These 5-Ingredient Sugar Free Peanut Butter Oatmeal Cookies Are Pure Perfection
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This sugar free oatmeal cookies recipe is sweet from the mashed bananas and chocolate chips with a soft and chewy texture.
The sugar intake has been reduced in these classic oatmeal cookies, highlighting the natural flavor of the bananas. Only 5 ingredients!
If you love more chocolate chip cookies try our family's favorite Oatmeal Banana Cookies, decadent Italian Ricotta Cookies, and double next.
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- Rita's Notes
- Ingredients
- How To Make Sugarless Oatmeal Cookies
- Tips
- Are Sugar-Free Oatmeal Cookies Good For You?
- Freezing and Storing Instructions
- Variations and Substitutions
- Easy Baking Recipes
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Rita's Notes
These homemade cookies are not the type of sugarless cookies in which you add maple syrup, honey, applesauce, or artificial sweetener to compensate for the sweetness.
On the contrary, these healthy flourless sugar-free oatmeal cookies are made with natural ingredients.
We add bananas for a naturally sweet flavor, along with dark chocolate chips, which are optional here or can be substituted with naturally sweet raisins (just make sure the dried raisins are without added sugar!).
For the healthier and basic cookies, you’ll only need 4 ingredients.
If you like raisins, try our moist Cinnamon Banana Bread (with raisins) and Oatmeal Raisin Cookies next time.
Freeze old bananas!
These sugarless cookies are a great way to use that leftover ripened banana full of black spots. It has been years since I learned the trick to preserve old bananas by freezing them whole. All you need to do after freezing is defrost them and use them in your favorite cookies, bread, and pies.
Ingredients
- Bananas - these flourless cookies do not contain white sugar, brown sugar, or any other refined sugar. Bananas are great for naturally adding sweetness to baking goods. You’ll need about 2 large, overripe, mashed bananas. Banana + black spots = sweet cookies!
- Peanut butter - I’ve used creamy peanut butter, but you could use crunchy peanut butter instead. Go for a good-quality natural peanut butter with just salt and peanuts or just peanuts. Take care to check the ingredient labels, and use unsweetened and unsalted peanut butter for a healthier option.
- Vanilla extract - use high-quality pure vanilla extract.And yes, it matters.
- Oats - old-fashioned oats are nutritious and preferred for these cookies, but you can use quick oats, too, when in a pinch (the texture will be different). I like to use Bob's Red Mill or Quaker Oats here, as well as gluten-free or regular oats.
- Chocolate chips - you can use dark, unsweetened, or diabetes-friendly chocolate chips, dark, milk, or white chocolate chips (these are with sugar). Increase the chips to ¾ cups for extra chocolate indulgence! Unsweetened raisins or cacao nibs can be used instead of chocolate chips.
For the full list of ingredients, please scroll down where you'll find the recipe card.
If you don’t like cookies chunky, use oat flour instead. You can make your own oat flour at home in two easy steps. Take your favorite rolled oats and pulse them in a food processor or coffee/spice grinder until the oats turn into a fine powder. That’s it!
How To Make Sugarless Oatmeal Cookies
How to make sugar-free oatmeal cookies from scratch:
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit. Line a large baking sheet lined with parchment paper.
- Step 1: In a large bowl add mashed bananas, peanut butter, vanilla, and oats. Mix well with an electric mixer, stand mixer, or food processor on low speed until combined.
- Fold in chocolate chips.
- Step 3: Prepare a small bowl with warm water. Dip your hands in water and shape 15 balls, about the (size of a walnut). Spread the cookie balls in a single layer on the cookie sheet leaving about 1 ½ inches in between each cookie dough ball.
- Step 4: Gently press down the cookies to flatten them and shape (these cookies won't spread as much during baking).
- Step 5: Bake for 10-12 minutes. Remove and allow the cookies to cool on a cooling rack.
Store in an airtight container refrigerated for up to 5 days. Let it come to room temperature before eating. You can also freeze these for up to 3 months. Defrost in the fridge overnight and let it come to room temperature.
Tips
- I’ve rolled these cookies to the size of a walnut, but you can adjust the size for larger cookies which will then require an extra minute to bake.
- Use a cookie scoop to create uniform-sized cookies.
- I wet my hands before rolling the cookie dough, which helps to prevent the dough from sticking to hands.
