Gluten Free Vegan Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies (GF, Dairy-Free)
a simple vegan oatmeal chocolate chip cookies recipe that yields soft & buttery oatmeal cookies packed with melty chocolate chips!
My easy recipe for deliciously simple vegan oatmeal chocolate chip cookies. Made with healthy ingredients, Dairy-Free, Refined Sugar-Free, Gluten Free.
Saturdays are totally for baking, don’t you think? Back in the day, back before I had this blog, all I could think about during the work week was when I’d finally get to Saturday, when I could bake to my heart’s content.
And bake I did.
I’d bake 6-12 different cookie recipes, like I was baking-mad (is that a thing?), or like I was in some baking version of that Bradley Cooper movie with all the intensity. What was that movie called? You know the one I mean—the one where he’s all ultra-focused and super productive.
Like, imagine if I told you to bake chewy vegan trail mix cookies and simple & easy vegan oatmeal cookies plus healthy no bake peanut butter cup oat bars… all in one day. Okay, maybe you’re totally feelin’ this cookie schedule and like, “Gimme more, Coach!” In which case, wanna be friends? 🙂 And… have you thought about starting a food blog?
Anyway, the thing was, I built up all of this baking energy/passion throughout the week, while I was doing normal, boring work… and by the time the weekend hit, I was like, it’s time to let it all out. All out.
Now that I have a baking blog, I still have to fight the impulse to bake every Saturday. But if you’re in the same boat I was many years ago, and perhaps less intense about it, you might just love the baked treats I share on Saturdays. 🙂 At least I hope you do.
Gluten Free Vegan Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies
To celebrate the 18th consecutive week (save for Christmas weekend) of sharing a recipe with you on Saturday, I thought it would be the perfect time to revisit a classic Beaming Baker reader favorite: Gluten Free Vegan Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies!!
For years, they’ve been one of my most popular vegan gluten free oatmeal recipes—scratch that—one of my most popular vegan gluten free cookie recipes of all time. Today, we’re here to see what all the fuss is about. You ready? Let’s do this!
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The BEST Vegan Gluten Free Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies!
Why are these the best vegan gluten free oatmeal chocolate chip cookies? Like how are they better than my best gluten free oatmeal chocolate chip cookies? Well, actually they’re uniquely different. This might be more of a different strokes for different folks kind of thing. My best gf oatmeal chocolate chip cookies recipe is my favorite oatmeal chocolate chip cookie recipe for when I’m feeling indulgent, and like I need an almost-bakery style oatmeal chocolate chip cookie. It’s sweeter, richer and much chewier.
This vegan gluten free oatmeal chocolate chip cookie recipe is more like a healthified version of your favorite oatmeal chocolate chip cookie. Yet, they have this rich, buttery flavor and are lightly soft. It’s slightly chewy, with a moist center and it’s bursting with chocolate chips.
These vegan oatmeal chocolate chip cookies are made with simple, whole ingredients like gluten free oat flour, old fashioned oats and flaxseed. These oatmeal chocolate chip cookies are lower in sugar and packed with fiber and healthy fats. You can eat quite a few and feel totally guilt-free!
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How to Store these Gluten Free Vegan Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies
Store your gluten free vegan oatmeal chocolate chip cookies in an airtight container at room temperature for 1-2 weeks.
If you’d like to freeze your vegan oatmeal chocolate chip cookies, store them in a freezer-friendly container for 1-2 months. Just make sure to thaw your oatmeal cookies for 10-20 minutes before enjoying—or, pop in the microwave for about 10 seconds to heat them up.
Related recipes: These Amazing Chewy Vegan Oatmeal Raisin Cookies (Gluten Free) are my current favorite vegan oatmeal cookie. Sooo good! Also, 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!
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- Chocolate: I often get emails from readers who have a hard time finding vegan chocolate chips or refined sugar free chocolate. <– Those are my favorites! If you use the refined sugar free chocolate, just make sure to chop it up before using. 🙂 And if you’re looking to cut down the amount of sugar in your recipe, try using these low carb chocolate chips.
