A guilt free cookie sweetened with maple syrup and packed with oats, cranberries, pecans, and chocolate!
A guilt free cookie sweetened with maple syrup and packed with oats, cranberries, pecans, and chocolate!
New day. Same routine.
Every day I follow a pretty predictable schedule with little variation in my meals or activities.
I crave this familiarity. & don’t know what to do with myself when my plans are altered.
& the same is true with baking.
I just don’t feel comfortable stepping into the unknown – even though it’s a necessary evil!
When I was making these cookies, I wanted a different texture than my normal cookie, but wanted to keep the same formula that’s been so good to me. See these, these – oh, and all of these!
For these cookies, I added oats, maple syrup and a nut butter to my trusty cookie base. The end result was a hearty cookie suitable any time of day – with a drizzle of chocolate for good measure 🙂
I opted to use Beardy Boys’ Pecan Choco Artisanal Nut Butter, but any nut butter can be substituted. This particular brand creates small batch pecan butter with simple, locally sourced, organic ingredients. If you’re looking for a new spread – you should give it a try!
What do you say – live spontaneously or follow a strict routine?
Ingredients
- 1 cup old fashioned oats, pulsed 5-10 times, or instant oats
- 1/2 cup white whole wheat flour
- 1/2 tsp baking powder
- 1/2 tsp baking soda
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1/2 cup maple syrup
- 1/4 cup Pecan Choco, or your favorite nut butter
- 2 tbsp dried cranberries
- 2 tbsp chocolate chips
- 2 tbsp pecan pieces
- 1/4 cup chocolate chips
- 1/2 tsp canola oil
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line baking sheets with parchment paper.
- In a medium bowl, combine oats, flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt.
- In a large bowl, combine maple syrup and Pecan Choco. Stir dry ingredients into wet. Once dough forms, fold in cranberries, chocolate chips and pecan pieces. Divide dough into 12 equal balls. Place on prepared baking sheets and flatten with palm of hand. Top with extra cranberries, chocolate and nuts, if desired.
- Bake cookies for 10 minutes. Leave on baking sheets for 5 minutes. Transfer to wire racks to complete cooling.
- Melt chocolate chips in microwave at 50 percent power in 30 second increments. Once melted, stir in oil.
- Transfer chocolate to ziplock bag. Cut small hole in bag. Carefully drizzle over cookies. Allow to set.
Disclosure: I received free Pecan Butter from Beardy Boys in exchange for developing a recipe. As always, all opinions and recipes are my own. Thanks for supporting the brands that support The Emotional Baker!
Well I think this little variation sounds pretty inviting! Perfectly Fall-inspired too!
Thanks Rebecca 🙂
I love these cookies so much ♥
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Thank you, Summer!
Nothing wrong with mixing things up every now and then, is there? That’s what I had to do lately with breakfast….I was just getting so tired of the same thing. These cookies look delish!! I’ll take the whole batch please 😉
I’ve been switching breakfast up, too! Thanks Dawn 🙂
Wow! This is an amazing combo. I am definitely a creature of habit and when I’m off my schedule, I feel really weird. That said, I try to allow myself some variation during parts of the day to mix things up.
Variation is nice – sometimes 😉 Thanks Megan!
I’m so excited to see the flavor combo of this cookie, cranberries and pecans! I love that the cranberry isn’t over sweet! I obviously need to get out more because my small town grocery stores don’t even carry pecan butter, this is the stuff dreams are made of. Take care.
Pecan butter is delicious, but you can sub another nut butter if desired. If you want to try this variety, you can order it via the company’s website 🙂 Thanks Stacey!
Oh wow – These are so hearty indeed – my type of cookies! As soon as I go off this temporary break from sugar, am gonna have to try my hand at making these – so love your addition of oats, maple syrup and nut butter!
BTW, Megan I used to crave familiarity and routine when I was younger – but not now – though I wish I craved it more as I feel I was more disciplined during that time – but that’s just my 2 cents.
Thanks Shashi. I don’t usually make this variety of cookie, but I can tell I’ll be making it more often. Maybe in the future I’ll like more variety in my day-to-day schedule, but for now I like things to be predictable 🙂
haha oh gosh I am totally a routine person!!! The husband and I both!
And pass me a few of these cookies! I love the cranberry + pecan + oat combo – so good!!
Keeping the same routine is the best 🙂 as are these cookies 😉 Thanks Ashley!
I am such a routine person, it’s not even funny! My whole day is thrown off otherwise. These cookies look gorgeous, Megan! I love the cranberries and pecans in here. Such a perfect combo!
I totally understand!! Thanks Gayle 🙂
I’m a pretty routine oriented kind of guy. I dunno…it just works for me. I’d love to be more spontaneous, but whenever I do something crazy off-the-cuff it seems to get to me after a while. I need my routine! Speaking of routine, I need these cookies to be part of my routine. They look amazing…perfect for a chilly Autumn day! 🙂
Absolutely! Thanks David 🙂
I’ve always been a strict routine person, but lately I’ve been varying the normal routine and I’ve really enjoyed mixing things up! These cookies sound delicious Megan. I’ll need to look for that nut butter and give it a try.
I’ll have to try mixing things up – but only sometimes 😉 Thanks Mary Ann!
Hey, you never know where a slight turn here and there is going to take a recipe, right? In this case, down a delicious road – all you need is a cup of tea!
ha ha! Thanks Kate 🙂
Most of the time, the unknown is appealing to me. I like fresh starts, new possibilities…but that’s not always the way it works.
These look beautifully thick and filling and full of happy things!
The unknown can be scary, too 😉 Thanks so much, Mir!
Hubby loves cranberries so I’ll be making these for sure!
yay! enjoy 🙂 Thanks Karen!
How fun are the colors and textures in these cookies!? Love the chocolate drizzle – I could add that to just about anything and be happy. 🙂
Me too! Thanks Eva 🙂
I love super chewy oatmeal cookies and these look perfect, especially with cranberries and pecans! I’d have a hard time walking away from these. 🙂
It would be hard 🙂 Thanks Marcie!
I’m a creature of routine and habit too, girlie! When something unexpected comes up during the work week I get anxiety.. I may be predictable and boring, but I like the comforts of the familiar! Anyways, these cookies look BOMB!! You really packed these beauties with all the yum! Plus I just swoon for anything with maple syrup! So good!!! Cheers!
Thanks Cheyanne! & there’s nothing wrong with being boring and predictable in my opinion 😉
I am definitely a creature of habit when it comes to my breakfast but like to shake it up with everything else once in a while. These yummy cookies would definitely fall into that “must try” category! The pecan butter sounds amazing!!
Thanks so much, Kelly!
Oh my gosh! These cookies look so dreamy and delicious. I bet pecan, oats, and cranberry was an amazing combo. Such a fun treat and we have cranberries and oat lovers here, so this one is a must for me to bake!
It is a great combo. Thanks Anu!
Um, YUM! Can we talk about that chocolate drizzle??! Yes yes yes, girl!
Thanks Allie! It’s the best 🙂