The BEST healthy oatmeal chocolate-chip cookies

• Vegetarian
• Gluten free

• Refrigerated

  • 1 Egg, large

• Pasta & Grains

  • 1/2 cup Oats, old fashioned
  • 1/4 cup Quick oats

• Baking & Spices

  • 3/4 tsp Baking soda
  • 4 tbsp Brown sugar, lightly packed
  • 1 tsp Cinnamon
  • 1/2 cup Dark chocolate chips
  • 3/4 cup Oat flour
  • 1 Pinch Salt
  • 1 1/2 tsp Vanilla extract

• Oils & Vinegars

  • 1/2 cup Coconut oil

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Description

Directions

• Take regular old fashioned oats or quick oats and blend them until they resemble a flour or powder in a blender or food processor.
• If you dont have quick oats, pulse old fashioned oats a few times in a blender or food processor until they resemble quick oats.
• In a medium-sized bowl, stir together the oat flour (measured after blending NOT before), old-fashioned oats, quick oats, baking soda, cinnamon, and salt.
• In another bowl, stir together the vanilla extract, large egg, and brown sugar. Melt the coconut oil and let it cool slightly before adding to the bowl (Make sure to measure the coconut oil in its liquid state). Stir until well combined.
• Add the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients and stir until just combined. Fold in the dark chocolate chips.
• Cover the dough tightly and chill the dough for 30 minutes to an hour or until the dough has hardened enough to scoop out cookie balls. (If you chill longer than a day, let the dough sit out for 15 or so minutes so you are able to scoop it into balls). If you dont chill your dough these cookies will be flatter than a pancake! The coconut oil needs a little bit of time in the fridge to firm up again.
• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
• Using a cookie scoop (and pack these in the scoop very tightly or they may crumble), scoop out balls of the dough onto a parchment lined cookie sheet. Press a few more chocolate chips in the tops if desired.
• Depending on the size, bake for 7-9 minutes or until very lightly browned around the edges. They may look a little underdone in the center, but they are the very best slightly under-baked and they will harden after cooling.
• Remove from the oven and allow to stay on the baking sheet for another 2 minutes before removing to a wire cooling rack.
• Enjoy!
• Any substitutions NOT recommended. Although some tried and true substitutions may work in other recipes, I do not guarantee they work in this recipe. Especially substituting out the old fashioned oats (they are needed to absorb liquid) or the coconut oil (it is needed for stability in this recipe)
• Scoop out the dough with a cookie scoop to avoid the coconut oil coming back to room temperature after the chilling. Dont have a cookie scoop? Use your hands, but then re-chill the dough for 15-30 minutes after the balls are rolled.
• Pack in the cookies TIGHT in the cookie scoop (or your hands) to avoid crumbly cookies.
• It is recommended you check your baking soda and make sure it is not expired. Old baking soda will cause an off taste in these cookies and may make them very flat.
• Measure the ingredients exactly. As with most baked goods, loosely measuring may result in cookies that do not work out.