- Don’t leave these cookies out for long at room temperature, as they contain bananas. You could also chill the cookie dough before rolling it to reduce the sticky texture.
- For a more healthy oatmeal cookie leave the chocolate chips out.
- You can easily double the ingredients to make an extra batch of oatmeal cookies and store them in the freezer to enjoy whenever you like.
- If you use natural peanut butter in this recipe, mix any oil that has settled at the top of the jar back into the rest of the peanut butter. If you don’t, the butter will be dry, which can cause crumbly cookies.This being said, not all-natural peanut butter has the same consistency.
- You can add natural sugar alternatives if you want sweeter-tasting cookies, such as maple syrup, date paste, maltitol syrup, stevia, applesauce (just a bit in addition), or monk fruit.
- These cookies will become firmer as they cool. To make them softer, I like to warm them in the microwave or low-temperature oven.
- For more natural sweeteners, consider adding finely chopped dates or pureed dates (they taste better than caramel!) or raisins.
- Flavor too sweet? If you are making the batter and after tasting it, the cookie dough seems too sweet, add chopped cranberries, as their tartness will balance the sweetness pretty well. You can also omit the chocolate chips or add them only to half a batch of the cookies.
- I don't recommend adding more salt as this will intensify all the flavors, including the sweetness.
Peanut butter and mashed bananas are essential in this recipe as these wet ingredients act as binding agents. They are important since this recipe doesn't call for an egg, vegetable oil, or milk.
Are Sugar-Free Oatmeal Cookies Good For You?
These delicious oatmeal cookies are suitable for many diets and people with food intolerances. These cookies are:
- Healthy
- No wheat flour
- Easy
- Eggless
- No flour cookies
- Dairy-free
- Refined sugar-free
- They are also naturally gluten-free and mostly healthy if you use the best quality ingredients. We only need four here, not counting the chocolate, which is optional. If you follow a gluten-free diet, check the oats for GF certified labels.
Freezing and Storing Instructions
- Store in an airtight container refrigerated for up to 5 days. Let the cookies come to room temperature before eating.
- To Freeze. You can also freeze these for up to 3 months. Defrost in the fridge overnight and let it come to room temperature.
Variations and Substitutions
- Swap the vanilla extract to the almond extract for some delicious nutty flavor.
- Shredded coconut or coconut flakes will add tons of new flavors.
- Turn these cookies into oatmeal raisin cookies by adding about ½ cup of raisins.
- Lemon, lime, or orange zest is a classic flavor enhancer for any cookie. And great for a fresh aroma.
- Mix-Ins - Swap the chocolate chips for more naturally sweet ingredients such as raisins or dried fruit. Dried cranberries will work too. Chopped nuts such as hazelnuts, sliced almonds or almond flakes, peanuts, walnuts or pecans will work best here.
- Banana puree can be substituted with pumpkin puree or sweet potato. In the end, this is what gives the cookies their naturally sweet taste.
- To make the cookies more flavorful add a pinch of salt to the cookie dough.
- Peanut butter can be substituted to chocolate peanut butter or almond butter.
- Make these cookies a complete nutrient powerhouse by adding a mix of nuts and seeds - flaxseeds, chia seeds, pumpkin seeds (pepitas), and sunflower seeds. Goji berries are one of my favorites to add to cookies too.
- Use oat flour - for smoother cookies, grind those rolled oats into a fine powder with a spice/coffee bean grinder or use a food processor.
- Make it vegan-friendly - use dairy-free chocolate chips to make vegan oatmeal cookies.
- If you feel you need more sweetness or bananas are not ripe enough (lots of sweet flavors come from bananas), then you can add liquid sweeteners: honey, maple syrup, or agave syrup. You only need a little, and you can easily taste the cookie dough as all the ingredients are edible in their raw and unbaked form.
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📖Recipe
Best Sugar Free Oatmeal Cookies With Peanut Butter (5 Ingredients!)
This sugar-free oatmeal cookies recipe is sweet from the mashed bananas and chocolate chips with a soft texture. The sugar intake has been reduced in these classic oatmeal cookies, highlighting the natural flavor of the bananas. Only 5 ingredients!
