Gluten Free Vegan Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies (V, GF, Dairy-Free): an easy recipe for soft, chewy oatmeal cookies bursting with chocolate chips and oats! Vegan, Gluten-Free, Dairy-Free.
Have you ever noticed how many oat–tastic recipes are on Beaming Baker? Should I not have pointed that out? Er… Ahem. The thing is, rolled oats and oat flour are two of my favorite ingredients to bake and no-bake with. They’re so easy to use, absorb flavor like it’s their job, and best of all, ridiculously healthy!
Speaking of which, I also never really use the word “healthy” to describe my recipes. Because: Health Trolls! J/k. Ish. Sort of. I just think it’s a very loose-meaning word that can sometimes (and by that I mean always) lead to un-solicited judgment and lots of other not-fun stuff. So we keep it judge-free ‘round these parts and pick and choose which/how many treats we treat ourselves to. 😉
Speaking of which, I’ve definitely been eyeing these gluten free chocolate chip cookies by Gluten Free on a Shoestring! I’m thinking about using vegan butter and a flax egg to make these beauties vegan! ????
Wait a minute, what was I saying? Right. So ages ago, I started my healthy eating better journey with oats. I was trying day and night to figure out a solution for my mom’s daily oat-despising grumbles. Her doc told her that she had to eat like waaaay more oats than she was already eating: so… more that none.
She started out with the simplest solution: morning breakfasts of punch-sized bowls of oatmeal. Plain oatmeal. Like so plain that it would make that delightful goopy noise while she slooshed through it. Watching her eat those tedious bowls was like watching a Greek tragedy! You’ve never seen anyone so miserable, let me tell you.
So in an effort to make our mornings waaaay less depressing, and my mom waaaaay happier, I started incorporating oats into everything. Such as:
- no bake bites
- PB chocolate chip oatmeal breakfast bars
- no bake almond butter cookie dough bars
- cookie dough bites
- peanut butter chocolate chip oatmeal cookies
- muffins, bread… the list goes on and on!
And guess what? It totally worked. Of course, she still eats a bowl of oatmeal every morning because she likes to have something to complain about eat a nice, hearty serving of non-dessert-sassed up oats. But, she’s finally so much happier about getting her oats in.
Today, I present to you one wonderfully delicious way to get your oats in: Gluten Free Vegan Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies. They’re packed to the brim with oats in two forms: oat flour and old-fashioned. These aren’t as “h” word as a plain old, punch-sized bowls of boiled oats, but they’re one cookie that you can feel super awesome about eating. (Because you won’t be gagging.) ????
These Gluten Free Vegan Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies are:
- made with simple, whole ingredients
- crispy the first day, soft and deliciously chewy the next
- bursting with mouthwatering chocolate goodness
- packed with oats in two forms: rolled oats and oat flour
- vegan, gluten free, dairy free, whole grain
- perfectly balanced with the right amount of chocolate chips
- allergy-friendly and plant-based
- texture-rich and so divine
- one delicious way to finally enjoy your oats
- and still have your cookie (and eat it, too)
I hope you love this cookie as much as my mama does. If you don’t, she’ll come after you!! J/k. Ahem. 😉 Grab a few bake tools, your favorite oats (is there such a thing??), and a great, big appetite for COOKIES!! It’s time to get our bake on! I can’t wait to hear what you think. In the meantime, tell me:
When is your favorite time of day to enjoy Gluten Free Vegan Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies?
- Morning
- Noon
- Evening, post-dinner
- _____________ (fill in the blank)
Sending you all my love and maybe even a dove, xo Demeter ❤️
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Here are a few items I used in today’s recipe. 🙂
2-Tablespoon Cookie Scoop | GF Rolled Oats (Bulk)
Cookie Sheet | Coconut Sugar | Ground Flaxseed
- 1 cup gluten free rolled oats, more below
- 1 cup gluten free oat flour
- ½ teaspoon baking powder
- ½ teaspoon baking soda
- 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 vegan chocolate chips
- ½ cup gluten free rolled oats
- 2 tablespoons vegan chocolate chips
- 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 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 Add-In ingredients: chocolate chips and oats.