- Gluten Free Oats & Oat Flour: I highly recommend buying this gluten free oat flour for the most finely ground oat flour. If making your own homemade oat flour, just make sure to very finely grind it, then sift out grainy pieces to avoid making crumbly, unpleasant gluten free oatmeal chocolate chip cookies.
- Where to Buy Ingredients: Gluten Free Rolled Oats | finely ground: Gluten Free Oat Flour or try Homemade Oat Flour | Vegan Chocolate Chips or Refined Sugar Free Chocolate | Coconut Sugar | Pure Maple Syrup | Ground Flaxseed | Pure Vanilla Extract
- Recommended Tools: Small Cookie Scoop or Medium Cookie Scoop | Baking Pan | Unbleached Parchment Paper | Compostable Snack Bags
Whether you’re making these gluten free vegan oatmeal chocolate chip cookies today, or another day, I truly hope you love them as much as my family does. Be sure to leave a comment if you’ve made these–I truly love hearing from you. Thank you for stopping by and joining in these baking adventures with me! ‘Til the next one…
Sending you all my love and maybe even a dove, xo Demeter ❤️
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Gluten Free Vegan Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies (V, GF, Dairy-Free)
- Total Time: 35 minutes
- Yield: 20-30 cookies 1x
Description
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, Whole Grain.
Ingredients
Dry Ingredients
- 1 cup gluten free rolled oats, more below
- 1 cup gluten free oat flour – if using homemade: make sure it’s very finely ground, as coarse flour will result in crumbly cookies
- ½ teaspoon baking powder
- ½ teaspoon baking soda
- ¼ teaspoon salt
Wet Ingredients
- 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
Add-in Ingredients
- ¾ cup vegan chocolate chips
- ½ cup gluten free rolled oats
Optional Topping
- 2 tablespoons vegan chocolate chips
Instructions
- 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 medium 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.
Adapted from my Vegan Chocolate Chip Cranberry Cookies and my Maple Pecan Chocolate Chip Cookies.
Delicious Gluten Free Vegan Cookies
Notes
Where to Buy Ingredients: Gluten Free Rolled Oats | finely ground: Gluten Free Oat Flour or try Homemade Oat Flour | Vegan Chocolate Chips or Refined Sugar Free Chocolate | Coconut Sugar | Pure Maple Syrup | Ground Flaxseed | Pure Vanilla Extract
Storage Notes: 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.
Recommended Tools: Small Cookie Scoop or Medium Cookie Scoop | Baking Pan | Unbleached Parchment Paper | Compostable Snack Bags
- Prep Time: 25 mins
- Cook Time: 10 mins
- Category: Cookies, Vegan, Gluten Free, Dairy-Free, Whole Grain
- Method: Bake
- Cuisine: American
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How have I only just discovered your blog? I made these tonight in preparation for my baby due any day as oats are great for milk supply. I added almond and sunflower along with the linseed mix and they are amazing. I can see I will have to make another batch to take to the birthing centre as these won’t last long in our household. I look forward to trying your other GF / DF recipes.
Welcome, Jenn! 🙂 It’s always exciting to hear about new readers like yourself bc there are SO many recipes to try!! I’m so happy that you enjoyed these cookies! Can’t wait to see what you try next. Wishing you a happy, healthy pregnancy! .☺️
Can you tell me Jenn what was the ratio in the leenseed/sunflower/ almond misture? Thanks
Hi I was wondering if I could use regular eggs instead of the flaxseed eggs?? Also how about almond flour instead of oat flour?? I’m only gf & dairy free.
Hi Pasha! Yes, you can definitely swap the flax eggs for regular eggs at a 1:1 ratio. As for the almond flour, I wouldn’t recommend it as the two absorb quite differently. Hope this helps! 🙂
These were AMAZING! Even my picky family loved them! I left out the chocolate chips and made a cream for the middle to make sandwich cookies. I’m so excited to try your other recipes. Thank you!
