Delicious and oh so easy to make cookies that contain mainly oats, oat flour and apples. No added refined sugars, no milk or butter so dairy free too! A lovely combination of tart and sweet apples for a guilt free treat. I haven’t made these using a flaxseed egg substitute but I think it should work okay.

You’ll have these cookies made in under 45 minutes and know that you’re enjoying a good for you treat. I’ve used Agave Syrup as a sweetener but Maple or Date Syrup will also work. You can use vegetable or coconut oil, almond or another plant milk.

The oats are used both whole and blitzed into a flour.

Ingredients:

• 1 Egg, large
• 2 tbsp Agave Syrup
• 1/2 tsp Almond Extract
• 1 tbsp Vegetable Oil
• 1 tbsp Almond Milk
• 100g Gluten Free Oats
• 50g Gluten Free Oats Flour (just blitz in a blender)
• 1 tsp GF Baking Powder
• 1/2 Pink Lady Apple, Grated
• 1/4 Bramley Apple, Grated
• Toasted Almond Slivers for topping
• Icing Sugar to dust (optional)

Method:

In a large bowl, use a hand mixer to combine the egg, almond extract, agave syrup, vegetable oil and almond milk. Then add the 50g of oat flour along with the 100g of oats and baking powder and mix well. It will be a sticky consistency.

Preheat the oven to 170C and line two baking trays with parchment.

Add the grated apples to the bowl and mix everything together. Use your hands to take small amounts of the mixture, squeeze to hold it’s shape and place on the parchment. Gently press down. Repeat till all the mixture is used. You may find adding a teeny bit of oil on your hands helps the mixture not to stick.

Sprinkle some toasted almond slivers on top of each cookie then bake for 26 – 28 minutes till the edges are golden brown. Remove from the oven and let the cookies sit in the tray for 10 minutes before transferring them to a cooling rack. Once they are completely cool, you can dust with some icing sugar if you want.

Please let a comment below to let me know how you got on.

Bake with love

Soraya x