What Are Oat Flour Sugar Cookies?
Oat Flour Sugar Cookies are similar to regular sugar cookies, but the all-purpose flour is replaced with a healthier alternative: oat flour. Oat Flour Sugar Cookies are healthy cookies naturally:
Vegan Dairy-free Egg-free
Ingredients and Substitutions
It’s very easy to make oat flour cookies with only 3 ingredients.
Homemade oat flour – you can make your own oat flour from rolled oats, or you use almond flour for a vegan, gluten-free recipe option. Liquid sweetener – any refined sugar-free sweetener works well, like coconut nectar, agave syrup, or maple syrup. Don’t swap for granulated sweeteners. The recipe won’t work with brown sugar, coconut sugar, or erythritol. Melted coconut oil or vegan butter.
Optional Ingredients
Once you’ve made your first batch of these delicious cookies, you can try changing their taste and texture by adding some optional ingredients such as:
Baking Powder (1/2 teaspoon) Baking soda (1/4 teaspoon) Vanilla Extract (1/2 teaspoon).
How to Make Oat Flour Sugar Cookies
Let me show you how you can make these healthy sugar cookies with crispy edges and delicious hearty flavor
Cookie Dough Texture
This cookie dough is very different from classic flour-based sugar cookie dough. It’s grainy, darker, chewy, and sticky. Depending on the thickness of your oat flour you will have to adjust the dough by adding more oat flour to handle the dough easily. When the dough forms a ball that comes together – not runny – place the bowl in the fridge for 10 minutes.
Decorating
You can decorate the gluten-free sugar cookies using my vegan royal icing recipe, simply made of powdered sugar and water. Another option is to serve them plain or with some of the frosting below:
Chocolate protein frosting Cashew frosting
Feel free to add some food coloring drops to the icing to create a range of colorful sugar cookies. Once you’ve iced the cookies, you can add sprinkles, vegan chocolate chips, or even a pinch of salt.
Storage Instructions
These vegan oat flour sugar cookies can be stored in a cookie jar at room temperature for up to 1 week or frozen for later up to 3 months. Thaw them at room temperature before eating.
Allergy Swaps
If you are allergic to one of this sugar cookie recipe’s ingredients, you can make the following substitutions:
Oat Flour: if you are allergic to Oat Flour, you can swap it for Almond Flour. Coconut Oil: if you are allergic to coconut, use vegan butter.
More Vegan Cookie Recipes
If you like these cookies, you’ll love these as Christmas cookies or for any occasion!
