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Chocolate, Pecan, and Pomegranate Healthy Oatmeal Cookies Recipe

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This Chocolate Pecan and Pomegranate Healthy Oatmeal Cookies Recipe is just perfect for the Holidays. Showcasing delicious dark chocolate, pecans and fresh pomegranate arils, they are refined sugar-free and packed full of flavor. Plus they are so easy the kids can help put them together with some adult supervision.

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I have mentioned once or maybe twice, that I have been baking up a storm all week! (See my 40 Minute Honey Wheat Rolls and Skillet Cornbread). And now I have these healthy oatmeal cookies.

I say healthy with a little bit of a cringe because they do contain coconut sugar and dark chocolate chips. But they are healthier than anything you will find commercially….so I am going with it.

I have been using these chocolate chips, and they are really delicious with pretty minimal ingredients. I was able to find them at Costco.

 
The reason for my baking? Well, it is Holiday season so baking is a must, BUT I have different motives. You see, it is bloody freezing around here! We are very lucky and have central heating, but my husband is so opposed to using it, that it is verging on the ridiculous.

Chocolate, Pomegranate and Pecan Oatmeal Cookies

How Chocolate, Pecan, and Pomegranate Healthy Oatmeal Cookies Saved Me From A Cold House

My hubby grew up with a mom that apparently did not let them put the heating on.

This was even when they were living in New Jersey…in snow season. Apparently, they were that silly Australian family wearing shorts out in the snow, and if they were cold at home, they just wore their snow jackets. I am not sure that I completely believe it, but this is how he tells me it went down.

Chocolate, Pomegranate and Pecan Oatmeal Cookies

Personally, I hate being cold. Don’t get me wrong, I have done my time. I spent years as a ‘broke uni student’, living in the dodgiest house in Tasmania (just ask my mom). We had big gaps under the door, rats living in the sunroom, and snowy gusts of wind coming down from the nearby mountain all winter.

There was no heating in the house, and no money for space heaters, so my housemate and I would spend all winter walking around with beanies, sweaters, and blankets attached to us. We would have a ridiculous amount of tea every day, mainly as a warming device, and on extra cold days, we would head to the local pub to hang out in front of the fire. Some of my happiest memories if truth be told.

So…oatmeal cookies. Healthy oatmeal cookies to be exact.

Dark Chocolate, Pecan, and Pomegranate Oatmeal Cookies. I have been waging a war against the low setting on the thermostat by baking lots of cookies and bread (which I have just realized probably just spurs on my husband’s refusal to tamper with the temperature).

Chocolate, Pomegranate and Pecan Oatmeal Cookies

These little gems are studded with bursts of fresh pomegranate, gooey dark chocolate, and crunchy pecans. They are simple and delicious. Plus they offer a healthier alternative for all the store made cookies floating around at this time of the year. 

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Happy eating.

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Chocolate, Pomegranate and Pecan Oatmeal Cookies
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 Chocolate, Pecan, and Pomegranate Healthy Oatmeal Cookies Recipe
Prep Time
10 mins
Cook Time
14 mins
Total Time
24 mins
 

This Chocolate Pecan and Pomegranate Healthy Oatmeal Cookies Recipe are just perfect for the Holidays. Showcasing delicious dark chocolate, pecans and fresh pomegranate arils, they are refined sugar-free and packed full of flavor. Plus they are so easy the kids can help put them together with some adult supervision.

Course: Sweet
Cuisine: Sweet
Keyword: healthy oatmeal cookies recipe
Servings: 20 cookies
Calories: 133 kcal
Ingredients
  • 1/2 cup softened coconut oil
  • 2/3 cup coconut sugar
  • 1/2 tsp pure vanilla extract
  • 1 large egg
  • 3/4 cup whole wheat flour
  • 1/2 tsp baking soda
  • 1/2 tsp ground cinnamon
  • 1/2 tsp sea salt
  • 1/2 cup dark chocolate chopped into chunks
  • 1/4 cup pomegranate arils
  • 1/4 cup pecans chopped
  • 1 cup rolled oats
Instructions
  1. Add the coconut oil, coconut sugar, vanilla extract and egg to a large mixing bowl. Cream them together until as smooth as possible
  2. In a separate bowl, whisk together the flour, baking soda, cinnamon, and ½ tsp of sea salt
  3. Stir the flour mixture and the coconut oil/sugar mixture together until just combined. Add in the oats, chocolate chunks, pomegranate arils and pecans. Mix well
  4. Scoop tablespoon sized balls of the batter onto a baking tray lined with parchment paper (you should get about 16). Pop the tray with the cookies into the fridge/freezer for about 20 minutes. This will make them crispier when baked
  5. Whilst the cookies are in the freezer, pre-heat the oven to 350F
  6. Pop the cookies into the oven and bake the cookies for about 14 minutes, until they are just beginning to look golden
  7. Remove from the oven and let them sit on the baking sheet for five minutes, then transfer them to a wire rack to cool. Enjoy
Recipe Notes

If you don't have a huge baking sheet, then you will want to do this on two baking sheets (or in two batches), or they will stick together when they spread

Nutrition Facts
 Chocolate, Pecan, and Pomegranate Healthy Oatmeal Cookies Recipe
Amount Per Serving
Calories 133 Calories from Fat 68
% Daily Value*
Fat 7.6g12%
Saturated Fat 6.4g40%
Cholesterol 10mg3%
Sodium 56mg2%
Carbohydrates 7.6g3%
Fiber 0.7g3%
Sugar 8.3g9%
Protein 1.7g3%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.

 

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Comments

    • Oh me too Bintu, I have been going overboard with the pomegranates lately, but they are available for such a little amount of time each year, I feel like I can get away with it 🙂

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  20. My husband isn’t quite so extreme about not using the heat, but we definitely have our share of “discussions” over how high the heat should be 🙂 I’m always like “I live here too and I am freezing!” Cookies are a great way to endure it 🙂

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  23. Haha, I feel your pain. Our house is a pig to heat and we spend most of the cold days in winter with hat and scarf on in the house. Baking is the only thing that keeps our kitchen from freezing. Love our use of pomegranate in these cooked which sound fabulous.

    Reply

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