Healthy whole grain oatmeal cookies made with spelt flour. The spelt gives the cookies a sweet nutty flavor and a boost of nutrition.
I love baking with ancient grains, they tend to have a more complex flavor and are higher in nutrients than modern grains. Spelt has a delightful nutty flavor that adds an amazing characteristic to baked goods. These oatmeal raisin spelt cookies are sweetened with coconut sugar and honey, which adds a rich complexity and earthiness to the cookies. They make a great breakfast cookie. They are whole grain, all natural, have no refined sugar and have healthy monounsaturated fats from the olive oil. Each cookie is under 120 calories and they taste incredible. That’s a breakfast cookie in my book. If you haven’t baked with spelt yet, these cookies are a great place to start and just might get you hooked to use it more often.
Spelt is an ancient grain that was used in the biblical days. It is more nutritious than modern day wheat and it is more easily digested. It does have gluten in it but some people find they can tolerate the gluten in spelt much better than modern wheat. The best thing about spelt is the flavor. Whole wheat spelt has a sweet, almost nutty flavor that makes anything you create taste wonderful.
Oatmeal Raisin Spelt Cookies
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Yield 24 cookies
Healthy whole grain cookies made with spelt flour that gives the cookies a sweet nutty flavor and they are only 120 calories each.
Ingredients
- 1 ½ cups spelt flour (180 grams)
- 2 cups rolled oats (160 grams)
- ¾ teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ¼ cup light olive oil (49 grams)
- ¾ cup coconut sugar (150 grams)
- ¼ cup honey (85 grams)
- 2 eggs
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- ¾ cup raisins (127 grams)
Instructions
- Pre-heat the oven to 350° and line a cookie sheet with parchment paper or spray it with non-stick cooking spray.
- In a small bowl, stir together the spelt flour, rolled oats, baking soda, cinnamon and salt. In a separate bowl stir together the olive oil, coconut sugar, honey, eggs and vanilla. Stir the dry ingredients into the wet mixture then stir in the raisins.
- Scoop out 2 tablespoons of dough and drop onto prepared cookie sheet (I use a cookie scoop that holds 2 tablespoons). Space the cookie dough about 1 ½ inches apart to leave room for a little spreading.
- Bake for 7 to 9 minutes then cool on a wire rack.
Courses Dessert
Nutrition Facts
Serving Size 1 cookie
Amount Per Serving | ||
|---|---|---|
Calories 118 | ||
% Daily Value | ||
Total Fat 3 g | 5% | |
Cholesterol 9 mg | 3% | |
Sodium 95 mg | 4% | |
Total Carbohydrates 21 g | 7% | |
Dietary Fiber 1.8 g | 7% | |
Sugars 10.8 g | ||
Protein 2.5 g | 5% | |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.
These look so chewy – like the perfect oatmeal raisin cookie! I’ve never worked with spelt before but I do need to try it. Sign me up for one (or three) of these for breakfast!
Christina Shoemaker recently posted…Summer Southwest Salad
Oh they are so good for breakfast Christina, and they are moist and chewy… your all signed up 🙂
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Thank you for the recipe, I never tried spelt flour before, and you made me curious to try.
now I have to find the name in French and treasure hunt all supermarket
I hope you can find it Laura, if not try Amazon
I’ve never used spelt flour before I’ll need to try it, these cookies look delish!
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I’ve seen spelt at the market, but have never known what to do with it. I think oatmeal cookies is a safe bet! These sound great!
Love oatmeal cookies but never tried making them with spelt flour!
I have been craving oatmeal cookies. This looks wonderful
I think I am one of the last remaining home cooks to not have cooked with spelt, haha! I always see at the grocery store and wonder what I would do with it. Now I know, because these cookies look terrific! Thanks for sharing. 🙂
Monica | Nourish & Fete recently posted…Five Minute Arugula Parmesan Pine Nut Salad
Oh Monica, I hope you do try these cookies. You will not be disappointed and there is so much more you can do with spelt. Enjoy!
I’ve not cookd with spelt before. Perfect introductory recipe!
I love cooking with a variety of grains and bringing back all the goodness of ancient grains. These cookies look amazing. Classic flavors! Would love to try it with other nuts, chocolate chips etc.
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It really is nice to bring back all that goodness isn’t it
I have yet to try spelt, but after seeing these cookies I think I’m left with no choice!! Especially if I can have them for breakfast 🙂
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I hope you enjoy them Jessica
These look and sound delicious! After following you for a while I really need to get to trying spelt flour! Pinned 🙂
I know you will love spelt flour Kelly, let me know if you try it 🙂
Super delicious and super healthy. This is what I want for breakfast!
I love baking with spelt! These cookies look wonderful!
Thanks Mary
This look so delicious. I’ve never used Spelt flour before. But these look so perfect I think I want to venture out of my comfort zone and try using it .
Veena Azmanov recently posted…Perfect Homemade Butterscotch Sauce Recipe – Just three ingredients
Veena, I hope you do try it, it is worth it.
These sound great! I always have the best intentions of broadening my baking repertoire, but then don’t really know where to begin. Bookmarking them for later!
I hope you do get around to making them Elizabeth
This looks simply amazing!! YUM!!!
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I use sprouted spelt flour pretty much all the time! And I too use olive oil instead of vegetable oil. We are kindred spirits! These cookies look fabulous!!
Yes I would say we are Elaine, I also use sprouted spelt four. We should be neighbors.:)