Thanks Ami! 🙂 I’m so glad to hear that everyone loved them! Drooling over the sound of the sandwich cookies!
word of warning! I tried to sub oat flour w hazelnut flour, not sure if this was why (everything else was carefully followed) but my cookies spread to about 2x the size of the dough on the sheet. hoping they’ll taste okay anyway .
Hi Mikaela, thank you for leaving your feedback. 🙂 I suspect that hazelnut flour has a similar absorbency level as almond flour. As such, it’s much less absorbent than oat flour. You prob needed to reduce the wet ingredients OR increase the hazelnut flour quite a bit to prevent the cookies from spreading. Good luck! .
These are our new favorite cookies! These are beyond delicious, chewy and amazing cookies, thanks so much for the recipe. We used chickpea flour and brown sugar and they turned out so well! These are certain to be everyone’s favorite cookie in your house too!
Woohoo!! So happy to hear that you enjoyed my recipe! 🙂 Chickpea flour sounds absolutely amazing in these. Thanks for commenting and letting me know! 🙂
I’m new to being gluten free, dairy free and egg free so baked goods that fall into this category are still tasting a bit funny to me. Tried these today and they are AMAZING! Better than regular oatmeal cookies. My kids love them too. Thank you so much for this recipe!
I’m just thrilled to hear that you and your kids enjoyed the cookies Tiffany! . Your kind words mean a lot to me. Thank you for taking the time to drop by and let me know!
What do you suggest instead of coconut oil ? We are not vegan, so we could try butter in addition to applesauce or other oils. Thanks!
Butter would probably work best. Almond oil or avocado oil might work too. Let me know what you try & how it turns out! 🙂
Absolutely delicious and toddler approved!
Woohoo! So happy to hear that you both enjoyed my recipe. Happy baking, Jess! .
I would try this recipe immediately if only the instructions were in grams. The ingredients sound perfect, as I love oats.
Sorry about that! Hopefully, in the future I’ll be able to convert all of my recipes to grams. Thanks for your patience. 🙂
Hi just wondering if I can substitute the maple syrup?
Hi Jennifer, I believe a few readers have replaced the maple syrup with an equal amount of coconut sugar with success. 🙂 Let me know how that turns out for you! 🙂
These look great! Any idea what the calorie count is?
Thanks Danielle! Not yet. I’m slowly but surely adding nutritional info across the site. Thank you for your patience. 🙂
IF NOT VEgan can you use regular eggs instead of flax?
Hi Elyse, yes, that should be fine. 🙂 Enjoy!
Ok if you’re trying to watch your weight….STAY AWAY FROM THIS RECIPE! I just ate pretty much the whole batch…..before 9 am. I left 2 for my kids. TWO…for my 3 kids. We’ve only been plant based for a month and have been struggling to find gluten free and sugar free recipes that actually taste good. These are sooooo yummy. Thank you!!
I need to work on my measuring because I should’ve put a little more flour. They were super crumbly…..which isn’t a problem if you are not above licking the crumbs off the counter….which apparently I am not.
LOL! Tina, you gave me such a good laugh with your comment! If my 3 sisters and I had to split 2 cookies… let’s just say it would get ugly! .. So happy to hear that my recipes are helping your plant-based lifestyle along. Let me know if you ever need help finding a recipe! ❤️
This recipe sounds so yummy and fits perfect with my sons egg and dairy allergies. Do you by chance know the calorie count for this recipe?
Hi Missy, thank you! I’m slowly working my way through adding nutrition facts to recipes across the site. Thank you for your patience. 🙂 In the meantime, there are a couple super useful online nutrition calculators! Hope this helps. 🙂
Super cookie recipe, everyone at work loved them too! I used chia eggs (flax seed doesn’t agree with me) cane juice sugar, and add a dollop of molasses… so yummy. I keep mine in the fridge, they are soft wonderful cookies!
