Vegan Oatmeal Trail Mix Cookies

Don’t close this post! Vegan cookies can be a healthy and delicious alternative to your usual cookie cravings. After all, our vegan friends appreciate a yummy treat as well. Try them, you might just be converted.

Ingredients:

• 2 sticks vegan buttery sticks

• 1 1/2 cups dark brown raw sugar

• 2 tsp vanilla extract

• substitute for 2 eggs (I use flax meal)

• 2 cups oats

• 1 1/2 organic whole wheat flour

• 1 tsp baking powder

• 1 tsp cinnamon

• 1/2 tsp ground nutmeg

• 1/2 tsp salt

• 1/2 cup flax seed

• 1/2 cup unsweetened shredded coconut

• 1 cup unsweetened raisins

• 1 cup raw nuts

Directions:

Place racks in upper third of oven and preheat to 350 degrees F. In a large bowl beat butter, brown sugar and vanilla until light and fluffy (about 1 min). Add egg substitute and mix until incorporated. Add oats, flour, baking powder, cinnamon, nutmeg and salt. Mix on low speed until blended. Add flax seed, coconut, raisins and nuts.

Use a teaspoon and scoop out dough. Roll into balls and place on a cookie sheet lined with parchment paper. Lightly press down the dough until the cookies are about 1/4″ thick. Bake for 10 to 13 minutes or until golden. Cookies will feel a little soft when you take them out but they firm up as they cool.

I hope you enjoy this healthy alternative to the old Christmas stand-by’s. Happy holidays.

Makes about 45 cookies.

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