Fresh Fig Spiced Oat Cookies

These ain't your average oatmeal cookies. They are made with less sugar, perfectly spiced and chewy, and topped with fanned-out fig slices. These are the less guilty delicious treats you'd be proud to take to any potluck. I prefer to bake with spelt flour, but you can definitely use regular plain flour.

Fresh Fig Oat Cookies

adapted from Olive Magazine


100 g Unsalted Kerrygold butter, softened 50 g Coconut sugar (or brown sugar) 50 g Xylitol crystals 100 g White spelt flour (or plain flour) 100 g Rolled oats 1/4 tsp Cardamom powder 1/2 tsp Cinnamon powder 1 tsp Baking powder 1/2 tsp Baking soda 1/4 tsp Sea salt 1 tbsp Cream or milk 8 Small black figs, halved lengthways Powdered sugar for dusting, optional

Heat the oven to 180C/350F. Line a large baking tray with parchment paper.
Tip the softened butter, coconut sugar and xylitol crystals into a bowl, and use electric beaters to whisk until the mixture is light and fluffy. Add the spelt flour, oats, spices, baking powder, baking soda and sea salt, and mix together. Add the cream or milk.
Take each fig half and use a sharp knife to cut thin slices along the length from the stalk end, but not all the way from the top, so that the slices stay together and can be fanned out.
Roll the cookies into balls, put onto the prepared baking tray, then flatten each top slightly so it’s large enough for a fig half to fit. Put the fig halves, cut-side up, onto each cookie. Bake for 15 minutes or until browned at the edges. Remove and cool slightly before removing them. Dust with icing sugar if using.

27 comments:

DEZMOND 22/9/24 12:57: They are very decorative!
Tom 22/9/24 13:11: ...they look festive!
DeniseinVA 22/9/24 13:55: Fabulous Angie! Thank you for another great looking recipe. You are a true artist of your craft :)
Brian's Home Blog 22/9/24 16:07: Those are so pretty and I know they have to taste great.
eileeninmd 22/9/24 17:10: Hello,
Your cookies look delicious and pretty! Take care, have a wonderful week!
Granny Sue 22/9/24 17:56: So pretty! I wish I liked figs.
JoAnna 22/9/24 18:36: Sweet cookies!
Cocoa and Lavender 22/9/24 20:31: Hi there! I’m so sorry I have gotten so behind in my reading (and commenting) having no internet for 2.5 weeks really threw me off.

These cookies look wonderful—I love the combination of oats and fig!
Cooking Julia 22/9/24 20:40: Those cookies are so good-looking!
LoveT. 22/9/24 21:07: They look so good, a treat.
Lowcarb team member 23/9/24 00:55: I agree with Tom, they do look festive :)

Enjoy your Autumn days.

All the best Jan
foodtravelandwine 23/9/24 02:17: I'm in love with these fig and oat cookies!.....beautiful and delicious at the same time!.........Abrazotes, Marcela
J.P. Alexander 23/9/24 03:01: Adoro el higo. Hare pronto esa receta. Gracias por ella. Te mando un beso.
savorthebest 23/9/24 04:34: This looks so good, I love figs.
Anonymous 23/9/24 05:48: These look so pretty!
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Margaret D 23/9/24 07:28: Looks like Christmas.
Grace 23/9/24 07:50: Me encantan Angie! Hago con frecuencia galletas de avena. Gracias por brindarnos otra variedad.
Excelente semana sea contigo querida Angie!
sherry 23/9/24 08:50: these look absolutely gorgeous Angie!
Veronica Lee 23/9/24 08:53: How pretty!
I bet they taste awesome 😋
Bill 23/9/24 19:42: They look delicious!
Ben | Havocinthekitchen 23/9/24 21:23: Such tasty cookies that also look fabulous! Also, loving the addition of oats and spices in here; must be so flavourful.
Breathtaking 23/9/24 23:06: Hello Angie :)
Yummy looking fig cookies and so decorative.
My name is Erika. 24/9/24 01:19: These are very pretty. I've only seen fig cookies with a fig jam inside the cookie. These are definitely more attractive.
Judee 24/9/24 02:34: They look beautiful and I can only imagine how divine they taste with the fresh figs, cardamom, and cinnamon.
Raymund | angsarap.net 25/9/24 00:57: They look so beautiful!
tigerfish 25/9/24 01:19: Love how the figs are beautifully fanned out on the cookies.
The Velvet Runway 27/9/24 14:26: I am definitely going to try this recipe! I love figs and those cookies look delicious
Julia x