4.58 from 7 votes
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Prep Time 10 minutes mins
Cook Time 10 minutes mins
Total Time 20 minutes mins
Course Baking, cookies
Cuisine American
Servings 15 cookies
Calories 99 kcal
Ingredients
- 2 large overripe bananas, mashed
- ⅓ cup peanut butter, creamy
- ½ teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 ¾ cup old-fashioned rolled oats
- ¼ cup sugar free chocolate chips, or cacao nibs
Instructions
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit. Line a baking sheet lined with parchment paper.
In a large bowl add mashed bananas, peanut butter, vanilla, and oats. Mix well with an electric mixer, stand mixer, hand mixer, or food processor on low speed until combined. Fold in chocolate chips.
2 large overripe bananas, ⅓ cup peanut butter, ½ teaspoon vanilla extract, 1 ¾ cup old-fashioned rolled oats, ¼ cup sugar free chocolate chips
Prepare a small bowl with warm water. Dip your hands in water and shape 15 balls, about the (size of a walnut).
Spread the cookie balls in a single layer on the cookie sheet leaving about 1 ½ inches in between each cookie dough ball. Gently press down the cookies to flatten them and shape (these cookies won't spread as much during baking).
Bake for 10-12 minutes. Remove and allow the cookies to cool on a cooling rack.
Store in an airtight container refrigerated for up to 5 days. Let it come to room temperature before eating. You can also freeze these for up to 3 months. Defrost in the fridge overnight and let it come to room temperature.
Notes
- I wet my hands before rolling the cookie dough, which helps to prevent the dough from sticking to my hands.
- Don’t leave these cookies out for long at room temperature, as they have bananas in the cookie dough. To reduce the sticky texture, you could also chill the cookie dough before rolling it.
- For a more healthy cookie leave the chocolate chips out.
- You can easily double the ingredients to make an extra batch of oatmeal cookies and store them in the freezer to enjoy whenever you like.
- These cookies will become firmer as they cool. I like to warm up the cookies in the microwave or low temp warm oven, just to make them softer.
- These cookies should be stored at room temperature in an airtight for up to a week. You can even freeze the cookies for a couple of months.
- Why are my sugar-free cookies not soft and chewy?
These cookies are not meant to be chewy because they contain 0 refined sugar which is the ingredient that makes the cookies chewy during baking.
Nutrition
Calories: 99kcalCarbohydrates: 13gProtein: 3gFat: 5gSaturated Fat: 1gPolyunsaturated Fat: 1gMonounsaturated Fat: 2gSodium: 2mgPotassium: 123mgFiber: 2gSugar: 3gVitamin A: 10IUVitamin C: 1mgCalcium: 9mgIron: 1mg
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FAQ
How many calories are these sugar-free oatmeal cookies?
These sugarless cookies are approximately 99kcal per serving.
How to make oatmeal taste sweet without sugar?
The best way to make your oatmeal sweet is to add mashed bananas, sugar-free chocolate chips, cinnamon, vanilla extract, and dried fruit (without sugar addition).
Are sugar-free cookies healthy?
Homemade sugar-free cookies are healthier than store-bought ones -it's a fact. Packaged cookies are loaded with unhealthy artificial sweeteners and flavor enhancers.
Can you bake without sugar?
Baking without sugar is easy, with little trial and error. Add natural sweeteners, applesauce, and mashed bananas to your baked goods.
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Rita
Delicious nutty oatmeal cookies without the flour or sugar!Reply
- Maribel
How many calories per cookie? What's the serving size?
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- Rita
apologies Maribel, I am working on adding nutritional value to the recipe card in near future.
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- Trina Griffin
Hey I'm wanting to try this recipe. Have you calculated the nutritional information?
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- Rita
it's about 95 calories per cookie
- Pam
Will quick oats work?
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- Rita
the texture will be more smooth and not chunky, but it could work.
- Brandi
I entered the recipe on my fitness pal, minus the chocolate as I can't eat it. It was 61 calories per serving.
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- Kari Rae
I wouldn't think this would be good for a diabetic like I am, that's alot of carbs for one cookie.... when most doctors say keep snacks to 15 carbs. And one cookie is that many carbs. Hmmm. The banana itself can be a huge spike for some people
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- Rita
Kari, every person is different and of course, if following a specific diet, being mindful of the nutrition of a specific recipe is indeed important. This recipe was not designed for people with diabetes, this recipe is sugar free because it has no refined sugar.
