These Easy cookies make a great snack. Oats, walnuts, chocolate chunks and chewy goodness!
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These cookies are a current favorite in the house. The big chocolate chunks give a burst of chocolate. I use enjoy life chocolate chunks that are palm oil free. The oats make these cookies rustic and chewy. The hidden walnuts are a nutty surprise.
Chew away! To make these nut-free, omit the walnuts, and use sunflower seed meal instead of almond meal.
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These cookies.. Crisp on the edges and chewy in the middle!
More cookies from the blog.
- Gluten free Vegan Chocolate Chip Cookies
- The Ultimate Giant Vegan Chocolate Chip & Chunk Cookie
- Vegan Double Chocolate Chip Cookies
- Gluten-free Ginger Molasses Cookies
Steps:
Mix the wet and dry ingredients. Fold in the chocolate chunks and walnuts. Chill the dough, then shape into cookies. Bake.
Cool, devour.
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Oatmeal Walnut Chocolate Chunk Cookies
Ingredients
Wet
- ¼ cup (80.5 g) maple syrup
- ¼ cup (40 g) coconut sugar or other sugar of choice use 1 tbsp less for less sweet
- 2 Tbsp oil or use applesauce or aquafaba
- ½ to 1 tsp vanilla extract
- ½ tsp (0.5 tsp) cinnamon
Dry
- ½ cup (62.5 g) flour I use spelt or unbleached white. Use certified gf oat flour to make these gluten-free
- ½ tsp (0.5 tsp) baking powder
- ⅛ tsp (0.13 tsp) salt
- ¼ cup (28 g) almond meal
- 1 cup (81 g) old fashioned oats
- ⅓ to ½ cup (56.67 g) vegan chocolate chunks
- 3 tbsp chopped walnuts
Instructions
- In a bowl combine all the wet ingredients and mix until sugar is well combined. (powder the sugar in a blender before using if it is granulated to help with quick mixing on this step.)
- Whisk flour, baking powder, salt and almond meal and add to the wet. Add in the oats and mix until well combined. (add a bit less or more oats depending on the wet mixture. measurements vary and you want the mixture to be soft somewhat sticky). Add in the chocolate chunks and walnuts. Fold in to distribute evenly. The dough will be somewhat sticky. (Add more flour of too wet, or a dash of non dairy milk if too dry). I added 2 tbsp mini chocolate chips as well for some extra chocolate per bite.
- Chill for 15 minutes. Take 2 to 3 tbsp of the dough and make large cookies. Flatten lightly on the sheet. Press the leftover chocolate chunks (there will be few towards the end), into the shaped cookies.
- Preheat the oven to 365 degrees F/ 180ºc. Place baking sheet on the center rack. Bake for 11 to 12 minutes.
- Cool for 10 minutes before serving .
Notes
Nutrition
Laura C.
These came out great-I’ll be making them again and again. Thank you.
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thank you!
Asha Venkatraj
This is just a amazing recipe… Crispy outer , chewy center prefect!!! I used millet flour instead of plain flour and they were absolutely realised by 4 year old with so much excitement.
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that’s great – thank you
Ally S
Just made these & they’re great – thanks! I used date sugar & whole wheat flour, but otherwise followed the recipe to a T. It made 12 large cookies, and they are chewy and yummy and not too sweet. A new favorite. 🙂
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Awesomeness
Sash
Hello:) I made these today and they’re amazing thank u! I had trouble me in getting them to stick together when making them into balls and then cookies so any tips for next time will be appreciated ! Feel like it may have been a bit too sticky and ended up sticking to my palms heaps . Thank you 🙂
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sorry to hear that. try filling a bowl with water and a little oil, dip your hands in that before shaping them & that should work out great
Sash
dont be sorry at all, your recipe was great, all the cookies were gone in one night haha. ill try that next time, thank you for the tip 🙂
Monica Lamb
Thank you for the recipe Richa! I just made them: They’re very tasty, a little chewy. I also used light brown sugar. (The only sub). I think I could have let them bake 1-2 min more. I took them out at 11 minutes. I will be making them again because they are such a pleasant mouthful and will go great with a glass of almond milk or a cup of tea!
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awesome!!
Sandra
Yummy! Eating them right now. Next time I’ll make a double batch.
Leila
Fantastic recipe! Perfect amount of sweetness, well-balanced flavor and undetectably healthy
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exactly… they’d never know
Jen
These will now be my go to cookies. I had everything in the house and they were perfect.
I couldn’t see a note to line or grease a baking sheet but I’m glad I did.
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thanks Jen!
Quinn
Such yummy and easy cookies. Thanks for sharing the recipe!
Nitza
I have made these cookies many times. They are awesome! Most of the time I used raisins instead of chocolate chips.
Chrissy
This looks awesome!
What is the prose of the almond meal? My wife shouldn’t have almonds because of kidney stones… could i replace that with something else?
Thanks!
Richa
yes you an use sunflower seed meal, or a different nut meal or just more flour
Jay Cat
I made this recipe yesterday not being able to combine the batter as a cookie .
The batter remained as a crumble so I ate uncooked with a spoon.
I did screw up and added 3 tablespoons of canola oil .
I don’t know why the batter never clumped .
