Healthier Vanishing Oatmeal Raisin Cookies

Oatmeal cookies were one of my favorite recipes to bake as a kid. My sister and I copied the recipe on the back of Quaker Oats box and would eat half of the raw dough and cook the rest. I can’t seem to get enough of ‘oats’ these days, so in an attempt to come up with a healthier version to snack on I made some tweaks to the original and think these taste even better! The recipe below makes ~15 large cookies, but I’ve doubled (or even tripled this!) and kept any leftovers in a bag in the freezer. You can quickly microwave the frozen ones (15-30 seconds depending on how hot you like them) for a healthy(ish) treat.

Also, one note about the sugar in this recipe - feel free to use whatever sugar you prefer. I used monkfruit sugar to make it healthier but you can use any sugar you like and it will still taste great.

Here’s a picture of the raw dough (it doesn’t look much different than the finished product which is why you have to flatten the balls!)

And then the finished product 10 minutes later!