Hi Rebecca, that’s so wonderful to hear! 🙂 Oh gosh, that dollop of molasses is sounds like it would taste amazing! Thank you so much for taking the time to let me know how these turned out for you. 🙂
Made these tonight, added Ceylon cinnamon, raisins and walnuts ( I used Spelt flour in place of oat flour, they were perfect). They were so Amazing and her Dangerous to have because I had to force myself to stop sneaking in the kitchen for more lol. They were chewy and moist and a little edge crunch…thank you so much!
Lol so glad to hear you enjoyed them Nikole! .
I came across your site after searching for gluten free vegan oatmeal cookies, and I am so grateful! I am not vegan by choice, but allergic to eggs, dairy, and also wheat. I made these last night, but I didn’t have maple syrup so I just subbed brown sugar and hoped it would work…they are AMAZING!!! This is the first GF, vegan cookie I have made that I actually like…hooray! I made half with pecans and cinnamon, and half with chocolate chips. I ate a ton of them last night 🙂 This morning, first thing I did was eat a couple of them with a little (solid) coconut oil spread on top for breakfast=wonderful!!! Five stars for sure…thank you, thank you, thank you!!! I will definitely be making more of your GF, vegan treats, and soon!
Aw, Kathy! What a wonderful comment. Truly, it was a pleasure to read. 🙂 I’m so pleased that you FINALLY found a GFV cookie that you love!! Three cheers for that! There are plenty more on the site (and plenty more that I’m working on as we speak). I seriously can’t wait to hear what you try next. Let me know if you need help finding a recipe! P.S. Cookies for breakfast = BLISS! .
This recipe is one of the first vegan recipes that I have truly been impressed with. The batter is easy to handle, they bake exactly as described and they are yummy! When I say yummy, I mean ‘butter and sugar batter’ yummy. I made a batch (24 cookies) and they were gone in two days. My kids didn’t even realize they were vegan. So I doubled the batch and made more! Oh, I also substituted the oat flour with rice flour the first time, and a combo of rice flour and coconut flour the second time. I didn’t have pat flour. Worked perfectly both times! Thanks for sharing.
What a compliment! 🙂 Courtney, I’m so happy to hear that you and your kids just loved these. “Butter and sugar batter” yummy is totally what I aim for! Good idea on using rice flour and coconut flour. Thanks for letting me know!
Hi Courtney,
How much rice flour and coconut flour did you in this recipe to make it work?
Hi Demeter,
I don’t want to use rolled oat, how do I substitute1 cup gluten free rolled oats in this recipe? More oat flour?
Hi Shirley! Here’s my recipe for amazingly tasty chocolate chip cookies, made without oats: https://beamingbaker.com/vegan-chocolate-chip-cookies-recipe-gluten-free-dairy-free-refined-sugar-free/ Happy baking! 🙂
Hi Courtney,
How much rice flour and coconut flour did you use in this recipe? Thanks
Hello!!
I was wondering if I can replace the flax eggs with silken tofu instead? Would I still just need 2 “eggs” worth?
Hi Tova, I’m not sure, since I haven’t tried that before. My guess is use 2 “eggs” worth. Let me know how they turn out! 🙂
Hi 🙂
Great recipe! I was just wondering if you could substitute honey or agave for the sugar?
Thanks 🙂
Hi Erin! Either might work. 🙂 You may have to leave out a tablespoon since honey/agave are more liquidy than coconut sugar (when dissolved). Good luck! Let me know how they turn out.
Any substitute for the coconut oil? I’m DF and nut free and unfortunately also coconut free 🙁
Hi Casey! Try melted vegan/dairy-free butter. Enjoy!
Can I sub oat flour for another flour? I can’t find it
It’s usually in the health food aisle. Maybe try gluten free all purpose flour? Good luck!
Also, you can make your own oat flour at home by blending up gluten free rolled/old-fashioned oats until you get a fine flour. 🙂