that’s for sure! 🙂 Thanks so much, Marsha! xo
Did I ever tell you I come to your blog for the stories you include in your recipe posts already? It’s the truth! Not that your recipes weren’t absolutely enticing, too, but yours really is the ‘best stories food blog’ for me.
This story right here is so fitting for me because it deemed to me not too long ago that we likely will never stop finding out new things about people we’ve known forever. And just how wonderful this is. Granted, sad, too, as whenever somebody leaves our lives we won’t know everything there was to learn yet. But mostly amazing. Just like we can find new hidden spots or little treasures in places we have lived for a long time. Which means we technically don’t need to travel far away to make new experiences or hear more fascinating stories about people. Only theoretically, though, obviously, as wanderlust is too big to ignore. Well, this comment is getting all over the place so I’ll stop it here.
Aw, thank you so much, Miss Polkadot! Love the name, btw. 🙂 Sometimes I do wonder if anyone enjoys these long-winded stories of mine… Lol. I’m so happy that you do! You are so right about how wonderful that is… Maybe the potential sadness of not being able to learn it all will motivate us to spend more quality time with that person. And nothing’s better than quality time with the ones you love. 🙂 I love the idea of “traveling” through hearing people’s stories. But I also totally agree about not being able to completely quench your wanderlust through stories only. Okay, and now I’ve gone off on my own tangent… 😉 It’s Friday, what can I say? Sending you big hugs! xo
You know it sounds like a small thing, not knowing your sisters secret love for the chunky chewy fruit-speckled goodness that is an oatmeal raisin cookie, but if I suddenly learned my sister liked I don’t know…gummy candy (because as far as I know she hates gummy candy and always has) my mind would be seriously blown???????? You just assume you know everything about sisters, they can’t mess with the system on us all the sudden. And heck, I only have one to keep up with, I can see why you need the dossier. But hey, perfect excuse to bang out a killer BB oatmeal cookie recipe and ship her the biggest care package ever to make up for all that lost oatmeal raisin time???? Plus any sister who sends cookie cannot possibly be a bad sister, so I think you’re good???????? And i KNOW these cookies are good because just look at them!! Don’t get me wrong I love chocolate chip, but there are many occasions I’d opt for one of these beautiful cookies instead???? Cinnamon + raisin + oats = irresistible! Hope the search is going well❤️
Can you imagine, if she just announced that one day?? Like, I LOVE all the gummy candies in world! I’m the World’s #1 Gummy Candy Fan!! And you’re like, excuse me while I scrape my jaw off the floor. ???? They SO cannot mess with the system! Yep, and my dossier is named Erik. Lol. Oh, thank you for your reassurances. Haha. Thanks Nat!! Think good thoughts for me! <3
It is definitely a funny thing when you THOUGHT you knew everything about someone, and they turn around and surprise you. My husband does that to me every once in a great while and it always knocks me off balance haha! I can see why your sister would love these cookies. How delicious are they?! This is definitely my kind of oatmeal cookie, and I think it would work well for breakfast! 🙂 Pinning these beauties! Hope you have a great weekend!
RIGHT?? That’s just life though, showing us we don’t know it all! Haha. There’s goes the hubster, keeping you on your toes again! Thanks for pinning! Have a great weekend, Gayle! 🙂
Hi Demeter, always a pleasure to read your posts, guaranteed to have a few laughs and leave you with a smile. Lucky sister to receive all those delicious blessings, makes it easy to forgive a sisters lack of knowledge, lol. These cookies look absolutely scrumptious. I love oatmeal and combine them with those chocolate and raison morsels, and you have a bendable, chewy, melt in your mouth, plump, velvety, crispy, textural, and favorable experience. Keep writing Demeter we love it!
Happy Easter to you and your family!
Cheers
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Hi Loreto, thank you so much! It’s always my aim to make my readers smile. 🙂 Lolol. You’re right! I shall be forgiven immediately. Haha. Hope you had a wonderful Easter with Nicoletta! Cheers!
Hi! This recipe looks absolutely delicious! I don’t have any oat flour on hand, can I use coconut flour instead? Same amount? Or will this change the consistency? Thank you!
