Learn how to make the best chewy oatmeal cinnamon chocolate chip cookies! These healthy cookies use a blend of oat flour and oats as the base, along with coconut oil, peanut butter for texture, and natural sugar for sweetness. They are simply irresistible in every way!
Meet the best oatmeal cookie ever! These amazing oat flour cookies are a healthier version of chocolate chip cookies but with a touch of cinnamon for some spice and peanut butter for chewy texture. They are filled with healthy ingredients, are gluten-free friendly, and are truly one of my top favorite cookies on the blog!
Making these cookies will consist of 10 pantry ingredients, 1 bowl for mixing, and just 8 minutes until they are baked to perfection.
How to Make Them
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First, whisk the wet ingredients – In a large mixing bowl, add the melted coconut oil (or butter), coconut sugar, vanilla, peanut butter, and egg together.
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Add dry ingredients – In the same bowl, add the oat flour, quick oats, and baking soda.
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Mix the batter together
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Then, fold in chocolate chips
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Scoop the dough – Then use a cookie scoop to measure the dough and arrange dough balls 3 inches apart on a sheet pan lined with parchment.
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Bake the cookies! Then at 350F bake the cookies for 8 minutes, remove and let cool for 10 minutes before enjoying.
The Best Oats For Cookies
Our top choice for oats when it comes to cookies is quick oats! They have a smaller shape than whole oats and bake in an even form without much bulkiness. Since they are smaller, they are able to bind more easily too!
Tip: If you don’t have quick oats, pulse rolled oats in a blender/food processor 2-3 times until chopped into smaller pieces.
Tips for Success
Oil options – I’ve made these cookies over the years with regular butter, vegan butter, and coconut oil. All the results are delicious! But I have settled on coconut oil as my top choice because of its health benefits. Feel free to use whichever you like, just make sure if you use butter that it’s unsalted!
Use creamy natural peanut butter for best results! I have found using natural peanut butter (which includes natural oils from the peanuts) works best for cookies. If you use peanut butter that is too stiff/dry the cookie texture will also come out dry too! Keep this in mind when it comes to what peanut butter/nut butter you use.
The top tool every baker needs for cookies – I’ll let you on a little secret, every baker (and every blogger who bakes) has a cookie scoop in their utensil drawer. Why? Because it’s the easiest, most efficient way to measure the dough. I like to use a smaller one like this one (about 1 1/2 inches wide).
Make them gluten-free! These cookies are super easy to make gluten-free friendly. Use gluten-free oat flour and quick oats! Simple as that. You can either purchase the gluten-free oat flour or make it yourself by blending gluten-free oats in a blender until the consistency is flour-like.
Storing Leftovers & Freezing
My top tip for these cookies is to store them in the fridge! This will not only keep them fresh but also give them an extra chewy texture and more flavor.
Refrigerating: leftover cookies can be chilled in a ziplock bag for 5-7 days.
Freeze: keep cookies always on hand by freezing them after baking in a freezer-friendly ziplock bag for up to 2 months. Remove and let slightly thaw before enjoying.
More Delicious Cookies to Bake
- Monster Cookies
- Chocolate Brownie Cookies
- Chewy Almond Butter Cookies
- Chewy Flourless Chocolate Chip Cookies
The BEST Cinnamon Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies
Ingredients
- 3/4 cup oat flour See notes for gluten-free options
- 3/4 cup quick oats See notes for gluten-free options
- 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- pinch of salt
- 1/2 cup coconut sugar
- 3 Tablespoons creamy peanut butter
- 1 egg
- 5 Tablespoons coconut oil (melted and cooled) or you can measure 1/4 cup + 1 Tablespoon
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1/2 cup dark chocolate chips
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350F
- Mix wet ingredients: In a large mixing bowl, whisk together coconut oil, vanilla, peanut butter, coconut sugar, and egg together.
- Add dry ingredients: In the same bowl as the wet ingredients, add the oat flour, quick oats, baking soda, and pinch of salt. Mix together. Then fold in the chocolate chips.
- Scoop cookies: Use a cookie scooper or 1 1/2 tablespoons of cookie dough and place 3 inches apart on a sheet pan lined with parchment paper.
- Bake: Then bake for 8 minutes, let cool for 5-10 minutes before enjoying!
Hi! I rarely review recipes but these cookies deserve ALL the five star reviews!! My husband and I absolutely love these and we’ve been making them almost every week for a few months now. I use sunbather in place of the peanut butter and it works great every time. Oh and I tried using butter instead of coconut oil but it’s better with the coconut oil in my opinion. Thank you so much for this recipe!!
Love this recipe!! So delicious and easy I added chopped almonds for some crunch.
Thank you, Jerrica! Love to hear it. The nuts sound like a great addition! I will have to try that 🙂
Made these last night and mine ended up a bit gooey! Think my oven needed to cook them a bit longer but they were tasty none the less. Super simple to put together and delicious! Love your blog! Please never stop sharing your recipes!!
Thank you for such sweet words, Kayla. Really means a lot. And as far as the cookies, I wish all ovens were created equal, it would make things a lot easier. 🙂 But yes, a minute or two longer never hurts if they seem a bit under.
Is the peanut butter necessary? What does the peanut butter do?
My mom made this….melt-in-your-mouth yummy! The cookies went fast.
I’m super happy to hear it 🙂 Thank you!
I just wanted to say finding your blog is literally a dream. Someone who cooks/bakes with oat flour and dairy free and everything I’ve made has been so amazing.
P.S. this recipe is so good with sunflower butter( for my nut allergy friends)
That means so so much to me! I’m so happy you found my blog. And am beyond pleased the recipes have been such a help! And super great to know about sunflower seed butter 😊
Excellent cookies 🍪
so glad you enjoyed them ❤️