These Date, Ginger and Oatmeal Cookies are made with just 6 ingredients and contain no added sugar. They're chewy, sweet and perfect with a cup of tea or coffee, or even for breakfast.
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Recipe Highlights
- They're chewy, sweet and gingery with the faintest hint of peanut butter
- You can eat them for Breakfast
- Made with just 6 ingredients in under 20 minutes
- Naturally sweetened with dates and no added sugar
- They'll keep in the fridge for 6 days!
I used ground ginger in this recipe and it really came through, without being over powering. I personally think ground spices are perfect for baking cookies because the flavor works its way through all the other ingredients without the bitterness or aftertaste you might get if using ginger from a jar, or even fresh ginger. I also love making ginger cakes, sugar free of course!
I love that this is a super simple recipe and if you are using rolled oats you'll need a food processor to blitz them into oat flour.
If you already have oat flour, you could easily make this recipe without a food processor.
If you prefer your cookies with chocolate chips, you're not alone. Me too, but sometimes, I do enjoy a simple date cookie.
Check out my 5 ingredient Oat, Banana, Peanut Butter and Chocolate Chip cookies. They are so simple to make!
Ingredients
How to Make
- Oat Flour: If you are starting with rolled oats, blitz them in a food process or until they resemble a flour like consistency. (If you have oat flour, skip this step)
- Mix Ingredients: Add all the ingredients into a large bowl and mix together well until combined, rolling into a big dough ball.
- Roll and Shape Cookies: Line a baking tray or cookie sheet with parchment paper. Separate the cookie dough ball into 12 pieces. Roll each on into a ball, then press down to flatten with the back of a fork. (to prevent stickiness, dip fork in a bowl of water in between each one)
- Bake: bake in the oven for 10 minutes or until just golden.
Recipe Tips
- Chilling: To firm up the dough before rolling into cookies, it helps to chill the mixture in the fridge for an hour or two, although I often skip this step.
- Size: this recipe makes 12 cookies. you could use an ice cream scoop to ensure a uniform size.
- Rolling: to flatten cookies, use a fork dipped in water for each one which will help to prevent stickiness
- Storage: Store cookies in an air tight container in the fridge for upto 6 days
I love baking with ginger, and I often add ground ginger to my Healthy Anzac Biscuits which I discovered is totally delicious and just as easy as these Peanut Butter Date Cookies although I do think they are better without ginger!
Sugar Free Date Ginger Oatmeal Cookies
Ingredients
- 1½ cups rolled oats - see note below for storebought Oat Flour
- ¾ cup medjool dates, pitted and finely chopped
- 1 medium egg
- 2 tablespoons ground ginger
- ¼ cup butter
- 1 tablespoon natural peanut butter
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 180℃/350℉.
- Oat Flour: If you are starting with rolled oats, blitz 1½ cups rolled oats in a food process or until they resemble a flour like consistency. (If you have oat flour, skip this step)
- Mix Ingredients: Add the oat flour, ¾ cup medjool dates, pitted and finely chopped, 1 medium egg, 2 tablespoons ground ginger, ¼ cup butter and 1 tablespoon natural peanut butter into a large bowl and mix together well until combined, rolling into a big dough ball.
- Roll and Shape Cookies: Line a baking tray or cookie sheet with parchment paper. Separate the cookie dough ball into 12 pieces. Roll each on into a ball, then press down to flatten with the back of a fork. (to prevent stickiness, dip fork in a bowl of water in between each one)
- Bake: bake in the oven for 10 minutes at 180℃/350℉ or until just golden. Then, remove from oven, let them cool on the tray for 5 - 10 minutes, then transfer to a wire rack to cool completely.
Notes
Nutrition
Note: Sugars contained in this recipe are from naturally occurring sugars in fruits, vegetables or other natural sweeteners. Calories have been calculated for your convenience using My Fitness Pal and are based on the ingredients listed in the recipe card.
Lily says
Thank goodness we have people like you who take the hard work out of cooking, simple recipes I have in my pantry, healthy and comforting. A 70 year old child memory.
Liam says
Hi Kim
As to your mentioned oven temps, are they for fan forced ovens?
Thanks
Kim says
Yes all oven temps mentioned are for fan forced ovens.
Terri Dane says
Could you use oil instead of butter?
Kim says
I haven't made these with oil, so I'm not 100% sure how they would turn out sorry.
Sherrie Clark says
I'm going to make these, but haven't yet, I'm new at being a diabetic so please send me all the sugar free recipes you can!
Wendy says
I made these on the weekend and they were great!