These wholesome gluten-free cookies bring together oats, brown rice flour, and warm baking spices like cinnamon, ginger, and allspice, sweetened naturally with maple syrup and applesauce. A soaked ground flax mixture stands in for eggs, binding everything together into a soft, satisfying cookie with just the right amount of sweetness — perfect for eliminating cookie cravings without the guilt of junk food.
Ingredients
- 3/4 cup oats
- 3/4 cup brown rice flour
- 1/4 tsp unrefined sea salt
- 1/4 tsp allspice
- 1/4 tsp ginger
- 1/2 tsp cinnamon
- 1/4 cup grapeseed oil (for medium/high heat) or extra virgin coconut oil, melted
- 1/3 cup maple syrup
- 1/2 cup raisins (optional)
- 3 Tbsp ground flax seeds (1-1/2 Tbsp whole flax seeds makes 3 Tbsp ground)
- 3 Tbsp applesauce
Method
- Mix the oats, brown rice flour, sea salt, allspice, ginger, cinnamon, oil, maple syrup, and raisins together in a bowl and let sit for 10 minutes.
- In a separate bowl, mix the ground flax seeds and applesauce together well and let sit for 5 minutes.
- Add the ground flax mixture to the oat/flour mixture and integrate well; this mixture holds everything together.
- Roll into balls about the size of a golf ball. Mash down to form a cookie shape and place on an ungreased cookie sheet.
- Bake at 350 degrees for 20 minutes. Let cool on a rack.
Makes 11 cookies (double the recipe for more). Keep them handy in a container on your kitchen counter or in your freezer.
