by Jeanette 18 Comments
These Cranberry Coconut Chocolate Chip Oatmeal Cookiesmake a festive addition to any holiday cookie platter. Chock full of cranberries, coconut and mini chocolate chips, and sweetened with banana and honey, these cakey cookies are naturally delicious. Sponsored byHain Celestial.
With just a few short weeks between Thanksgiving and Christmas this year, there’s less time to shop and bake, so I’m all for shortcuts, whether it’s shopping for presents online, or making easy cookie recipes like the one I’m sharing today for these Cranberry Coconut Chocolate Chip Oatmeal Cookies.
One of my favorite parties of the season used to be a cookie exchange I participated in when my kids were younger. Over 60 moms would gather around for the cookie exchange, and we would all leave with a beautiful assortment of holiday cookies. It was always fun to see what everyone made – the variety of cookies was always so impressive.
During the Holiday season, I kick into cookie baking mode for a couple of days. There have been years where I’ve whipped up five different kinds of cookies in an afternoon. Some of our favorites includeGluten-Free Raspberry Almond Bars and Gluten-Free Peanut Butter Cookies with Dark Chocolate Drizzle.
Fortunately, my boys aren’t that particular about which cookies I make, so I have pretty free reign. The only criteria is that they have to taste really good – if they even suspect that I’ve made a super healthy cookie, they won’t consider it a cookie.
The most important criteria I follow when making cookies is to use the best quality ingredients I can find. I’ve been trying to use organic ingredients whenever possible because I want to keep my family’s diet as clean as possible. That means using ingredients that are as close to the way nature intended them, with no added chemicals, preservatives or additives. Sure, organic ingredients can cost a little more than conventional ingredients, but I think it’s so worth it.
These Cranberry Coconut Chocolate Chip Oatmeal Cookies are made with lots of high quality organic ingredients ~ organic oat flour, organic rolled oats, organic almond butter, organic banana, organic dried cranberries, organic coconut flakes and organic virgin coconut oil. You won’t be able to find cookies like these in any supermarket, so get out your mixing bowl. Soft and slightly cakey, these little bites make a nice addition to any holiday cookie tray.
I’m bringing these Cranberry Coconut Chocolate Chip Cookies toArrowhead Mills’ Cookie Exchange this year. Check out the Arrowhead Mills Cookie Exchange Pinterest Boardwhere lots of festive holiday cookies are being shared. It’s sure to inspire some holiday baking.
The banana adds sweetness and keeps these cookies nice and moist.
Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 8 minutes
Total Time 23 minutes
Author Jeanette
Ingredients
- 3/4cupArrowhead Mills® Organic Oat Flour
- 3/4cuporganic rolled oats
- 1tablespoonorganic ground golden flax seed mixed with 3 tablespoons water
- 1/2teaspoonbaking soda
- 1/2teaspoonbaking powder
- 1/4teaspoonsalt
- 1/4cuphoney or maple syrup
- 1/4cupMaraNatha® Organic Creamy Almond Butter
- 1/3cupmashed ripe organic banana
- 2tablespoonsorganic virgin coconut oil
- 1teaspoonvanilla extract
- 1/3cupdried organic cranberries
- 1/3cuporganic raw dried coconut flakes
- 1/2cupmini chocolate chips
Instructions
Combine oat flour, oats, flax seed and water mixture, baking soda, baking powder and salt in a mixing bowl. Mix well. Add honey, almond butter, banana, coconut oil and vanilla; blend until mixed through. Add cranberries, coconut and chocolate chips and mix well. Cover and refrigerate for a few hours or overnight to firm up cookie dough.
Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
Line baking sheet with parchment paper. Spoon cookie dough onto cookie sheets using rounded teaspoon. Flatten tops slightly.
Bake 7-9 minutes or until lightly browned. Let cool.
Recipe Notes
For a vegan option, substitute maple syrup for honey.
Disclosure: This is a sponsored post. I was provided product and compensated by Hain Celestial for my time developing and photographing this recipe.
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