The recipe is delicious . My husband used the crumble with his yogurt and a banana . He loved it .
My mistake was I added 3 tbl od oil instead of 2. I used a half bar of chopped 70% Lindt chocolate .
The taste is fabulous but I could never combine the batter to make a cookie .
Richa
hmm maybe the flour or oats absorbed liquid more or something. Just sprinkle in some non diary milk and press into a dough. AS soon as you get a dough, make balls to make cookies.
Danna
These came out great, thanks! next time will use less sugar, do you think I could omit it all together or is it necessary for something other than sweetness? Also for some reason this only made 8 small cookies for me…
Tasha
Hi, I’m out of maple syrup, does it need liquid sugar or can I add an addition coconut sugar or cane sugar ?
Richa
1/4 cup is a lot of liquid that would go missing from the recipe.
susan
I wonder how this would be with some added coconut flakes or shredded coconut.
Richa
they should work out just fine with some coconut.
Priyanka Goyal
Hey
What can I replace maple syrup with?
Richa
jaggery syrup or sugar syrup or agave.
Monica Lara
I wonder how would it change the recipe if I were to use whole wheat flour instead both almond meal and regular flour?
Richa
it should work out just fine. Add about 3/4 of the flour first and combine and add more to mix into a soft not too sticky mixtyre. if the mixture starts to get too stiff and dry, dont add the rest of the flour.
Kylie
Made these last weekend with choc chips and doing it again today. Mmmmm
Richa
Awesome!
Mariah
I made these today and they were great!
Richa
Awesome!
diane
These r amazing, made them last week with raisins. Do you think they will freeze well.
Richa
Awesome! I haven’t tried freezing them, I never have any left :). Let me know if you freeze them and it affects the texture in any way.
fajer
made these with raisons instead of chocolate and replaced half of the maple syrup with molasses and they turned out very good
Richa
Awesome!!
Heather
Made these last night with a few subs – used coconut oil, added pumpkin seeds, sliced almonds, raisins and chocolate chips to make them ‘everything cookies’ cut the sugar a little so i could eat them for breakfast and added a little almond milk to help bind with all of the extra add-ins.
the recipe was a great base for what i was looking for! thank you! your recipes are quickly becoming my go-tos when i have something in mind to make and i am looking forward to trying lots more!
Laine
Thank you for such a lovely recipe! I made these using rye flour only (what I had in my pantry) and subbed half the chocolate chips for raisins. They were toasty and delicious alongside a scoop of coconut ice cream. 🙂
jan
hi, the cookies do look scrumptious but, with chocolate, can they be dairy-free?
Richa
yes, there are several dairy-free vegan chocolate brands like Enjoy life, Theo, lulu etc. Find the one you like and use. I usually use enjoy life or theo.
PatB
hi! What could I used as a substitute for Almond Meal? Almonds are an allergen for us.
Thanks!!
Pat
Richa
more flour, or seed meal like ground sunflower or pumpkin seeds
Alexz
Same amount of flour in place of almond meal?
Richa
start with 1-2 tbsp less, then add more if needed depending on the dough consistency
Caitlin
there’s nothing like a big old oatmeal cookie, especially when chocolate chips are involved 🙂 have you ever made iced oatmeal cookies? they were my favoriteeeeee.
Jenn
These look crazy good! My kids would go nuts for these (and me too!). Trying soon!
Archena
Thank you so much Richai have seen so many oatmeal raisin recipes and I like the chocolate more will have to try these for sure
June @ How to Philosophize with Cake
Mmm those cookies look fantastic! Big, thick cookies are my favorite 🙂
Anna
loove these!! can’t wait to try it at home 😀 this summer I’ll be so busy trying all your recipes hehe
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Farha - faskitchen
wow.. just wow.. i have got my tongue out looking at this cookies.. i love the walnut in a cookie, this just looks so perfect
Kyra @ Vie De La Vegan
I love the addition of the walnuts and almond meal in here – what a great way to boost the nutritional content of cookies! I’m also loving all the reviews for your cookbook, Richa 🙂 I need to get myself a copy!
Cassie Tran
OMG so yummy! Would love an oatmeal raisin cookie recipe!
Richa
use raisins instead of chocolate chunks!
Elisa Hernandez
These look amazing! I can’t wait to see what you come up with next:)
Nina
Oh man, these look so good. I have so many recipes that I want to make. But I guess I could squueze in one more because this is a breeze to make. I have been cooking and baking and eating only your recipes for the past week. Lol 😀 You know breakfast, lunch, dinner and snack… Even my daughter is starting to appreciate the food. She ate the Lentil Kidney Bean Chilli tonight… Could not believe what I was seeing. Anyways, thanks for a new cookie recipe!
8 days and counting
Richa
thats awesome! lentils and beans for the win, with a load of spices of course 🙂 . these are super simple and super flexible. most days i dont measure and just add things in!
Nina
So funny. It was already midnight when I wrote my comment and I was half asleep XD… I thought that I should maybe check what I wrote and if it was in English or not hahaha. But it turned out okay.
I’m always very happy when I can gdt my 6 year old to eat vegan food. I just left out the green chili and that worked.
I am going to start cooking from your book today.
By the way, I have to say that your baking skills are really awesome!