Hi Kali, thank you! Unfortunately, swapping coconut flour for oat flour is super tricky. The coconut flour is much, much more absorbent than oat flour. So, yep, the consistency will change drastically. I have a few no bake recipes that have been specifically created for coconut flour. Maybe you’d like to try these instead? https://beamingbaker.com/tag/coconut-flour/
I thought oat flour was just just oats ground up lol? That’s what I did and they turned out great! So if you have oats, you should be able to make oat flour.
Yep, exactly! Homemade oat flour is so simple! 🙂 Thanks for your input, Lauren. 😊
Made these a few times in the past week. They don’t seem to make it till the morning.. whoops ! I found refrigerating the mixture for an hour or so made it alot easier to shape the cookies as the mixture was very sloppy and hard to mould and didn’t look anything like the pics ???? but after putting them into the fridge i was able to make great little circles. Delicious recipe and super easy. Thank you
That’s awesome, Sabra! 🙂 Good idea on refrigerating the dough to firm it up. Also, you know what? I usually use a cookie scoop–that makes the process easier. I’m gonna make an edit in the recipe so others won’t have the same problem you did. Thank you for the feedback. 🙂 Can’t wait to see what you try next!
Are there any substitutes I can use for coconut oil?
Hi Channing! You can use melted vegan butter instead. Happy baking! 🙂
I made these and to my surprise they were soo delicious, taste like normal non plant-based oatmeal cookies, and are very filling…. I didn’t have flax seeds but I did have chia seeds and made a chia seed egg instead…I absolutely love this recipe can’t wait to make it again
Woohoo!! I’m so glad to hear it, Lexi! 🙂 I always aim to make plant-based treats that taste like they’re “normal non plant-based” treats. 😉 Great idea on using the chia egg. Thank you so much for letting me know how you like these. Can’t wait to see what you try next!
Demeter | Beaming Baker,
Just happened onto your post for the Oatmeal Cookies, looks interesting!
I looked it over a couple of times and can’t or didn’t see how many cookies this recipe made or how many calories per cookie.
Could you please tell me?
Thank you for your time.
Vern
Hi Vern! This recipe makes 20-30 cookies. I’ve just calculated the nutritional info. 🙂 You’ll find it below the recipe notes. Enjoy!
I only got 18 cookies out of the batch. Used a 1 1/2″ scoop, about 2 Tbsp.
Can this be used as a base for cheese cake ?
Hi Sifa, maybe? But it might be too soft… Unless the cheesecake was kept chilled and firm right before slicing and serving. Let me know if you try it! 🙂
Major cookie 🍪 craving going on here. Would it be possible to substitute organic butter for the coconut oil, I’m out and determined to make cookies tonight!
I think that might just work! Can’t wait to hear how they turn out, Kami! 🙂
Trying these tonight!!
Can I sub coconut sugar for brown sugar? Would I need to use less maple syrup?
How did they turn out? 🙂 The substitution should have turned out just fine.
These were AMAZING! Because of my own food intolerances and those of the rest of my family, I had to do a different egg substitution: I tossed in maybe 1.5 T each tapioca and potato starches. I can’t do coconut sugar either (sigh) so I did half honey, half maple syrup, about 1/3 cup of each. I put them on the pan as drop cookies, and they did spread somewhat during baking, but they didn’t completely flatten out or anything, and stayed within reasonable cookie proportions. Everyone RAVED about them, including my “suspicious-of-anything-gluten-free” family members. The texture was PERFECT – I hadn’t had oatmeal cookies in six years, and after my son grew out of his oatmeal allergy, I was dying to have some! I’m so glad I found your recipe!!! Thank you!
Wonderful!! I’m so happy to hear that you and your family enjoyed my recipe, Elizabeth. 🙂 “suspicious-of-anything-gluten-free” family members.” <-- I COMPLETELY feel you on this! Haha. Some of my family members STILL give me the side-eye when I say that a treat is GF. You'd think they'd trust me by now! Haha. Your recipe substitutions are ingenious! I'm so pleased that you finally get to enjoy oatmeal cookies again. Can't wait to see what you try next!
Hi
Theses look great . I’m wondering about substituting Bobs Red Mill all purpose Baking flour for the oat flour which I couldn’t find. Also I plan to substitute reg sugar for coconut sugar .
