March 19th is National Oatmeal Cookie Day.
Because why shouldn’t it be?
Apparently, (according to Foodimentary, which doesn’t cite their sources, but it sounds plausible) 75% of all U.S. Households have oatmeal in their cupboards. That means that for most of you, these oatmeal cookies are just a preheated 350-degree oven away.
1. Maple Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Oatmeal Cookies
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Flourless and maple-sweetened
Get the recipe here.
2. Cinnamon Apple Oatmeal Cookies
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Chopped dried apples and pecans give this kid personality.
Learn how to make them here.
3. Vegan Peanut Butter Chocolate Chunk Oatmeal Cookies
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All the flavors in a vegan-friendly (think flax eggs), refined-sugar-free package. Topped with Maldon sea salt because yes.
Get ’em here.
4. Peanut Butter Cookie Sandwiches
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Because two is better than one, and filling is better than none.
See the recipe here.
5. Dark Chocolate Cherry Oatmeal Cookies
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Drop cookies studded with chocolate chips and dried cherries
Get the recipe here.
6. Peanut Butter Sugar Cookies
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The flavor comes from ‘sugar cookie peanut butter,’ which sounds pretty magical.
Find the recipe here.
7. Super Seedy Chocolate Chip Cookies
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Trail mix. Cookie-style.
Get the recipe here.
8. Tahini Oat Chocolate Chip Cookies
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Be bold and get a lil’ savory
Snag the recipe here.
9. Food Processor Chocolate Chip Oatmeal Cookies
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A one-bowl recipe you can whip up in a blender
Find the recipe here.
10. Peanut Butter Hippie Cookies
Jessica Penner / Via SmartNutrition.ca
Loaded with nuts and seeds, unsweetened flaked coconut, and dried fruit
Check out the recipe here.
11. Healthy Peanut Butter Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies
Whitney English / Via LiveandDiet.com
4-ingredient wonders: banana, natural PB, oats, and vegan choco chips.
Get it here.
12. Toll House Chocolate Chip ‘Makeover’ Cookies
Katie Mordord / Via MomsKitchenHandbook.com
Take the classic Nestle recipe and health it up a bit with whole grain and nut flours, half the butter, a third of the sugar, and dark chocolate
See the recipe here.
13. Healthy Pumpkin Pecan Pie Oatmeal Cookies
Abbey Sharp / Via AbbeysKitchen.com
Soft and chewy cookies with a pumpkin spice holiday flavor (and they’re so pretty!)
You can get the recipe here.
14. Turtle Oatmeal Cookies
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Turtle candies are one of the best chocolate confections ever invented. And Angela turned them into a cookie. A vegan cookie with Medjool dates (#thebestdate).
Get the recipe right over…here!
15. Soft & Chewy Oatmeal Raisin Cookie
Sally McKenney / Via SallysBakingAddiction.com
A raisin-lover’s dream cookie (lots of butter and sugar for the purists)
Get the recipe here.
16. Blackberry Thumbprint Cookies
Stephanie McKercher / Via GratefulGrazer.com
Dairy-free, vegan, whole-grain oat nests filled with a dollop of blackberry chia jam
Get it here
17. Wild Blueberry Oatmeal Cookies
Dixya Bhattarai / Via FoodPleasureandHealth.com
Vegan, gluten-free and chock full of wild blueberries, almond meal, mashed bananas, and hemp seeds – healthy like woah.
See the recipe here
18. Oatmeal Peanut Butter Chia Chocolate Breakfast Cookies
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Breakfast cookies. Cookies for breakfast. Need I continue?
Find the recipe over here.
19. Almond Butter Banana Cookies
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Five ingredients: almond butter, bananas, oats, vanilla extract, and salt
Get the recipe.
20. Cherry Chocolate Oatmeal Cookies
Liz Weiss / Via MealMakeoverMoms.com
Dried tart cherries shine in these oatmeal drop cookies
Get the recipe.
21. Peanut Butter Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies
Monique Volz / Via AmbitiousKitchen.com
Thick, chewy, decadent, flourless, no-butter cookies. They do exist.
Get the recipe.
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Caroline is a freelance writer, nutrition communication consultant, and counselor with a holistic approach to healthy living. 
Awesome Oatmeal cookie round up!! Thank goodness I have oatmeal in my pantry! Can’t wait to try some of these! Thanks for including me! 🙂
Oatmeal is one of the all-time best pantry staples because it means you can always make cookies 😉
I’ll take oatmeal over chocolate chip any day! This post will be pinned and resourced for a very long time! Thank you!!
I’m so glad you like the roundup, Serena! Wishing you many happy, oatmeal cookie-filled days ahead 🙂
Drool! Thanks for including me.