Made with oat flour, these soft and chewy classic vegan oatmeal cookies are naturally gluten free! 

 


Close up photo of classic chewy oatmeal raisin cookies in a white bowl. These delicious oatmeal raisin cookies are vegan and gluten free.

We had a few very rainy days recently all we wanted to do was stay home and bake cookies. What is it about rainy days and baking cookies that work so well together? My 11-year-old’s current favorite cookies are Oatmeal Raisin. She’s made them herself about 5 times now and they always go quickly. This time we made them together but made them gluten free and vegan so that everyone here can enjoy them. We couldn’t taste a difference, promise. 

Soft gluten free vegan oatmeal cookies are easy to make with natural ingredients and so satisfying and delicious. While I wouldn’t call them health food, unlike most cookies, they do have some nutrition from the oats. These vegan gluten free oatmeal cookies are not meant to be a healthy snack like my Healthy No-Bake Oatmeal Cookies, they are more of a treat and taste like you’d expect a cookie to taste. More along the lines of my classic Vegan Chocolate Chip Cookies or Banana Bread.

How to Make Gluten-Free Oatmeal Cookies

Homemade oat flour in the bottom of a Vitamix blender. Oat flour is great for gluten free baking.

We swapped out all-purpose flour for oat flour. Totally makes sense with oatmeal cookies, right? I love oat flour for muffins too, they make these Gluten Free Banana Oat Muffins perfect. They even work for Gluten Free Pumpkin Muffins and Carrot Cake Muffins

Making oat flour is easy, simply blend oats in your blender or food processor until as finely ground as possible. 

Oat flour, baking soda, and cinnamon in a bowl to make gluten free oatmeal raisin cookies.

Mix the dry ingredients, then set aside. 

Brown and white sugars with vegan butter in the bowl of a KitchenAid mixer.

Next we cream together the brown sugar, which gives these oatmeal cookies that classic rich sweetness and chewiness, with a little organic cane sugar and butter. I use Miyoko’s dairy-free butter as it tastes just like dairy butter and is made with real ingredients like cashews. 

Creamed butter and sugar in the bowl of a mixer to start making gluten free vegan oatmeal cookies.

Beat the butter and sugars until light and soft. 

A small bowl with a flax egg inside for making vegan oatmeal cookies.

Rather than using an egg, we used a “flax egg” which worked just fine. 

The wet ingredients for gluten free vegan oatmeal cookies in the bowl of a mixer.

Oat flour gets poured into the creamed wet ingredients for vegan gluten free oatmeal cookies.

Beat in the dry ingredients. 

Rolled oats and raisins are added to gluten free vegan oatmeal cookie batter.

And finally the oats and raisins. 

Vegan gluten-free oatmeal cookies on a cookies sheet.

We use a cookie scoop to make this process much easier and create uniform cookies. 

A stack of chewy classic oatmeal raisin cookies on a small plate. These perfect oatmeal cookies are vegan and gluten free.

A white bowl filled with classic chewy oatmeal raisin cookies on a marble counter with two cups of tea.

Yield: 16 cookies

Oatmeal Raisin Cookies (Vegan, Gluten-Free)

Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 12 minutes
Additional Time 30 minutes
Total Time 57 minutes

The best recipe for soft and chewy classic oatmeal raisin cookies that happen to be vegan and gluten-free. These easy one-bowl oatmeal cookies are made with oat flour.

Oatmeal Raisin Cookies (Vegan, Gluten-Free)

Ingredients

  • 1 cup oat flour
  • 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
  • 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1/4 teaspoon salt
  • 1 tablespoon flax meal
  • 1/2 cup vegan butter (I used Miyoko's)
  • 1/2 cup brown sugar
  • 1/4 cup organic cane sugar
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 1 and 1/2 cups rolled oats (certified gluten-free)
  • 1 cup raisins

Instructions

  1. In a medium bowl, whisk together the oat flour, cinnamon, baking soda, and salt. Set aside.
  2. In a small bowl, whisk together the flax meal and 2 tablespoons of warm water. Set aside.
  3. In the bowl of a mixer, beat the butter, brown sugar, and white sugar until light and soft, about 3 minutes. Add the vanilla and flax mixture and beat to incorporate.
  4. Slowly mix in the dry ingredients until incorporated. Mix in the oats and raisins.
  5. Place the mixer in the refrigerator for 30 minutes. Meanwhile, preheat the oven to 350 degrees F and line a large cookie sheet with parchment or a silicon liner.
  6. Scoop balls of dough onto the prepared cookie sheet and flatten into disks (these cookies will puff up slightly but don't spread much). Bake for 10-12 minutes. Cool for a 5 minutes on the cookie sheet and then transfer to a wire rack.

Notes

Recipe adapted from Live Well Bake Often

Nutrition Information:
Yield: 16 Serving Size: 1
Amount Per Serving: Calories: 153Total Fat: 7gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 2gSodium: 122mgCarbohydrates: 23gFiber: 1gSugar: 15gProtein: 2g