- Using a 2-tablespoon cookie scoop, scoop cookie dough onto the prepared baking sheet. Using a fork, flatten cookies into a round disc—they will not spread during baking. Optionally, press chocolate chips into the tops of the cookies.
- Bake for 8-12 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 container in the freezer for up to 1 month. Allow to thaw at room temperature for about 30 minutes before enjoying. Or, heat in the microwave in 20-second increments until warm.
- More Cookie recipes (all V, GF, DF): Peanut Butter Coconut Oatmeal Cookies, Almond Butter Chocolate Chip Walnut Oat Cookies, Gluten Free Trail Mix Cookies.
- Here is the wonderful cookie scoop I used to make these cookies.
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I can definitely tell you have a love affair of oats, but that’s definitely not a bad thing! I mean, what’s not to like? It’s hearty, healthy, and you make such yummy treats with it! I’ve never used oat flour before, but I need to start after seeing these beauties. I’m absolutely LOVING the chocolate chips in here, too! What a delicious cookie that I think counts as breakfast…right? 🙂 Pinned, of course! Happy weekend, Demeter!
It’s one of the most versatile love affairs ever lol. Can that be a thing? 😉 Oat flour is so wonderful–I hope you get to try soon! Cookies for breakfast are ALWAYS a good idea! Have a great weekend, G! xo
I absolutely LOVE oats (yet another reason we are besties), so all your oat-tastic recipes make me jazz hands type of happy, D! It’s so sweet how you always look out for your mother and sisters and make it a priority to develop recipes for them. You SO sweet!!! But I already knew that. Because BESTIES for life. <3 Anyways, tooootally weird you are sharing these faaaabulous cookies, because Boy and I have plans to make cookies, netflix and chill this weekeknd. Errr wait, not THAT type of netflix and chill. The type of netflix and chill that involves sitting on the couch and stuffing your face with cookies. 🙂 SO I am TOTALLY making these cookies!!! Even better, boy wants super thin and crispy cookies so I can HOARD these ALL to myself! Heeeeeeeelllzzz yes! Bring on the weekend and oat-tastic cookies on repeat! Pinned of course! Cheers, love bug! xo
As if we needed more! 😉 What can I say… my family gets HUNGRY (and HANGRY). If someone doesn’t feed ’em, things might get ugly… 😉 Besties for life, always! <3 Chill and Netflix with ALL of the cookies! Thanks for pinning, cinnamon roll! xoxo
Your mum is so lucky to have you bake up all those oat-y goodies for her! I love ALL of your oat recipes, and I couldn’t agree more about them, I love baking with them, too! They’re healthy (sorry 😉 ), and they give cookies that extra chewiness. These cookies look so delicious, and just perfect! 🙂 xo
My mom has the most insatiable appetite–so I’ve got to keep ’em coming! 😉 Thanks so much, Marsha! Oats rock big time! Hugs! xo
I need these in my life! I love oats and chocolate chips. Love oatmeal chocolate chip cookies! Recently I’ve found some food sensitivities to wheat, dairy, and gluten, so this is a perfect recipe!
Oh yeah, ya do! 😉 I’m so sorry to hear about those food sensitivities–but happy that you’re here! Hope you enjoy this, Marsha! 🙂
If food bloggers wrote the dictionary the definition of “healthy” would be two miles long. And by miles I mean 10000000 pages. Seriously it is so subjective, so you are wise to just avoid that little one entirely and let the ingredients and cookies speak for themselves! And right now to me they are saying EAT ME AND ALL MY FRIENDS???????? I wish I could cookies, I wish I could. Oats are one of the best ingredients of all time!! My favorite oats? The ones that are in BB-made cookie form???? I hope someday a doctor tells me the only possible cure is more oats because I will go straight to your archives and get to delicious work. You mom is super lucky to have ya! Although a few of these crumbled up on top of her breakfast bowl wouldn’t make mornings worse that’s for sure???? A perfect cookie!! xo
P.S. Are the purple accents new around here or am I just slow? Loving them????
LOL. Right? Ingredients and cookies should ALWAYS speak for themselves–especially the cookies! ???? Lol on the cookie commentary! Ah-ha! So there is a kind of favorite oats! 😉 If a doc says that to you, you must come over immediately! I have everything you need. 😉
Question about the add-ins listed. The base of the recipe is oats and the add ins list adding more oats, is this a copy and paste issue or really additional oats?
