Sultana Oatmeal Cookies

These cookies are a bit of a twist on your usual sultana oatmeal cookies, with a yummy hint of lemon! They’re also dairy-free, wheat-free and refined sugar-free. Great for breakfast, snack, dessert or for the kiddies lunchbox :) 

Ingredients

• 1 cup sultanas

• 1/2 cup (120ml) lemon juice

• 3/4 cup coconut oil softened

• 1 cup rapadura sugar

• 2 teaspoons vanilla extract

• 2 large eggs

• 1 1/2 cups buckwheat flour

• 1/4 cup almond flour

• 3/4 teaspoon salt

• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda

• 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon

• 2 1/2 cups rolled oats

• 1/2 cup shredded coconut

   

Instructions

1. Preheat the oven to 180°C. Line large baking sheets with parchment paper or silicone baking mats.
2. Add sultanas to lemon juice in a small bowl. Let sit for 15 minutes.
3. In the bowl of a stand mixer, or using a hand mixer, beat the coconut oil and rapadura sugar together until smooth.
4. Add the eggs and vanilla and beat on medium until light and fluffy, about 2-3 minutes.
5. Add the buckwheat flour, almond flour, salt, baking soda and cinnamon to the bowl and mix until combined.
6. Stir in the lemon juice and sultanas, oats and coconut.
7. Scoop the cookie dough into round balls, about 2 tablespoons per ball. Place on the prepared baking sheet, about 2 inches apart.
8. Bake for 12-14 minutes, or until the edges are golden brown but the centers are still soft.
9. Remove from the oven and cool on the baking sheet for 5 minutes. Transfer to a wire rack to cool completely.

Approved for: Adrenal Diet, Dairy-Free

Chris & Filipa Bellette are the Founders of multi award-winning health practice Chris & Filly Functional Medicine, which is best known for ending body burnout (for good!) in “busy” people with energy, mood and gut issues. They have worked with over 3,000+ burned-out clients in the past combined 30+ years, with their own passion for ending body burnout coming from their own personal experience of body, mind, family & business breakdown, after a prolonged period of physical and mental stress.

Filipa is an accredited Clinical Nutritionist, Functional Medicine Practitioner, Coach & Trauma Therapist. She is also a Ph.D. Scholar, author & regularly featured the media, such as Forbes, Body+Soul and The Daily Telegraph. Chris is a Burnout Recovery Coach & an accredited Neurolinguistic Programming (NLP) Master Practitioner, with a Bachelor of Human Movement Science. He has existed in high-performance realms of the sporting (think national athlete) & business industries and knows what it takes to get out of hustle-and-grind culture to thriving. 

They were recently awarded as the Tasmanian State Winner & National Finalist for the Telstra Best of Business Awards, and Winner of the Australian Women’s Small Business Champion Awards.