Oatmeal Date Cookies

These Oatmeal Chocolate Chunk Date Cookies are fully vegan and are simple to make! So ridiculously delicious and the perfect little snack. I really love the big dark chocolate chunks in these cookies but really any kind of chocolate chip would work (or even just double dates and no chocolate at all!).

Author: Food with Feeling

Meal Type: Milk Free

Cuisine: American

Difficulty: EASY

Prep. Time: 10 minutes

Cook Time: 16 minutes

Total Time: 26 minutes

Servings: 12 cookies

Calories: 284 kcal per serving

Ingredients

½ cup - vegan butter
½ cup - dark brown sugar
½ cup - granulated sugar
1 ½ cups - all purpose flour
1 ½ cups - old fashioned oats
1 tsp - baking powder
1 tsp - baking soda
¼ cup - almond milk
⅓ cup - Natural Delights Chopped Medjool Dates
½ cup - chocolate chunks/ chips

Instructions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F and line a large cookie sheet with parchment paper.
Whisk together the oats, flour, powder, and soda in a bowl and set aside.
In a stand mixer with the paddle attachment, beat the butter and both sugars together until light and fluffy.
Add in the dry ingredients and beat until combined with the butter and sugars – dough will be crumbly.
With the stand mixer on medium-low, pour in the almond milk. Beat only until a dough has formed – about 45 seconds to 1 minute. Fold in the chopped dates and chocolate.
Scoop and roll into 2 tablespoon balls and set in the fridge for 15 minutes.
Place dough balls 2 inches apart and bake for 14-16 minutes*, until golden around the edges.
Allow to cool on a wire rack and ENJOY!
*Don’t bake them more than this. Mine usually have this dough, slightly under baked look in the middle after about 15 minutes but they don’t need to bake any longer than 16 minutes. Once they cool, they set and are PERFECT!

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