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Satisfy your nut butter craving with these soft Almond Butter Oatmeal Cookies! Made with almond butter, maple syrup and rolled oats, they’re flourless, chewy and ready in under 15 minutes!
I can’t believe I’m THIS excited to share these Almond Butter Oatmeal Cookies with you! They’re so simple, yet absolutely perfect.
You know I love healthier cookie recipes, like my chocolate avocado cookies and these flourless almond butter chocolate chip cookies, but these almond butter cookies take the cake!
They can easily be customized to your liking, and they’re only in the oven for 10 minutes, so they’re truly the ideal cookie for when a sugar craving strikes.
Recipe features
- Uses rolled oats instead of flour, so they’re flourless and can be gluten free (as long as you use gluten free oats)
- Only 9 ingredients, most of which are already in your pantry
- These cookies are soft and chewy (like my coconut cookies) and taste similar to an oatmeal cream pie cookie, minus the cream and plus almond butter
Ingredients notes:
Egg: Like many flourless recipes, this one calls for an egg. I believe you could use a flax egg instead -- it may slightly alter the texture, but it should work!
Almond butter: Use a creamy almond butter, preferably one with “almonds” as the only ingredient, or almonds + salt.
Maple syrup: Or sub honey.
Rolled oats: Make sure you’re using rolled oats or old fashioned oats, NOT quick oats. And, if you want these to be gluten free, simply use gluten free oats instead.
Coconut sugar: Or any sugar of choice (cane sugar, brown sugar, monkfruit sweetener).
Chocolate chips: Optional, though is chocolate ever really optional? If you want something different, try using raisins, dried cranberries or chopped walnuts instead.
Step-by-step instructions
Step 1: Whisk wet ingredients. In a large bowl, stir the egg, almond butter, maple syrup, and vanilla together.
Step 2: Add dry ingredients. To that same bowl, add the oats, sugar, baking soda, cinnamon, and salt. Last, stir in the chocolate chips.
Step 3: Form into cookies. Use your hands to form the mixture into balls, about 2-3 tablespoon each, and place them directly onto your baking sheet. Make sure they’re at least two inches apart. Then, use your hands to flatten the balls out into cookies.
Step 4: Bake. Bake the cookies at 350° for 10 minutes. Leave them on the baking sheet for one minute before carefully transferring them to a cooling rack. They will be soft when they come out of the oven, but will firm up as they cool.
Tips and tricks
- Some almond butter contains palm oil -- try to use one that doesn’t! Palm oil tends to thicken the nut butter, and we want to use a creamy, drippy almond butter in this recipe.
- The cookie dough is going to be moist/wet -- that’s normal! To prevent it from sticking to your hands, simply wet your hands before rolling the dough into balls.
- Before serving, sprinkle the cookies with a bit of sea salt for that salty-sweet combo.
Can these be made with peanut butter?
Yep! If peanut butter is more your jam, you can use the exact same measurement of peanut butter as you would almond butter. Honestly, you can use ANY kind of nut butter in this recipe, just make sure the nut butter you’re using has only 1 or 2 ingredients and no added sugar.
Can I add raisins to mimic oatmeal raisin cookies?
Absolutely! I’m team chocolate chip all the way (just saying!), but feel free to sub raisins instead to make these taste similar to my oatmeal raisin granola.
Storage
- Room temperature: store cookies are room temperature for up to 3 days.
- Freezer: place leftovers in a freezer-safe bag for up to 3 months
More flourless desserts
- Flourless Sweet Potato Brownies
- Birthday Cake Brownies
- Flourless Almond Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies
If you made this recipe, be sure to leave a comment and star rating below. Thanks!
Almond Butter Oatmeal Cookies
Ingredients
- 1 egg
- ½ cup almond butter drippy
- 1 tablespoon maple syrup
- 2 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 cup rolled oats
- ½ cup coconut sugar or sub cane sugar
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- ½ teaspoon cinnamon
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- ½ cup chocolate chips
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350° and line a large baking sheet with parchment paper or spray with nonstick spray.
