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Blueberry Pecan Coconut Cookies – Chock full of nourishing ingredients, these sweet healthy cookies work just as well for breakfast as they do dessert!
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These healthy cookies have been a staple around our house for years. They are full of healthy nourishing ingredients, but sweet enough to taste like a treat. They are a little bit like a chewy granola bar in cookie form, so they travel really well. These Blueberry Pecan Coconut Cookies have joined us on almost all of our outings that require snacks. The kids love these cookies! And they best part is that they are refined sugar free, oil free, gluten free and, as always, dairy free and egg free!
With only a ½ cup of pure maple syrup in this entire recipe, you can feel good about your kids (or yourself) snacking on these delicious little cookies. Don’t worry though, there is plenty of sweetness packed into them from the applesauce and dried blueberries too. And, you know me, I always add cinnamon to my sweet treats which gives these cookies a delightful spice.
This recipe is actually quite versatile. If dried blueberries aren’t your thing, you can use dried cranberries or raisins or even chocolate chips. You can swap out the pecans for walnuts or almonds, etc. You could even use almond extract instead of vanilla. The combinations are endless! You can’t go wrong.
Feel free to indulge in these healthy cookies for breakfast too! I’ve been posting a lot of recipes lately that fall into the snack and/or breakfast category, but that’s because it’s summer and we are always out and about. We tend to snack a bit more and eat full meals a bit less. I do have some tasty entrees planned for the blog very soon though, so if you are looking for more of those, stay tuned!
In the meantime, enjoy these yummy coconut cookies!
Blueberry Pecan Coconut Cookies
I hope you love these Coconut Cookies as much as we do. If you try them, please come back and leave me a comment below with your feedback. You can also find me on social media. Be sure to tag @veggie_inspired and #veggieinspired so I’m sure to see it! Enjoy!
Blueberry Pecan Coconut Cookies
Ingredients
- 1 cup shredded coconut
- 1 cup old fashioned gluten free oats
- ½ cup flax meal
- ¼ cup hemp hearts
- 1 cup brown rice flour (whole wheat flour works too if you aren't concerned about gluten free)
- 1 tbsp cinnamon
- ¼ tsp salt
- ¾ cup applesauce
- ½ cup pure maple syrup
- 1 tsp pure vanilla extract
- 1 cup chopped raw pecans
- ½ cup dried blueberries
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
- Line a baking sheet with parchment paper and set aside.
- In a medium bowl, mix together the coconut, oats, flax meal, hemp hearts, flour, cinnamon and salt.
- In a large bowl, whisk together the applesauce, maple syrup and vanilla.
- Pour the dry ingredients into the wet and stir to combine until everything is coated evenly.
- Add in the chopped pecans and dried blueberries and stir to combine.
- Using a small cookie scoop (or a spoon) drop the batter onto the parchment lined baking sheet. You can put them pretty close together as the cookies will not spread when baked. Flatten out the cookies with the back of a spoon or your hand if you want them flatter.
- Bake for 12-15 minutes until lightly browned on the edges. Carefully transfer the cookies to a wire rack to cool. They will firm up as they cool.
- After the cookies are completely cool, you can store them in an airtight container in the fridge for a few days.
Nutrition
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MyCookingSerects.com Krystallia Giamouridou
Your cookies look ideal for beakfast time!
Jenn S.
Yes, Krystallia, they make the perfect breakfast cookie! And you can feel like you are being naughty eating cookies for breakfast when in fact they are healthy! 🙂 Enjoy!
Tina Jui | The Worktop
This looks delicious! Can’t wait to give it a try.
Jenn S.
Thanks, Tina! I hope you do. Enjoy!
RJ Flamingo
So many of my favorite foods and flavors – some serious yum, here!
Jenn S.
Thanks, RJ!
Amy
First off, I love your plate! So pretty. Second, these sound like a great option to make for at the pool, the park, at a game. I always make snacks to take with us to those kind of places rather than spending a bunch of money on overpriced junk at the snack bar.
Jenn S.
Thanks, Amy! I believe I got that plate at Home Goods. There are never good options at the snack bars, right? And you are so right…always overpriced too! Gotta take our own healthy stuff!
The Vegan 8
Omg these are just gorgeous!! I LOVE pecans, my favorite nut and as we’ve discussed, cinnamon is my alltime favorite flavor. My new recipe today features cinnamon! I love the idea of these being like granola bars in cookie form because it looks like an amazing texture. All awesome ingredients!
Jenn S.
The cinnamon really stands out here too! You would love them! Gonna go check out your new recipe now!!
harrietemilys
These are BEAUTIFUL! Nothing beats a healthy cookie, and the flavours in these sound amazing. Pecans make the best addition to cookies! I have to try these 🙂
Jenn S.
Thanks, Harriet! Pecans are awesome!! So buttery and delicious! Let me know if you try them!
KCole's Creative Corner
This looks absolutely divine! I am dying for a big bowl of these, right now! I LOVE the health benefits, too! Great recipe! 😀
Jenn S.
Thank you! If you try them please let me know!
sprinklesandsprouts
Yummy.
Who would have known these were healthy!
Jenn S.
My kids sure don’t! 🙂
veggiesdontbite
Go to cookies that your family loves are the best! I love how healthy these are, look yummy!
Jenn S.
Thanks, Sophia! The come together super quick too, which is probably why I make them so often! 🙂
Linda @ Veganosity
This is such a wonderful, healthy recipe Jenn. I’m all for making things that my family loves and I can feel good about. Pinned!
Lucy
Could you use almond or oat flour in place of whole wheat/brown rice flour?
Jenn S.
Hi, Lucy. I haven’t never tried almond or oat flour. I assume it would work, but you might need to adjust the liquids just a bit. The dough should hold together fairly well when formed into a ball in your hand without being too moist. If you get that consistency, you’re good! Let me know how they turn out!
Strength and Sunshine
Anything with blueberries is perfect for breakfast 😉 These look great dear!
Jenn S.
Right?! Thanks so much!