- Sherrie
I agree with you. The bananas and the oatmeal still makes it high in carbs.
- Stephanie Harjo
I made these today thAnkyou there yummy I did have 3 bananas I needed to use and so I added a little extra oatmeal and left out the chocolate chips and boy oh boy I shoulda added raisins these are fantastic 🤩
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- Rita
yes raisins are great addition! thank you Stephanie!
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- Dee
So easy and delicious. A great use of those bananas just hanging out! Yes, I will most certainly make these cookies again.
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- Rita
thank you Dee!
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- Vanessa
Absolutely delicious. I'm prediabetic and been looking for a recipe that hits the sweet spot. I added in 72% dark chocolate chips and walnuts into half the batch also. I like that they can be frozen to make the treat last longer.
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- Rita
thank you so much, for peanut butter use unsweetened one if you're prediabetic.
- Benjamin S.
I appreciate the recipe you made! I am going to attempt to give constructive feedback here. I followed the recipe, and then chilled the dough for 24 hours. Then made 1.5 inch diameter balls and spread them about 1 inch apart. I then cooked them at 360 degrees for 20 minutes, and the cookies stayed in their dough shape. Were these cookies supposed to spread on their own, or were we supposed to flatten them first? I’m wondering what your thoughts are. Thanks!Reply
- Rita
Hi Benjamin, these cookies don't have dairy butter so they won't spread as such. You have to gently press to flatten them. Thanks for noticing and I have adjusted the recipe with more clear instructions.
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- Denise Pizarro
Even though these cookies are yummy. They are not sugar-free if you use regular peanut butter. Peanut butter has a very high volume of sugar. If you want these to remain sugar-free, use natural peanut butter, and no chocolate chips.
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- Rita
yes, always read the labels 🙂
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- Loreanne Pelmont
The recipe lists 2 bananas ,however, there are no instructions as to how much oatmeal, vanilla extract or peanut butter used to make the cookies.
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- Rita
Loreanne, please scroll down to recipe card or use the jump to recipe button 🙂
- Kathy
Please note that these are "no granulated sugar added". they are certainly not "sugar free".
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- Joseph St. Daniel
Didn't state the calorie content, carb percentage, protein percentage or the like.
I think that is necessary.
Thank for thinking health first.
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- Rita
thank you Joseph, nutrition is coming!
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- Sue Fetzer
I've been making them in my airfryer. Mine has racks just like the oven. Actually like them better in airfryer, they get brown, and are soooo good!
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- Rita
interesting! How long and what temperature do you use for your air fryer?
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- Angeles Sanchez
Thank you for this delicious recipe. Do you know the nutritional facts?Reply
- Rita
coming soon!
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- Michele
What do you mean no sugar, they have chocolate chips in them!Reply
- Rita
I used natural peanut butter with no fillers and sugar free chocolate chips (there are quite a few brands that have these!)
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- Linda A Isaac
I'm going to try this recipe can I use Teddy's natural peanut butter??
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- Rita
thank you, just check the ingredient labels.
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- TK
Plz post the nutritional info with your recipes
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- Taz
I'm just one who bakes, creates recipes etc. After reading comments/review with the constant barrage of demands for nutritional value, which I get the way society is with the numerous types of diets, etc. But allow the person time to add values as we never know whats going on in someones life. Personally I would feel to know if others enjoyed recipe enough to make the work of research adding values. So allow this person to hear about flavurs, texture, ease in making, etc. and have some patience. A cookie is a cookie, Hello! Do the work and create a recipe that suits you. My dilemma is that no one clearly understands how difficult it is to break it down, and the pressure placed on the creator for recipe is over the top. Enjoy it for the fact that its sugar free, vegan, etc. Does anyone appreciate the cookie? Only 1 comment of inspiration to the creator they enjoyed it & will make again. 👏 I will be making them this weekend but if your worried so much about carbs, GO WITHOUT! There are countless fruits & vegetables high in carbs you'd need to cut out too. Body needs them for energy and enjoying this food before bed or a dessert in evenings will cause another disurbance with sleep. I had to speak up on this subject so take it as you may choose. I read comments on recipes and these type of comments are getting boring. Take a calculater, look up values of each ingredient and divide by how many your making. Ok? If you want to cheat & enjoy a treat then get out and walk more steps!
