Happy Birthday to Pia!! My little 9 year old! It’s also the first day of school- so there is a lot of excitement in the house today ☺
To celebrate not only Pia’s birthday, but to make sure that she had a good treat for after lunch, I made her these Monster Kitchen Sink cookies that are jammed packed with a little of absolutely everything delicious!
Miraculously, on top of being so filled with delicious ingredients, they are absolutely allergen free! Sunflower seed butter and hot strong espresso bind these cookies together and then you get coconut, chocolate and dried fruit that is the best combo ever!
If your little ones (or you!) are in the mood for cookies, these will the perfect choice. No nuts, no gluten, dairy or eggs and they are still awesome! Enjoy!
*If you do not have a nut allergy and do not have access to sunflower butter then almond butter and toasted almonds are a great substitution.
- 1 ½ cups gluten free all purpose flour (I use Bobs Red Mill All Purpose GF flour)
- 1 cup gluten free rolled oats
- 1 cup brown sugar
- 1 teaspoon kosher salt
- ½ teaspoon baking soda
- ½ teaspoon cinnamon
- ½ cup coconut oil
- ⅓ cup sunflower butter
- ¼ cup hot espresso or strong coffee
- 1 cup unsweetened shredded coconut
- 1 cup vegan chocolate chips
- ½ cup chopped dried apricots
- ½ cup dried cherries
- ¾ cup sunflower seeds
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Prepare two baking sheets with parchment or silpats.
- In a large bowl combine all of the dry ingredients.
- In the bowl of a standing mixer fitted with a paddle attachment combine the coconut oil and sunflower butter.
- Add the dry ingredients and the hot coffee and combine until fluffy.
- On low speed add in the coconut, chocolate chips, dried apricots, dried cherries and sunflower seeds and mix well.
- Scoop cookie dough onto prepared sheet pans leaving a few inches between them (they will spread). Bake for 16-18 minutes until golden brown. Let the cookies cool on the baking sheets for a few minutes before transferring them to a wire rack to cool completely.
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Love the apricots in there!
These are so many great flavors here! Love these!
These look and sound amazing! Can’t wait to try making them! Thanks!
These cookies look heavenly!
Looks like there is a new cookie favorite at my house. Can you say flavor goodness!! Cannot wait to try out this recipe for monster kitchen sink cookies . Thank you, Heather! J
Ok, sooo making these beauties!
Love the flavour combo here!
Hello heather! Love your recipes. Question, the ingredient lists sunflower butter but the directions say sunflower oil. I made it with the butter and they never got fluffy but crumbly. Is it the oil?
Thank you!
WEIRD!!! It must have been an auto correct change- SO sorry- the butter was correct.
How many calories in 1 cookie?
Love these cookies, what a perfect after school snack!
Hi! We don’t drink coffee in our house (so don’t even have a way to make any).
Can you please recommend a substitute for that? Would coconut milk be good or just hot water? Thanks, these sound delicious!
Hi Katie- Yes- I would go with coconut milk!
This combination sounds amazing, Heather!! Love all the textures and flavors in here. Making for sure!!
Thank you Kate!
Hi, I have hunted all over the web for g free oats, but can’t find them and apparently you can’t get g free oats. Where do you get yours from??
Hi Rexine- I buy mine at Trader Joes!
I’m sure you don’t get this question often, but would this recipe work with good old all-purpose flour? We aren’t a GF household, but I like the looks of your recipe, and wanted to ask before I forge ahead… I once tried wheat flour in a recipe that called for rice flour, and… well, the end result had some real texture issues. Something about combining flour and hot water/milk was not great, I think. What changes would you make if you were using wheat flour instead of GF?
I think that you could just swap it out Rachel. Also, here is a really old recipe from before we were a GF household that is for a trail mix style cookie if you want to try that: http://heatherchristo.com/2009/11/11/trail-mix-style-oatmeal-cookies/
Otherwise feel free to just swap out the flour! Please let me know how you like them with the wheat flour
Hi, these cookies look delicious! Can you tell me what is the texture of these cookies? Chewy, crispy, soft?
Thanks,