While snacks are really a made up thing, and our belief that we need “snack foods” is something that we’ve been told we should want by advertising, I do get that sometimes we need something quick and small that we can easily munch on while on the go or even stuck at our desk.
And because all too often the easiest snacks to grab lack protein, I think it is important to share recipes that are quick “snacks” that help you hit your macros and that 40% protein that I recommend you hit each day.
That is why I want to share this Oatmeal Raisin Protein Cookie Recipe! You can make these and have a sweet, protein treat ready when you need it all week!
Oatmeal Raisin Protein Cookie Recipe
(Picture courtesy of one of my clients doing my 6-Week Macro Cycling Shred!)
Servings 15
Ingredients
3/4 cup Almond butter
1.5 cup vanilla protein powder
3/4 cup honey
2 cup Oats
1 cup Light Coconut Milk
1/2 cup Raisins (you can sub chocolate chips or chopped nuts)
2 tsp Vanilla extract
In a food processor, mix all ingredients together except for the raisins (chocolate chips or chopped nuts). Once you have dough you can mold with your hands, mix in your toppings.
Divide your mix into 15 balls. Place them on a tray lined with baking paper and press them down into cookies. (If crumbly, add a bit more honey and coconut milk.)
Bake the cookies at 325 degrees F for 8-12 minutes. Just be sure to keep an eye on them and do not over bake or they will come out very dry!
Remove them as soon as they’ve browned on top. They will still look wet, but let them sit for a bit and they will firm. Do not over bake!
MACRO BREAKDOWN:
Calories: 300
Protein: 24 grams
Carbs: 29 grams
Fat: 9 grams
*This is with Raisins not chocolate or nuts.
These are a great afternoon snack to hold you over or even pre-workout! And to fit your macros you can even make these servings smaller or bigger as needed! Depending on what you put in them too, you can even slightly adjust the macros to be higher fat or lower carb as well.
What are your go-to snacks to get more protein?
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Is the nutrient info per cookie?
Yup! 🙂
What can you substitute for the honey seeing I should not have that much sugar…
You could depending on why you can’t have sugar use a sugar-free substitute maybe even a maple syrup or a stevia is an option. Or you could just do extra nut butter and not honey at all.
Just made these. The batter is really soupy….theres no way I’ll be able to mold these into balls. Wonder what I did wrong??? Anyone else have this problem?
Hi Lorri. I’ve actually never heard of that happening with these before. Did you make sure to combine all of the ingredients in a food processor with the 1.5 cups of whey? They only thing I can think is maybe you didn’t use Coconut milk? Let me know! Cori
Any ideas to make these lower carb?
You could sub out oat flour and add in nut butter. Or try a different type of flour if you wanted like nut flour. I usually just use another recipe as needed to hit my macros but I also don’t follow a low carb plan.
When I’m putting this into MyFitnessPal, it is calculating about 46% carb, 35% fat, 18% protein. I used the same amounts of all ingredients and scanned barcodes to make it more accurate. Any idea why the calculations are so off?
I don’t know what grams you’re getting or calories but I list mine at the bottom there although it is 32% protein based on how I entered it. Maybe you aren’t using whey as that is 24 grams in just a single scoop and this is 1.5 CUPS of it not scoops. Or maybe you’re not just doing the raisins as I mentioned below the macro info?