Chewy Oatmeal Raisin Cookies Without Butter

Learn how to make oatmeal cookies without butter that are chewy and delicious. These healthy oatmeal raisin cookies are naturally sweetened.

We have so many indulgent cookie recipes and some of the popular ones are thumbprint cookies, cranberry oatmeal cookies and easy molasses cookies. These oatmeal raisin cookies without butter are naturally sweetened and are pretty easy to make.

About this recipe

I had to come up with a recipe for my favorite cookies that doesn’t have as much butter and sugar. Though we all know everything is better with butter and sugar, but if you want to stay on the healthy side, this is a good recipe to try.

I love pure maple syrup, the taste the smell the density, everything is perfect about pure maple syrup. So I decided to use maple syrup instead of white sugar and eliminate the butter to keep them on the healthier side.

Since these cookies don't use sugar or butter, they don't have the exact same texture as regular oatmeal raisin cookies and are chewier.

Ingredients

• Maple syrup: Pure maple syrup is perfect for this recipe.
• Water
• Eggs
• Oatmeal: It's best to use old fashioned oatmeal and not quick oats.
• All purpose flour
• Raisins

These cookies don't call for white or brown sugar, neither do they call for butter or vegetable oil.

Instructions

Start with grabbing a bowl, pour ⅔ cup maple syrup, 3 tablespoon water and break two eggs into it, stir with a wooden spoon, then add ½ teaspoon vanilla extract.

Add 1¾ cup oatmeal and ½ cup all purpose flour, mix well until everything is combined. Add ¾ cup raisins and mix again.

Cover the bowl with a plastic wrap and let the dough cool in the fridge for one hour. Preheat the oven to 350F/180C. Line two baking sheets with parchment papers. Take the dough out of the fridge. Scoop out the cookie dough using a cookie or ice cream scoop and place them on the baking sheets, spacing two inches between them. Then bake them in the oven for 16 minutes until the bottoms are light brown. Let them cook for 15 minutes and then enjoy them with a cup of cold milk!

Variations

You can make these healthy oatmeal cookies with different additions such as:

• Chocolate chips
• Cranberries instead of raisins
• Walnuts
• Pecans

Notes and tips

• Make sure to chill the dough completely before you start baking each batch.
• Once one batch is baked, bake the next batch on a cool baking sheet or let the baking sheet cool completely before scooping the next batch.
• Freezing instructions: Once the cookies are completely cool, store them in a ziploc bag and freeze for up to 3 months. To eat, thaw the cookies on a baking sheet and serve.
• You can use honey instead of maple syrup in this no butter oatmeal cookie recipe.
• Make sure you're using old fashioned oats and not quick oats for this oatmeal cookie recipe.

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• Chewy Double Chocolate Cookies
• Peanut Butter Oatmeal Raisin Cookies
• Persian Raisin Cookies (Shirini Keshmeshi)
• No Bake Peanut Butter Oatmeal Cookies
• Turkish Almond Cookies

Step-by-Step Recipe

Chewy Oatmeal Raisin Cookies Without Butter

Shadi HasanzadeNemati

Learn how to make oatmeal cookies without butter that are chewy and delicious. These healthy oatmeal raisin cookies are naturally sweetened.

4.32 from 32 votes

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Prep Time 10 mins

Cook Time 15 mins

Total Time 25 mins

Course Cookies

Cuisine American

Servings 12 cookies

Calories 139 kcal

Ingredients

  

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• ▢ ⅔ cup maple syrup
• ▢ 2 eggs
• ▢ 3 tablespoon water
• ▢ ½ teaspoon vanilla extract
• ▢ 1 ¾ cup oatmeal
• ▢ ¾ cup all purpose flour
• ▢ ¾ cup raisins

Instructions

 

• Mix maple syrup, water and egg in a bowl using a wooden spoon.
• Add vanilla and mix again.
• Add flour and oatmeal. Mix well until everything is combined and the dough starts to get together
• Add raisins and mix well.
• Let the dough stay in the fridge for one hour. 
• Preheat the oven to 180C/350F, line baking sheets with parchment paper.
• Take the dough out of the fridge, using a spoon or an ice cream scoop, make small balls of cookie dough on the baking sheets.
• Bake the cookies for 16 minutes until their bottoms are light brown.
• Let cool completely before serving. 

Notes

• Make sure to chill the dough completely before you start baking each batch.
• Once one batch is baked, bake the next batch on a cool baking sheet or let the baking sheet cool completely before scooping the next batch.
• Freezing instructions: Once the cookies are completely cool, store them in a ziploc bag and freeze for up to 3 months. To eat, thaw the cookies on a baking sheet and serve.
• You can use honey instead of maple syrup in this no butter oatmeal cookie recipe.
• Make sure you're using old fashioned oats and not quick oats for this oatmeal cookie recipe.

Nutrition

Calories: 139kcalCarbohydrates: 29gProtein: 3gFat: 1gSaturated Fat: 1gTrans Fat: 1gCholesterol: 27mgSodium: 16mgPotassium: 158mgFiber: 1gSugar: 11gVitamin A: 40IUVitamin C: 1mgCalcium: 31mgIron: 1mg

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