Healthy Fruited Oatmeal Cookies

Healthy Fruited Oatmeal Cookies

healthy and tasty cookies

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Reviewed by Arturs Arnicans
Prep Time: 30m
Cook Time: 10m
Total Time: 40m
Temp.: 375 °F
Servings: 48
Difficulty: Easy
5.0 (12 Reviews)
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Ingredients

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Nutritional Information

101
calories
3g
fat
17g
carbohydrates
2g
protein
5mg
cholesterol
55mg
sodium
Healthy Fruited Oatmeal Cookies

Recipe Description

These Healthy Fruited Oatmeal Cookies are really healthy and simple to make. They are full of goodness with natural sugars coming from dried apricots and raisins. This recipe is great to make for a crowd – you’ll get 48 cookies from one batch!

I make these in my electric mixer – I beat butter, brown sugar, baking soda, salt, and allspice together to make the cookie dough. Then I add yogurt, egg, vanilla and flour, I finish them off by adding oats, apricots, raisins and walnuts.

To make Fruited Oatmeal Cookies, you will need the following ingredients:

Ingredients for Healthy Fruited Oatmeal Cookies

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Steps to make

  1. 1

    Heat the oven and prepare a cookie sheet

    5 min
    Step 1 - Healthy Fruited Oatmeal Cookies

    Preheat the oven to 375 °F. Lightly grease a baking sheet with cooking spray and set it to one side.

  2. 2

    Toast the oats

    10 min
    Step 2 - Healthy Fruited Oatmeal Cookies

    Place the rolled oats in a baking pan and bake in the oven for about ten minutes.

  3. 3

    Make the cookie dough

    2 min
    Step 3 - Healthy Fruited Oatmeal Cookies

    Beat the butter quickly in an electric mixer. Add the brown sugar, baking soda, salt, and allspice and mix until fully combined.

  4. 4

    Add the yogurt, egg and vanilla

    3 min
    Step 4 - Healthy Fruited Oatmeal Cookies

    Add the yogurt, egg and vanilla to the butter/sugar mixture and mix well.

  5. 5

    Incorporate the flour

    3 min
    Step 5 - Healthy Fruited Oatmeal Cookies

    Beat in the flour.

  6. 6

    Stir in the toasted oats, apricots, and walnuts

    2 min
    Step 6 - Healthy Fruited Oatmeal Cookies

    Remove the bowl from the mixer and stir in the toasted oats, apricots, raisins and walnuts with a wooden spoon.

  7. 7

    Place the cookies on the baking sheet

    5 min
    Step 7 - Healthy Fruited Oatmeal Cookies

    Using two teaspoons, drop the cookie dough onto the cookie sheet. Allow around 2 inches between cookies because they will spread while cooking.

  8. 8

    Bake

    10 min
    Step 8 - Healthy Fruited Oatmeal Cookies

    Bake in the oven for 9-11 minutes. The edges bottoms of the cookies will start to turn golden brown.

  9. 9

    Leave to cool

    Step 9 - Healthy Fruited Oatmeal Cookies

    Leave the cookies to cool on a wire rack.

  10. 10

    Serve

    Step 10 - Healthy Fruited Oatmeal Cookies

    Serve the cookies with a glass of milk!

These Fruited Oatmeal Cookies will keep for 3 days in an airtight container or you can freeze them for up to two months! I’d love to hear how you get on when you make these - leave a review below!

About the author

Lilly Mathuse

Lilly is an enthusiastic and cheerful young mom. She knows as well as any parent that children can be really picky when it comes to food. And she’s had plenty of experience trying to cook meals that are both tasty and nutritious, and able to satisfy the tastes of a fussy kid right away! To save you some precious time, Lilly's going to share with you all the tricks she learned the hard way, so you don’t have to! She has a wealth of recipes for quick and easy meals for kids and families on a budget.

Recipe Reviews

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5.0 out of 5 (12 reviews)
John Smith
August 13, 2024
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These cookies are amazing! I made them for my friends yesterday and they loved them. Super easy!

Martha
February 5, 2024
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Simply amazing. I made these cookies for my friends and they loved them. The apricots add a nice flavor and they are chewy just how I like them.

Xavier
October 31, 2023
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Yo, these Healthy Fruited Oatmeal Cookies are legit awesome! I whipped them up for a picnic, and everyone loved 'em. They're super easy to make and packed with yumminess. Just the right amount of sweetness, and totally guilt-free! Can't wait to bake these again, for sure!

Anna93
October 5, 2023
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Super tasty cookies!

Frankie
October 1, 2023
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Superb oat cookies!

Ursula
November 26, 2022
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Super easy cookies. I made these with my kids on a rainy afternoon, and we all loved getting our hands messy mixing the ingredients. Perfect just as a snack or dessert for gatherings. I will be making them again for sure!

Jessie
November 23, 2022
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These cookies are super easy and taste fresh. I made them for a brunch with friends and they were gone in no time. I love how healthy they are too! The dried apricots add a nice touch and my friends couldn't believe they were good for you. Definitely a keeper for future potlucks.

Jules
June 28, 2022
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Amazing!

Xena
January 26, 2021
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Superb cookies recipe. I made them for a friend’s gathering and everyone loved them. I particularly enjoyed how easy they were to whip up in my mixer. The combination of sweetness from the apricots and raisins was just perfect. Thank you for sharing this delicious treat.

Mia Johnson
December 9, 2020
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OMG, these cookies are amazzzing! Super easy to whip up, and I love that they're healthyy. Made a batch for my friends and they devoured them in no time. Definitely gonna make again!

Claude Dupont
September 3, 2019
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Super yummy cookies!

Athina
June 15, 2019
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Thank you! Approved!

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