Oat Pulp Cookies (Flourless, No Refined Sugar)

Oat cookies are tasty and nutritious, a much-loved snack. With plant milks so popular these past few years, more and more people are making oat milk at home. When I shared “How to Make Oat Milk Like OATLY,” I mentioned that you shouldn’t throw away the oat pulp left over from making oat milk. Oat pulp is very nutritious: you can turn it into oatmeal, overnight oats, add it to pancakes, or make cookies. In this video I share a simple, delicious oat pulp cookie recipe. It uses no flour and no refined sugar, replacing them with natural ingredients. Healthy, but super delicious! Remember, the cookies must cool completely after baking so the outsides get crisp. Cranberries and pumpkin seeds are a combo I really love, but you can get creative and add your favorite dried fruit, nuts, or even chocolate.

The ingredients for these oat cookies are all very easy to find. For the oats I used old-fashioned rolled oats, not instant oats. Caesar and I have always preferred old-fashioned oats because they’re more nutritious and have a great texture; you can taste the whole oat flakes. You can buy them at Costco. I bought the almond flour at Costco too. If you’re not gluten-intolerant, you don’t need to go to the trouble of finding almond flour; just use regular flour instead.

Next is one of the most important ingredients: the oat pulp. Mine was left over from a fresh batch of oat milk, so it was very moist, with a texture a bit like nut butter. So if you’re making cookies right after making oat milk, you don’t need to add any extra milk or water. If your oat pulp has been stored in the fridge and seems a bit dry, once everything is mixed, see whether you need to add a little oat milk or milk.

After spooning the cookies onto the baking sheet, flatten the thicker centers a little so they bake evenly and have a better texture. Cookies fresh from the oven smell amazing, and I know you’ll want to grab one right away. But you have to let them cool! Warm cookies are too soft; that crispy outside only comes out once they’ve cooled.