RECIPE

OATMEAL COOKIES WITH ALMOND FLOUR AND CHOCOLATE CHIPS

written by @juliarecipes

I am sure, that you must have heard many recipes for oatmeal cookies. And you probably even tried many of these great recipes from your friend, colleague or just what you’ve found on YouTube channel. But I can assure  you, that these oatmeal cookies are the best I have ever had, are gluten free and approved by my children.

But most, these oatmeal cookies are made with love and by my husband (and my kids as well), so don’t blame me, these are considered as the best oatmeal cookies in the world ;-). I love when my hubby is in the kitchen and especially with our kids. They so enjoyed making these oatmeal cookies, that half of the batch was gone, before we could finish baking the rest of it.

Another great thing about this recipe is, that my hubby has decided to cut down on the sugar used in this recipe. The reason no. one is, because these cookies were made for the kids, and we are trying to make healthier treats for them. So these are perfectly healthy and kids friendly cookies.

I am extremely proud of him, because this recipe for oatmeal cookies came out really great. It has its chewiness, soft centre, because of the almond flour, which by the way added super extra flavor into the cookie. Slightly crunchy on the top and instead of raisins, chocolate chips made it even yummier. What can be better than chocolate chips right?

But you may add raising and walnuts in the cookie dough, if you prefer these flavours.

OATS

In this recipe we’ve used organic instant quick whole grain rolled oats and I think this made also the cookie more soft and chewy texture. If you’d like to use whole old fashion oats, the texture of the cookie will be slightly rougher and harder to chew. This is why I prefer instant quick oats.

ALMOND FLOUR

If you follow the recipe, you will notice, that my husband has used almond flour instead of all-purpose flour. It wasn’t intentional to make this recipe gluten-free, almond flour was used to improve the taste of the cookies.  And it came out so well! 🙂 So now, we are so happy, that even our gluten intolerant friends can use this recipe for oatmeal cookies.

RECIPE

OATMEAL COOKIES WITH ALMOND FLOUR AND CHOCOLATE CHIPS

Preparation time: 15 minutes ⭐ cooking time: 14 minutes ⭐servings: 14-18 cookies

INGREDIENTS:

• 2 1/4 cups instant quick whole rolled oats
• 2/3 cup almond flour
• 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1 pinch of salt
• 3/4 cup  unsalted butter, softened
• 1/2 cup  brown sugar
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 egg

INSTRUCTIONS:

1. Preheat the oven to 180 °C (350 °F). Line two baking sheets with parchment paper.
2. In a large bowl, combine the oats, flour, cinnamon, salt and set aside.
3. In another bowl, mix the butter with brown sugar and vanilla with an electric mixer until smooth and fluffy (about 5 minutes).
4. Add the egg and beat until smooth. With a wooden spoon, stir in the dry ingredients.
5. With an ice cream spoon, scoop the balls of dough onto the baking sheets, leaving 2-inch between each. With your hand lightly flatten the cookies.
6. Bake for about 14 minutes, until cookies have a golden brown colour on the sides.
7. Cool on the sheet then transfer to a cooling rack.

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