Lemon oat cookies are a delicious and simple bake with an amazing fresh lemon taste. Made with oats, wholemeal flour, coconut oil and lemon you'll love this healthier cookie recipe!
Folks, these lemon oat cookies fit perfectly into the 80/20 eating rule.
They're a tasty healthier cookie compared to traditional heavily sugared, processed flour and butter based ones.
You'll also find this lemon oat meal cookies recipe great fun to make and really easy too!
Basically it's just one bowl of wet ingredients combined with another bowl of dry ingredients.
The combined ingredients are rolled into balls, pressed into cookie shapes on a baking tray and then baked in the oven.
That's it.
You know we're all about quick healthy meals here.
But sometimes it's nice to make a quick treat bake too and to share it with your friends.
Which is precisely what I did here with these oat cookies.
That's the 20% part of the 80/20 rule. The treat part.
I hadn't baked anything for my colleagues at work for a while, I enjoy doing that and sharing the good food love so that's what I did with these lemon oat cookies.
The first batch of these healthy oat biscuits was an instant hit, so I made another one to check and that went down equally well too.
So now these oat cookies are here for you to try!
The idea for these oats biscuits came to me from the base of the lemon crunch cheesecake recipe.
You folks seem to really love that one as it's been one of my most popular recipes lately.
So thank you!
It's nice to enjoy a piece of that cheesecake occasionally isn't it, in all it's lemony glory?
Sometimes though you just want a little treat giving you exactly that same flavour and that's what these lemon crunch cookies give you!
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Lemon Oat Cookies Recipe
If you're looking for a more healthy lemon cookies recipes then look no further.
These lemon oat cookies make a perfect healthier snack alternative for kids and fit into lunchboxes perfectly!
I’d love to hear what you think of my recipe in the comments below and please do rate my recipe 5* if you like it! 🙂
Lemon Oat Cookies Recipe
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Equipment
Ingredients
- Olive oil cooking spray
- 80 g porridge oats
- 80 g plain wholemeal flour
- 1.5 teaspoon baking powder
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- 50 g brown sugar
- 2 tablespoon melted coconut oil/coconut butter*
- 1 egg medium sized, lightly whisked.
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 lemon , juiced and finely grated zest
Instructions
- Pre-heat oven to 180C Fan
- Lightly spray a baking tray with the olive oil spray and rub across the surface of the whole tray.
- In a bowl combine all the dry ingredients (oats, flour, baking powder, salt and sugar).
- In another bowl all the wet ingredients (coconut oil, whisked egg, vanilla extract, lemon juice and zest).
- Combine the contents of both bowls together. The mixture will be sticky, but should hold together in a ball. If not, add a little more wholemeal flour.
- Flour your hands a little and roll the sticky mixture into 12 equal sized balls, place on the baking tray and then flatten with a fork.
- Bake in the centre of an oven for 12 - 15 minutes.
- Remove from the baking tray with a spatula and allow to cool on a wire rack.
Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine
O Love the lemon and oat! They sound so light and crunchy!
neil@neilshealthymeals.com
They are Rebecca. I was afraid they would be a bit "dense" but nope, everyone loved them!
Have a great weekend! 🙂
Shashi at Savory Spin
Neil - I adore a lemon cookie and these - why these are baked to perfection! And - looking over your ingredient list - why they are almost like a heavier bowl of lemon oats -eh?! Now - is your job site hiring?As I would love to be on the receiving end of these cookies 🙂
Hope you and lady Lynne have a wonderful weekend!
neil@neilshealthymeals.com
Hey Shashi, thanks so much for your comment. I'm glad you like these! 🙂
I'm afraid I had to google lemon oats, but yeah they look yum! I suppose these could be a heavier bowl of that.
Have a great weekend yourself. I'll let you know if any jobs come up at my work. 😉
Susie @ Suzlyfe
LEMON COOKIES I love lemon cookies.
Have an awesome weekend (and I hope it gets warmer! It got randomly cold today here as well)
neil@neilshealthymeals.com
Thank you Susie and you have a great weekend too.
We've got a Bank Holiday weekend here so Lynne and I are hoping that we can do a 14 mile walk we've had planned for a while now.
Keep your fingers crossed for a good weekend, or at least dry anyway. 🙂
rachel @ athletic avocado
Tis the season for all things lemon! These do not disappoint, I would love a few of these with a big glass of almond milk 🙂
neil@neilshealthymeals.com
Thanks Rachel. 🙂
When Lynne and I were doing the photographs we couldn't decide whether they should have a glass of milk or a cup of tea in.
As you can see the cup of tea won! 😀
GiGi Eats
These look like something I could sink my teeth into, for sure! 🙂
neil@neilshealthymeals.com
They've just got the right amount of "crunch" too.
Thanks Gigi. Have a fantastic weekend!
David @ Spiced
These cookies sound amazing, Neil! I love a good lemon cookie (especially in the Spring) and the oats in there sound delicious. In fact, I bet these would be great crumbled over a bowl of yogurt in the morning. I hope the Scottish weather is treating you better this week! (It was annoyingly chilly here this weekend after being nice and (unseasonably) warm for a week or two.) The warmer days are coming! (Oh, and I peeked at that lemon crunch cheesecake, too. I need a slice now!)
neil@neilshealthymeals.com
Thank you David. And yes, I do believe that these lemon oat cookies would be amazing crumbled over a bowl of yogurt. In fact that's a suggestion I never thought of and one I'm keen to try as soon as possible! Plus, it's a great excuse to bake another fresh batch of these! 🙂
We had cool but dry weather over the weekend, so for Scotland that wasn't bad. And, even better as it was a Bank Holiday weekend! I hope you're right that those warmer days are coming. I'll keep my fingers crossed for both of us enjoying warmer weather and you loosing that chilly weather. Brrr! 😉
Maddie Sinclair
This is a great recipe, really tasty cookies! I added in a few raisins which went down a treat. I've also used everything bar the lemon as a base recipe, tried it with dried apple pieces and cinnamon- also a hit! Thanks for the recipe ?
Neil
I love the idea of making these cookies with dried apple pieces instead of the lemon Maddie! 🙂
Glad you enjoyed the recipe, thanks for making and commenting. 😀
Nona
I made these yesterday as part of my journey to eat healthier. I absolutely love the flavor and fragrance of these cookies. They're also very easy to make! I couldn't get my hands on vanilla extract so I had to omit but still turned out amazing. Also, I'm personally not a huge fan of oat cookies so I ground the oats to a finer texture before adding in. Even my family members didn't notice the oats in it. Clever way of sneaking the healthy ingredient in to those who aren't fond of it. I just wish the cookies turned out a tiny bit sweeter; my sweet tooth is taking its time to adjust! Perhaps I'll add a bit of honey next time I make it or sub the brown sugar with honey altogether for a sweeter and healthier turnout. I've been eating the cookies with toppings or sandwich-like with either apple jam or honey. They're so good!
Neil
Thanks for the comment Nona. I'm glad you enjoyed eating and making these cookies! If you had been able to get your hands on vanilla extract, you may have found that was the added sweetness you were looking for. Maybe try and see if you can get vanilla extract for next time? Honey might make the recipe less likely to bind I fear. But if you do try it with honey and it works, do let me know! Thanks again and stay safe! 🙂
Nicole
Has anybody tried subbing applesauce for the oil? I've done it in a lot of other recipes and it changes the texture a little, but overall, it's a very similar result. I plan on trying this week, so if nobody responds, I'll try to remember to post my results!
Neil
Hi Nicole, Applesauce isn't that common as a substitute in recipes, here in the U.K. But I'd definitely be interested to hear from you if it works for you. Thanks!