Thanks so much
Hi Kathy! I’m not 100% sure about substituting Bob’s AP flour, but it just might work. Substituting the coconut sugar with regular sugar might decrease the chewiness of the cookies a bit. Let me know how it turns out. Good luck! 🙂
Well, with my 1 1/2″ scoop, I barely squeezed out 18 cookies.
Think this needs to have the # of cookies/servings recalculated.
I’ll do a double batch next time.
They taste good…but
1) I had to sub half Millet flour, as I was running low on oatflour, and then
2) I did not add xanthum gum…and maybe I should have, as they’re falling apart when I pick them up, cooled off.
Absolutely delicious! And so easy to make, chewy, not too sweet… love them!
Yanic, I’m so happy to hear that you enjoyed them! Thanks for letting me know how they turned out. Happy baking! 🙂
Beaming Baker,
Thank you for this recipe! I love to bake but my nephew is allergic to eggs, dairy, soy, and apples. You won’t believe how hard that is on a 3 yr old and his family. And as a baker, it broke my heart to tell him he couldn’t have the same sweets as everyone else. Finally, someone posted a cookie recipe that didn’t involve applesauce or soy. And he absolutely loves them!! So thank you for making his Christmas.
Hi Courtney, it is my ABSOLUTE pleasure to help. 🙂 My mom has gone for years without being able to enjoy the treats she deserves, so it’s been my goal to share recipes that people with all kinds of dietary restrictions can enjoy. It truly touched my heart to read your comment. Please let me know if you ever need help finding a recipe for your nephew. Sending you two big hugs this holiday season!
Thank you for a Very good cookie! I needed a recipe for family member who has lots of food allergies and really misses the baked goods.i didn’t have coconut sugar or maple syrup, so used 1\2 cup brown sugar. Also no oat flour so 1 1/2cup oats ground in food processor and 1 cup regular oats. One batch was dried cranberry with white chips and one batch with chocolate chips.
Aw, it’s my pleasure, Kathy! 🙂 Sounds like you made some awesome substitutions and customizations–I especially like the sound of those cranberries and white chocolate chips. So happy to hear that you and your family member enjoyed them!
Hi there.Instead of the maple syrup,could i use more sugar and add 1/4 cup plant milk to make up for missing liquid? thank you! looks delicious!
Hi Renae, you might be able to just use more sugar and swap the extra milk altogether. (I’ve been able to swap the maple syrup out for more coconut sugar in other recipes). Try it and let me know how they turn out! 🙂
Great recipe! I did use brown sugar instead of coconut sugar. I got 19 cookies and let bake for 12 minutes. Very yummy and ‘real cookie’ tasting!
Thanks, Samantha! I’m so pleased that you enjoyed my recipe. 🙂 Thanks for taking the time to report back. Enjoy!
I just tried the recipe and the cookies tasted great. The only issue I had was that they fell apart. What did I do wrong?
Hi Tiffany, try increasing the bake time by a few minutes. Or, letting the dough sit for about 15 minutes before scooping and dropping. I’m going to look over some of my notes and perhaps add some feedback to the recipe. 🙂
Can the coconut oil be substituted with dairy free spread and the coconut sugar plus maple syrup with regular sugar? Would like to make this for a child with lots of allergies but not sure if he can have coconut!
Hi Karyan, yes on the dairy free spread. I think your sugar subs should work (I haven’t tried it myself, so I’m not 100% sure). Good luck! Let me know how they turn out. 🙂
Can I substitute a coconut oil with a rice bran oil and a coconut sugar with a brown sugar? Do I need to adjust the proportion of this two ingredient?
I am a breastfeeding mom and my baby need to avoid all dairy products, egg, nut and wheat flour.
Thank you so much for this recipe.
Hi Jessy, I’m not 100% sure about rice bran oil as I’ve never used it before. After a bit of searching on the internet, it seems that you *may be able* to substitute it 1:1 ratio for the coconut oil. The brown sugar should work just fine! Good luck with everything. 🙂 Let me know how the cookies turn out! 💕
These are amazing!!! Perfect for a rainy Sunday afternoon.