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Oatmeal cookie with chocolate chips

Oatmeal cookies with chocolate chips

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A batch of these soft, chewy and secretly healthier oatmeal cookies will have you going back for seconds and thirds.
Course Dessert
Cuisine American
Keyword butter cookies, Chocolate, cookie recipes, cookies, Oats
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 12 minutes
Servings 24 cookies

Ingredients

  • 3 tbsp (40g) butter, softened or coconut oil
  • ½ cup (100g) brown sugar
  • ¼ cup honey agave/maple syrup are fine too
  • 1 large egg
  • 1 tbsp (15ml) water
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract
  • ½ cup (75g) whole wheat flour Alternatively you can use all-purpose, spelt or gluten-free
  • ½ tsp salt
  • ¼ tsp baking soda
  • 1 tsp ground cinnamon
  • 1 ½ cups (150g) old-fashioned whole oats (for gluten-free cookies, make sure the oats are GF too)
  • ½ cup (85g) chocolate chips- optional, but oh so good (we used semi-sweet, but dark chocolate is great too)
  • other optional add ins: ½ a cup of chopped dates, nuts, M&Ms, cranberries, raisins

Instructions

  • Begin by preheating the oven to 350 F or 180 C, then line a baking tray with parchment paper (you could also do foil and brush the foil with some melted butter).
  • In a bowl, cream together the butter, sugar and honey until smooth. We started by using a spoon, as it helps remove some of the lumps formed by the brown sugar.
  • Add in the egg, water, vanilla extract and continue to mix, using a whisk for ease, until homogenous.
  • In another bowl, combine the flour, salt, baking soda, cinnamon and oats.
  • Fold the oat mixture into the butter-egg mixture, gently until just incorporated. Try not to over-mix, as that tends to overwork the gluten in the flour, which may result in a tougher cookie.
  • Along with the oat mixture, you can also stir in the chocolate chips and any additional add-ins like nuts.
  • Once the cookie batter is ready, scoop 1-tbsp sized mounds of the mixture and place onto the parchment lined baking tray, about 1.5-2 inches apart.
  • Bake the cookies for 10-20 minutes or until opaque and slightly golden brown.
  • Enjoy warm, while the chocolate is still gooey.
  • Make ahead: These cookies last for about 1 week after baking either in the fridge or at room temperature. You can also freeze the baked cookies for about 2 months, or freeze the mounds of unbaked batter for the same amount of time. When baking frozen cookie batter, you'll need to bake it for an additional minute. However, you do not need to thaw the mounds.

Notes

This recipe is very easily customizable. Many of the ingredients can be substituted appropriately. You could substitute butter with coconut oil, the honey with agave or maple syrup, the flour with any kind that suits you and the add-ins are up to you. You can use a bar of dark chocolate that is chopped up instead of the semi-sweet chocolate.