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- Rita
thank you so much Taz for this! Adding a nutritional calculator to recipes is not a cheap thing and it actually cost money, just like running this blog. I appreciate YOU. And meanwhile, everyone can use a simple online nutritional calculator like this - https://www.verywellfit.com/recipe-nutrition-analyzer-4157076
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- Mila
Rita - I would just post that link to the nutrition calculator (if you are allowed to do so) as the numbers can vary widely based on what ingredients individuals choose. Like you said, you use "no sugar added" products & I would never (lol), so my nutritional info would be vary different to what you would post anyway.
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- Rita
the post is now updated with nutrition info 🙂
- Kathryn Berdin Creekmore
Love your reply! Planning to make these, and just happy for another sugar free cookie recipe for my prediabetic husband. Thank you, Rita!!
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- Rita
thank you! what chocolate chips do you use?
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- Paula Woolf
Would like to know the calorie intake, carb amount and protein amount in each cookie.
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- Rita
apologies Paula, I am working on adding nutritional value to the recipe card in near future. For now, you can use this simple online calculator: https://www.verywellfit.com/recipe-nutrition-analyzer-4157076
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- Cindie
What is the estimated nutritional breakdown per cookie, I.e. carbs,protein,fiber?
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- Rita
apologies Cindy, I am working on adding nutrition value to the recipe card in near future. For now, I like to use this online calculator: https://www.verywellfit.com/recipe-nutrition-analyzer-4157076
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- Taz
Ok, I just finished these cookies and felt they are very good. These actually could be eaten as a pre-workout snack for energy to get those muscles moving. Thank you Rita as it was my first time using a recipe from you and am eager to try some more of your recipes.Reply
- Rita
thank you so much Taz!
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- Jason R
It's not actually sugar free, though the sugar in the bananas and oat flour is natural there's added sugar in the version of peanut you prefer & the chocolate.
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- Rita
you can go for natural peanut butter, it's just salt and peanuts or just peanuts, and chocolate chips are also widely available without sugar.
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- Maggie
These sound scrumptious! What do you think of adding a whey-based protein powder? Would you have any advice on how much to add?
Thank you!
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- Rita
I don't use protein powders, so can't recommend this sorry
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- Sam
Had no chocolate chips on hand and yet the cookies are soft and delicious!Reply
- Rita
thank you!
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- Tasha93
Just tried the No Sugar Added Oatmeal Cookies, and they were a hit with the kids! Love finding recipes like this that are easy and healthy. Thanks for sharing, Rita!
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- mark_the_baker
Excited to try these sugar free oatmeal cookies! Anyone got tips for making them extra chewy? I’m all in for a soft texture.
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- JennyS
Are these sugar-free oatmeal cookies keto-friendly? Trying to stick to my diet but still enjoy sweets. Thanks!
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- Karen
Hi Jenny, i am not sure, i believe oatmeal is not recommended on keto.
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- MaxShoots
The pictures of the oatmeal cookies look amazing! Makes me want to try baking them myself.
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- Karen
Hope you try this Max!
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- Samantha J.
Just tried the sugar-free oatmeal cookie recipe, and I'm impressed! It's hard to find snacks that are both healthy and kid-approved, but these were a hit. Love the emphasis on sugar alternatives, Rita.
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- Rita
Hi Samantha, thank you for your comment. They are fabulous!
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- Gillian
I'm always on the lookout for recipes that can incorporate ingredients from my garden. The sugar-free oatmeal cookies seem like a perfect place to start, maybe even adding some fresh berries!
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- KeVIn
Perfect.
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- Rita
Hi Kevin, thank you for your comment, glad you liked these!
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- Slick_Rick
Been trying to cut down on sugar without going broke, and these oatmeal cookies are just the ticket. Easy to make with stuff I already have, which is great for my student budget.
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- Lauren
Rita, your no sugar added oatmeal cookies recipe is a delightful find for those of us watching our sugar intake. I appreciate the clear instructions and helpful tips. For future recipes, considering alternative flours might also benefit your readers with gluten sensitivities. Keep up the wonderful work!
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- Rita
thank you so much Lauren!
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- Elliot Smith
Wow, these cookie were delicious. one of my favorite recipes now!
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- Rita
Thank you Elliot for your comment, I'm glad you liked these!
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