Delicious homemade healthy gluten-free vegan apple cookies

These cozy, Spiced Apple Cookies are the perfect treat for autumn, or really any time of the year! With all of the flavors of a delicious apple crumble in a snackable cookie form, they’re perfect on their own or jazzed-up topped with some vanilla ice cream and a scoop of Homemade Applesauce!

Spiced Apple Cookies’ Environmental Benefits

Making foods at home cuts down on individual packaging used to market and sell these good in grocery stores, especially when buying the produce in bulk with Reusable Produce Bags
Buying whole apples and making your own applesauce significantly cuts down on the carbon emissions caused by food transportation of jarred and canned goods
The meat and dairy industries hugely contribute to the amount of greenhouse gasses going into the atmosphere, switching even a few meals or snacks a week to vegan options helps combat this impact

Spiced Apple Cookies

Prep time: 15 Minutes
Cook time: 15 Minutes
Total time: 30 Minutes

Makes 15 Cookies

Ingredients:

1 cup Rolled Oats

1 cup Oat Flour (see notes)

1/2 cup Coconut Brown Sugar (or sweetener of choice)

¼ tsp Salt

¼ tsp Baking Powder

¼ tsp Ground Ginger

¼ tsp Nutmeg

1 tsp Cinnamon

2 Tbsp Flax Meal

¾ cup Sugar Free Applesauce (see notes)

1/2 cup Chopped Walnuts

Instructions:

1. MIX: Preheat the oven to 350°F. In a medium bowl, add the rolled oats, oat flour, sugar, salt, baking powder, spices, and flax meal, and mix everything together thoroughly. Add in the applesauce and walnuts, mix to combine. If the dough seems too dry and crumbly, add in an extra Tablespoon of applesauce.

2. BAKE: Using an ice cream scoop or a spoon, scoop out 1½ in dough balls and place them onto a baking tray lined with a Reusable Silicone Baking Mat. Lightly press down on the dough to spread it out more, leaving it to be about a ½ inch thick. These cookies don’t spread much on their own, so they can be placed fairly close together. Once all the dough is on the mat and flattened out, place the tray into the oven and bake for 12-15 minutes.

3. ENJOY: The cookies are done when the top feels firm but not dry or crunchy. Take them out of the oven and allow them to sit for 5 minutes before moving to a cooling rack. These can be eaten warm or once cooled, whichever you like! Allow them to cool fully before transferring to an airtight container, these will keep for 5-7 days, but taste best fresh!

Notes:

Homemade Oat Flour – Oat flour is incredibly easy to make at yourself at home. All you have to do it throw some oats in a food processor or blender until finely ground, and you’re good to go!

Using Sugar Free Applesauce – Applesauce is incredibly easy to make yourself at home , and doesn’t require any sugar to be added since the fresh fruit is so sweet! If you end up using premade applesauce with sugar, leave out the sugar in the recipe and taste the dough before baking. If it needs more sweetness, you can add in the sugar, and if not, bake away!

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