I love the look of these vegan oatmeal cookies. They have such a wholesome vibe!
I mean they just look like they’re right out of your grandmothers kitchen don’t they?
My grandmother baked the best cookies.
My mother reckons I inherited all my baking skills from my two grandmothers because my mother sure doesn’t like to bake.
These cookies remind me a lot of my grandmother on my father’s side and trips to her little cottage to eat cookies and drink homemade ginger beer.
These vegan oatmeal cookies are as hearty and delicious as they look. Sweetened with brown sugar and packed with rolled oats and dried coconut, there is not much that can beat a good oatmeal cookie!
When first testing these I tried following the method I used for my oatmeal crunchies recipe. But honestly I thought they came out a bit too crunchy.
The oatmeal crunchies are (of course) super crunchy, but they’re also thick squares, whereas these cookies are flatter and thinner so the result was just a little too crunchy.
So I adapted the method and the result was perfection. The perfect amount of crunchiness and softness.
I think you will love these vegan oatmeal cookies. They are:
- Both perfectly soft and crunchy
- Brown sugar sweetened
- Coconut and cinnamon infused
- Super easy
Enjoy with a cup of tea! Keep stored in a sealed container and consume within a few days for the best results.
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- 1.5 cups (144g) Rolled Oats
- 1 cup (125g) All Purpose Flour
- 1 cup (80g) Dried Unsweetened Coconut (dessicated)
- 1 tsp Baking Soda
- ½ tsp Salt
- 1 tsp Cinnamon
- 1 cup (200g) Brown Sugar
- ½ cup (112g) Vegan Butter
- 3 Tbsp Golden Syrup (or Maple Syrup)
- 1 tsp Vanilla Extract
- 1 Tbsp Soy Milk
- Preheat the oven to 350°F (180°C).
- Add the rolled oats, flour, coconut, baking soda, salt and cinnamon to a mixing bowl and mix together.
- Cream the vegan butter and brown sugar together and then add the syrup and vanilla.
- Then mix the dry ingredients into the wet ingredients by hand. Stirring until the mixture is very crumbly.
- Add the soy milk and mix in. Check if you can roll some of it into a ball - it should be sticky enough to do so. It will still be crumbly and look almost as if it's still too dry, but when you try and make a ball you'll find it's also very sticky. If it's still too crumbly, add a tiny bit more soy milk until it's sticky enough to roll into balls. When rolling into balls, you'll find that you're more pressing them into balls than rolling, this is fine, press into a ball and then roll a bit to make it nice and round and even.
- Place the rolled balls onto a parchment lined baking tray.
- Bake for 15 minutes. The edges should be firm and the tops lightly browned. They will be soft but will firm up while cooling.
- Remove from the oven and allow to cool for a few minutes before transferring to wire cooling rack to cool completely.
Can the coconut be omitted?
They look great! I’m not a big fan of coconut though, so I’d like to leave that out. Should I add something else instead, or more of something?
That is a little tricky because dried coconut is simultaneously a dry ingredient and a fatty ingredient! If I was adapting the recipe I would try just leaving it out and seeing how it turned out. Or maybe slightly increasing both the flour and the vegan butter to compensate for it.
Thanks – I’ll give it a try!
Just a super tea-time cookie for visitors!
Can I use unsweetened apple sauce in place of the butter?
I guess you could try replacing SOME of the vegan butter with applesauce, definitely not all of it though. And I have no idea if it would work out or not.
Love! When one batch finishes we replace with another! Thanks for sharing *****
Good stuff! You’re very welcome! Thanks for posting! 🙂
I made these without coconut (because I didn’t have any on hand) and they came out really good! Will definitely be making these again some time in the future.
Brilliant! So glad to hear. Thanks for sharing!
Melissa – did you substitute anything when you left out the coconut?
No, I didn’t. But I found that the dough was sticky enough without the soy milk, so I didn’t have to add any, and the cookies turned out just fine.
Great – thanks!
Can I substitute coconut oil for the butter?
You could try that and it might be fine, but I have not tested it that way. Let us know if you do try it how it works out! All the best!
I am currently making these, except with no coconut. I have done some with some dried out apple that I made yesterday, some with that apple and some ginger, some with cinnamon and apple, some with Funktional Foods cocoa powder. They’re great! Thank You!
Lovely! Those substitutions sound awesome! Thanks for sharing! 😊
Great recipe! Though I used much more than 1 tbsp of soy milk.
Cool! 😎 Yes I have found that it depends very much on the brand of vegan butter you use as to how much soy milk you need to add. Some have a higher water content than others.