Healthy Peanut Butter Coconut Oatmeal Cookies Recipe
11. Nov, 2009 
16 Comments
So I gave it away in the title, but you don’t have to tell people this cookie recipe is healthy. Sure these peanut butter oatmeal cookies have whole wheat flour, high fiber oats and less sugar then your average cookie but they are still delicious and satisfying. They actually make an excellent breakfast when paired with a cup of coffee.
If you wanted to make these peanut butter oatmeal cookies even healthier you could reduce the oil further, if you want something a little more decadent use non-natural peanut butter and add chocolate chips. Feel free to omit the coconut from the recipe if your family aren’t coconut fans but I think it makes them interesting and really works with the peanut butter in the cookie.
Healthy Peanut Butter Coconut Oatmeal Cookie Recipe
(makes 24 – 30 cookies)
2/3 cup canola oil
1/2 cup natural peanut butter
1/4 cup sugar
3/4 cup brown sugar
2 eggs
1 tsp vanilla
1/4c coconut
3C oats
1 1/4 cups whole wheat flour
1 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp baking soda
Preheat oven to 375F. Beat together oil & peanut butter then beat in eggs, sugar and vanilla. Stir in coconut. In a separate bowl mix together oats, flour, powder and soda. Stir into peanut butter mixture but do not over mix. Drop onto a baking sheet in 1 1/2 tablespoons round. Gently press to flatten and bake for 10-12 minutes or until lightly browned. Cool on a cooling rack, and don’t spoil your dinner.
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Oh my, saving the recipe right now. I would probably use all Splenda, but I bet they're still good!
I love cookie anything! These look great.
These look perfect, just the sort of thing I was wanting. Going to make them for sure!! (It is me by the way)
They sure do look yummee. Healthy is an added bonus!!
Thee cookies look so healthy& so tasty too!
I'm always searching for good cookie recipes and this is one!
They look delicious.
Made these last night (though no coconut in the house unfortunately)and they turned out great! Very tasty.
Sarah – awesome! So glad to hear it.
I've been looking for a good healthy cookie recipe!
Hey, great site… You have got some awesome information and Il be back for sure.. Thanks
thank you so much for recipe, this is the best i’ve came across so far…they are jammed with good nutrition and it made over 20 big cookies for me, and with only around 2.5 grams of sugar a cookie (yes i did the math =]) they are a great snack!! thank you so much!!!!
cody – I am thrilled you enjoyed them! I was really pleased with how they turned out too, come back often!
i love these cookies. i didn’t have coconut at home to put into them but i did dice an apple and mix in the cookies, and there very yummy.
If I only have sweetened coconut, how much less sugar should I add to balance it out?
1day – I haven’t tried this myself but these cookies aren’t overly sweet to begin with, maybe slightly less of the brown sugar by a tablespoon or so? I wouldn’t remove that much.
I adore these cookies. I’m making them for the second time tonight.