Hi Jacki! Yep, it’s additional oats! 🙂 I like to add them in at the end so their texture is more pronounced and doesn’t get lost in the batter. Hope you get to try!
These look incredible!!!!
Izzy | Pinch of delight
Thank you!
Hi ????
Can AP GF Flour be substituted for the oat flour?
Hi Kari! Yes, you can sub those. You might need to adjust the recipe as needed–I’ve noticed that every brand of AP GF flour works differently. Happy baking! 🙂
Haha – Demeter I understand your moms oatmeal grumbles well – when I went sugar free, I had plenty of those myself – but now am back to sneaking chocolate chips in my bowl of oats and alls well with the world again – thou, if my bowl of oats was filled with these cookies instead -WHY- I think I’d be as happy as punch! With that said – You bet my favorite time to eat these would be in the morning – though, after dinner would be a good time too – and, they’d be perfeact when that mid-afternoon slump hit as well – AH – HECK – Demeter – that was a trick question cos the best time to eat these is CLEARLY ALL THE TIME! 🙂
BTW, So so understand the “healthy” vs “better for ya” lingo – everyone has their own definition of the h word – just give me a punch sized bowl with these cookies and I’ll be happy 🙂 Happy Friday to ya – hoping your weekend is wonderful!
Haha. Yep yep! Those chocolate chips just make everything better. 😉 Haha. Punch–ah, I see what you did there! ???? LOVE that your answer is all the time! Lolol. You got me–it was a trick question! 😉 So much yes on the h word. Happy Friday to ya Shashi! Have a great weekend. 🙂 xox
Thank You new best friend for this recipe! Perfect for my kiddo with multiple food allergies and his mommy (me) that prefers wholesome food choices and the rest of the family too!
I’m so happy to hear that, Jaye! 🙂 Can’t wait to hear what your entire family thinks of these cookies! 🙂
Hi,
For the oat flour, could I make my own oat flour by putting oats in my food processor and pulverizing it. I don’t have any oat flour but I have plenty of oats.
I would love to make these today. So I hope I you have time to e-mail an answer back to me. If not, I totally understand.
Thanks,
Hi Karen! Yep, you can totally make your own. Grind the oats to a fine flour, then measure out the amount you need. 🙂 Enjoy!! Can’t wait to hear what you think. ????
I’m not sure what I did wrong. Mine came out flat as paper, and crumbly. The only thing I changed was: I did not use chocolate chips, I used walnuts.
Hi Walter, I’m so sorry to hear that. 🙁 My first guess is that it might be your baking powder. If it’s more than 3-6 months old, and additionally has been left in a warm, humid environment, it could have lost its effectiveness. Let me know about that, and we can work it out from there. 🙂
I tried these because I am dairy, egg and gluten intolerant and deserts are just plain tough to make without those ingredients. They taste wonderful but on the second day they just fall apart. Am I doing something wrong? Is there a correct way to store them so they don’t do this?
Oh no! I’m so sorry to hear that, Linda. These cookies do tend to run on the softer side. Next time, I’d recommend baking them for a few more minutes so they can firm up. Cool completely before storing, and make sure the container is airtight. Also, store in a cool, dark environment (away from heat sources). Hope this helps! 🙂
I couldn’t get mine to stay together on the tray to bake, so I pressed them into an 8×8 pan, baked 8 minutes, cut them into squares and popped them in the freezer for a bit and they are the most amazing cookie bars ever! I just leave them in the freezer and take them out when I want one (which is about every hour). I’m on day two and they are still holding their form great!
Sorry to hear yours didn’t stay together, Natalie! Thanks for the input and feedback. Chilled cookies from the freezer are always a great idea! YUM!
I made these with cherries am trying them today with cherries and chocolate yummy
Oooh, that sounds SO good, Mary! I bet the next batch is going to taste something like chocolate-covered cherries. 😍 So happy that you enjoyed these!
Can i substitute regular flour and brown sugar?
Hi Ryanne, I’m not 100% sure because I haven’t tried those substitutes. My guess is that the result would be fairly close (but no promises). If the dough ends up sticky and just a bit wet, then they might just work. Let me know how they turn out if you do try it. Enjoy!