These delicious little chocolate oat thumbprint cookies are made with just four ingredients and make the perfect sweet snack for toddlers or older kids who are gluten and dairy free.
Coming up with tasty snacks ideas when your child is “free from” can be a bit tricky. And it can be even more daunting when it someone else’s child, who’s maybe coming round for a playdate.
There are lots of great free from snacks on the market but nothing beats making your own at home for a fraction of the price.
This month I’m teaming up with a bunch of fantastic “free from” food bloggers to bring you a whole host of delicious and easy recipes that are not only gluten free but also vegan. Perfect for Veganuary!
My contribution are these tasty little Chocolate Oat Thumbprint Cookies.
They are made from four ingredients – three of which are super healthy and natural.
Oats, bananas and orange juice, with the fourth being a little treat – gluten and dairy free chocolate buttons!
The basis of these cookies are these Banana & Orange Toddler Bites which I’ve been making for my little boy for a couple of years, long before we had to cut out gluten and dairy.
I made the cookies a little bigger, to satisfy his growing appetite and added a chocolate button on top for a sweet little treat!
These cookies went down a storm with my son. He really loved the chocolate element to them!
But it made me happy as parent that I was feeding him something that was overall quite healthy, with just a very small amount of refined sugar!
More Recipes:
For more #GlutenFreeVeganuary check out these fab recipes already posted:
- Le Coin de Mel shows us how to make Flax and Chia Eggs and also these delicious vegan Fruit & Veg Skewers
- Cherished by Me made this delicious Roasted Tomato & Rosemary Soup
And stay tuned for more recipes to come from:
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Chocolate Oat Thumbprint Cookies {Gluten & Dairy Free}
Prep Time: 5 mins- Cook Time: 10 mins
- Total Time: 15 minutes
Yield: 8 1x
Category: Snacks
Method: Baked
Cuisine: European- Diet: Gluten Free
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These delicious little thumbprint cookies are made with just four ingredients and make the perfect sweet snack for toddlers or older kids who are gluten and dairy free.
Ingredients
- 1 medium banana
- 60ml / ¼ cup orange juice
- 100g / 1 cup rolled oats (use certified gluten free if necessary)
- 8 dairy and gluten free chocolate buttons
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 170c / 340f and line a baking tray with parchment paper or a non stick silicone sheet.
- Mash the banana in a bowl with a fork. Add the orange juice and mix well. Then add the oats and mix together until everything is well combined.
- Take a large spoonfull of the mixture and shape into a round cookie shape. Place on the baking tray. Repeat with the remainder of the mixture. I made 8 cookies from this mixture.
- Press one of the chocolate buttons into the middle of each of the cookies and press down.
- Bake in the oven for 10 minutes. Allow to cool on a wire rack.
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Rocio says
which can be used instead of the buttons? I have not seen where I live, I do not know if it is a good idea to place a normal chocolate box or perhaps a nutella type chocolate spread (I have a healthier version of sweet freedom, it is based on fruit)
Rocio says
which can be used instead of the buttons? I have not seen where I live, I do not know if it is a good idea to place a normal chocolate box or perhaps a nutella type chocolate spread (I have a healthier version of sweet freedom, it is based on fruit)
Bianca Carey Spencer says
Hi Rocio, normal chocolate should be fine or a nutella type chocolate spread could also be used if you can’t find chocolate buttons where you live.
Andrea Granic says
Delicious and so simple even a non-baker can do it!
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Jane says
We love making these cookies as they are so easy and they taste great too!
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joanne harding says
Wow i love these Thumb print cookies. How cute with chocolate buttons. Just to let you know hun my name is spelt wrong it’s Paleo Crust not crusted! lol. Big kids and little alike will love these, yum x
Ciara Attwell says
Oppps sorry! Will change it now!
Nat @ Intolerant Gourmand says
Such a great idea! I love the simplicity of this recipe, and they look so good!! x
Ciara Attwell says
Thanks Nat! x
Vicki Montague says
These look and sound fabulous and I love how easy they are.
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Ciara Attwell says
Thanks Vicki!
emma amoscato says
Oh these are great, I’m going to make some today. My son can usually taste the banana and doesn’t like it in these kind of cookies but I think the orange juice and chocolate will help that.
Ciara Attwell says
My daughter is the same, she can be a bit funny about banana flavoured things but she likes these!
Cherished By Me says
Oh what a great idea, I love them..but do I have to be really young to eat them? 😀 Going to make these tomorrow as a healthy treat for us all.
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Ciara Attwell says
Thanks Nova! x
Mel says
Ciara, these little cookies look absolutely delicious. They’re safe for my little lady, who’s really getting into cooking, so we shall be making them this week. All I need is orange juice and we can make them 🙂 x
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Ciara Attwell says
I hope you like them Mel! They’re super easy to make so perfect for little ones. Enjoy!!