Vegan leftover oatmeal cookies
Time: 45 minutes + 6 hours to rest
Yield: 18 cookies
INGREDIENTS
Overnight oats
- 1 cup LeGrand Vegan Yogurt – the flavor of your choice
- 1 cup of your choice of plant-based milk
- 1 ½ cups of old fashioned oatmeal
- 1 tbsp. chia seeds
- 1 pinch of salt
- 1 pinch of cinnamon (or more to taste)
- Summer berries to garnish (we love raspberries!)
Oatmeal cookies
- 2 cups flour
- 2 tsp baking powder
- 1/2 tsp cinnamon
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1/2 cup softened unsalted LeGrand vegan butter
- 1/2 cup brown sugar
- 2 vegan eggs: 4 tablespoons ground flaxseed + ½ cup water
- 2 Tbs lemon juice
- 1 ½ cup prepared (leftover) oatmeal
Ever wondered what can you do with leftover overnight (or traditionally cooked) oatmeal?
This recipe is a great hack to create tender, moist, and nutritious cookies to avoid food waste! They are just perfect as a snack or even as a breakfast. Extra kudos if you can make them from package-free ingredients!
INSTRUCTIONS
Overnight oats
- In a large bowl, combine yogurt, milk, and oatmeal.
- Add chia seeds, a pinch of salt, cinnamon, and a few berries.
- Put in an airtight container and let sit for 6 hours (or overnight) in the refrigerator.
Vegan oatmeal cookies
- Prepare the overnight oatmeal according to the above instructions.
- Preheat the oven to 350F.
- In a large bowl, combine the 2 cups of flour, 2 tsp of baking powder, 1/2 tsp of cinnamon, and 1/2 tsp of salt and set aside.
- In a medium bowl, combine the softened vegan butter and brown sugar and mix with a hand mixer until fully incorporated and light in color. The mixture will look slightly fluffy.
- Add the 2 vegan eggs and 2 tablespoons of lemon juice to the butter and sugar mixture and continue mixing with the hand mixer until fully incorporated.
- Next, add the oatmeal to the wet ingredients mixture and mix until everything is incorporated.
- Then pour the oatmeal mixture into the dry ingredients bowl and mix together. Be careful not to over mix or your cookies will be a little tough.
- Place balls of dough on a parchment-lined baking sheet and bake for 12-15 minutes. Cookies should be fully baked and lightly browned on top.
- Remove cookies once they are done and let cool for at least 5 minutes on a cooling rack.
- Optional: Garnish cookies with grated lemon peel for an extra touch.
