We’re seeing more and more kids these days with food allergies. I hope and pray that a cure for these ailments comes soon, but until then it’s so important to not make these kids feel stigmatized and allow them to feel like kids by offering them a wide variety of treats that little ones can enjoy, whether they have food allergies or not.
These cookies fit into a ton of different categories being nut, gluten, egg and dairy free, but most of all they are everything a cookie should be_ moist, sweet and irresistible. And I call that the delicious category!
Gluten-Free Vegan Oatmeal Raisin Cookies
Ingredients
- 1 tablespoon ground flax seed
- 3 tablespoons water
- 2 cups gluten free old fashioned oats
- 1 cup gluten free all purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
- 1 stick (1/2 cup) vegan butter, softened (I used Earth’s Balance)
- 1/2 cup granulated sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 cup raisins
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°F.
- In a small bowl, whisk together the flax and water. Let sit for 2 minutes.
- In a separate bowl, whisk together the oats, flour, cinnamon, baking soda and salt.
- In the bowl of a standing mixer, or with an electric mixer, cream together the butter and sugar until light and fluffy, about 3 minutes. Add the flax mixture and vanilla extract and stir until combined.
- Gradually add the flour mixture until just combined. Add the raisins and stir to thoroughly combine.
- Using a 2 tablespoon measure, place cookie dough onto Silpat or parchment-lined baking sheet. Bake for 15-20 minutes, or until golden brown.
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Nutrition
Calories: 200kcal | Carbohydrates: 31g | Protein: 4g | Fat: 7g | Cholesterol: 15mg | Sodium: 150mg | Fiber: 3g | Sugar: 10g
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King Arthur Flour and Bob’s Red Mill both have them!
Where do you find gluten free flour and oats? What brands make them? Can you find them organic? We’re new to the gluten free world, so any advice is appreciated.
Hello! These are really tasty before being cooked, but after cooking them, they are a bit hard and loose taste – what to do?
what can i use instead of white sugar? and what amount?
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Hmm that’s a great question! I haven’t tested them that way, but I think coconut oil would work if you could use it in it’s solid form, then you could more easily “cream” it together with the sugar. I would probably use half the amount of the butter called for or increase the flour a bit to get them to the right consistency. Hope this helps! Let me know if you make them this way and how they turn out!
Can you substitute coconut oil for the vegan butter? If so, do you think equal parts?
Thanks so much for all your allergy-friendly recipes! I truly appreciate the effort you make to include recipes for all different dietary needs, even though you don’t have to! You do a great job!
Oh awesome I definitely am all for the vegan recipes!
I use a spice grinder! (which is just like a coffee grinder) It’s strange that your coffee grinder doesn’t work! 🙁 You can also find ground flax seed at most grocery stores. Bob’s Red Mill makes ground flax seed. Or you can find it already ground in the bulk section of health food stores.
…and on a different note from the previous comments…..How do you ground your flax seeds? Even my coffee grinder doesn’t work….would love some tips.
Looks delicious. But beware celiacs as stated before this is NOT a gluten free recipe. Spelt, one of the main ingredients, is a form of wheat. As a substitution, finely ground brown rice flour might work well. Anyway, I hope the name of this recipe is changed promptly. So people are not misled or worse end up suffering ill effects from eating these.
I use King Arthur Flour Multi-purpose Gluten Free Flour!
What an all purpose gluten free flour work?
I appreciate that you are trying to help those with food allergies, but you are making a terrible mistake calling these gluten free when you have spelt in the list of ingredients. Please change your recipe or remove the tags saying this is gluten free. Bob’s Red Mill has a great all purpose GF flour that you can probably substitute for the spelt in this recipe.
Spelt contains gluten – so your recipe is not gluten free – extremely dangerous mistake. It is true that people with gluten sensitivities can often digest the gluten in spelt with no difficulty. With regards to people with a true gluten allergy it is probably best to avoid spelt.
For this recipe I used King Arthur Flour Gluten Free Multi-purpose Flour and it worked beautifully! http://www.kingarthurflour.com/shop/items/gluten-free-multi-purpose-flour
Hi Catherine!!
We met in Englewood at Modiani. My daughter is Liat (you may not remember). Anyways, Ive been trying to bake gluten free and finding such a hard time getting the combination right. I made the very berry muffins last nite and used whole wheat pastry flour and the white flour too. I havent used white in sooo long but that small amount made such a difference. I wish the gf stuff could come out as tasty. The white gave it a lighter moistier taste. If you bake more gf goodies down the road, Ill be curious to see what combinations worked for you. We hope you come back to Englewood soon! Amazing to meet you 🙂
sorry my laptop must be on delay today…..
Please take this recipe off-site because not all readers read through to comments and this is dangerous. i can see a kind-hearted friend making for someone else and not realizing. Also, if rice flour or other non-GF flour can be substituted, please modify the recipe and post. the cookies look great!
This is so funny. We’re snowed in here in the midwest and just this morning I was thinking “I’d love to make some oatmeal raisin cookies today. I’ll have to find a dairy-free recipe.” I checked my e-mail and whaddya know!
Hi Catherine! I got so excited about the GF recipe, but spelt flour is NOT gluten free!
These sound yummy, but like Dez said, spelt is in the wheat family (FDA has changed their labeling guidelines to require spelt be included in the wheat allergen labeling). But I think I will still make these…substituting my rice flour mixture for the spelt!
Unfortunately, Spelt flour is not gluten free, as it is a species of wheat. You can easily substitute in a gluten free baking mix of flour, but to claim it is gluten free as is could be dangerous.