- In a large bowl, whisk the egg, almond butter, maple syrup, and vanilla together.
- To that same bowl, add the oats, sugar, baking soda, cinnamon, and salt and stir to combine. Last, stir in the chocolate chips. NOTE: the mixture will be very wet/soft -- that's normal!
- Use your hands to roll the dough into 16 balls and place them 2" apart on the baking sheet. NOTE: you may need to use 2 baking sheets or bake in batches. To prevent the dough from sticking to your hands, wet your hands beforehand. Then, use your hands to flatten the balls into cookies.
- Bake the cookies for 10-12 minutes. Leave them on the baking sheet for at least 5 minutes before carefully transferring them onto a cooling rack. The cookies will be soft when they come out of the oven, but will firm up as they cool. Enjoy!
Lisa says
I love Kind almond butter bars. But they've gotten pricey. I was looking for something I could make myself and save some money.
I have to say, I tried maybe four or five different bar recipes. The ingredients were great but the bars didn't come out nice.
Your recipe is not exactly like the bars either. But! There is a nice chewy texture that I like from the bars, they're filling, and they bring my blood sugar up when it drops a bit. I hope these stay nice for awhile. I hope to be able to pack them for myself in the fridge and take them out with me when I go places.
I put raisins in mine because I didn't have chips, but I'd love to try those. This recipe seems versatile, and you can add other things you like, like dates, seeds, chopped nuts, other types of dried fruit. Love this!
Erin says
I'm so glad you liked the cookies, Lisa!
Andrea says
My kids, husband, and I all love these cookies. I’ve made them according to recipe with raisins many times. So delicious! The last time I added two tablespoons of almond flour to make them not spread as much. Still really tasty.
Erin says
I'm glad to hear everyone loved thee cookies!
Bernadina says
Unfortunately these didn't work out for me. The cooking time didn't seem to be long enough to cook the oatmeal which made them chewy tough. They're not inedible though, but wouldn't share them with company.
Jason says
These were amazing.
Erin says
Thanks Jason!
Zara says
SOO yummy! Crispy and chewy - these are the best oatmeal cookies.
Erin says
Thanks for your comment, Zara -- I'm happy you liked the cookies!
Claudia says
I've made so many variations. Love this recipe. I used fig jam in one batch, came out great.
Beth says
I followed just as you described. Recipe is perfect. Next time I’ll a play with the ingredients!
Erin says
I'm glad you liked the cookies!
Adriana says
Only had to bake for 8 minutes but good recipe, next time I'll be sure to have chocolate chips around
Claudia says
Satisfies your cookie craving but also healthy and filling. Flexible recipe!
Erin says
Thanks for the 5-star rating, Claudia!
Zainab Nasir says
I used egg replacer and these turned out SOOOO good! I’ve made this recipe a dozen times and it never disappoints ❤️
Keri says
These are delicious and the recipe is very versatile. I made them as breakfast cookies to use up some almond butter I bought which is too runny to use on toast. I added about 1TBSP chia seeds after mixing the wet and dry ingredients and also about 1/2 cup chopped Medjool dates, coated in a little almond flour to prevent stickiness, since I didn’t have raisins. They have been my breakfast two days in a row.
Erin says
Thanks for the positive review, Keri!
Shirin says
Fantastic! I added 1 TB chia seeds and a handful of walnuts, put in half the maple syrup -- super healthy and divine. Thank you so much for the recipe!
Erin says
Ohhhh I LOVE the addition of chia seeds -- so glad you like the cookies!
Barbara Garcia says
These cookies were amazing. I didn't have chocolate chips so I used raisins and it worked well. The instructions were perfect. It's a keeper. Will try it with the chips next time.
Erin says
Thanks Barbara -- I'm happy to hear you liked them!
Heather says
Thank you for this recipe. I just made them. They came out almost like a rich caramel. So good. So addictive.
Erin says
I'm so happy to hear that!