Tuesday 19 November 2013

Chocolate Oatmeal Cookies

Kids love cookies and there's no better place to hide healthy ingredients such as oats in cookies. 


This cookie is a perfect mix of chewiness (due to the oatmeal) and yet crispy on the outside. Coupled with the melted chocolate chip cookies, it was no wonder my kids gobbled these up within three days!


This is another one of Bill Granger's easy to do yet amazingly delicious recipe. I'm sure it'll be a hit at home. 


Chocolate Oatmeal Cookies
A Bill Granger Recipe

Ingredients
  • 150 g unsalted butter
  • 3/4 cup soft brown sugar (the recipe calls for 1 cup, but I cut the sugar down)
  • 1 egg, lightly beaten
  • 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
  • 1 cup plain (all purpose) flour
  • 1 teaspoon baking powder
  • a pinch of salt
  • 2 1/3 (235 g) cups rolled oats
  • 1 (175 g) cup choc chips
Method
  • Preheat oven to 180 degrees, line three large baking trays with baking paper.
  • Cream the butter and sugar together until fluffy and smooth.  Add the egg and vanilla extract and beat till smooth.  Sift the flour, baking powder and salt into the bowl and mix lightly.  Add the oats and choc chips and stir to combine.
  • Roll tablespoons of mixture into balls and place on the baking trays.  Flatten the balls with a fork dipped in flour.  Bake the cookies for 10 minutes, or until pale golden if you like them to be soft and chewy and longer if you like them with a bit of crunch.  Remove from the oven and cool on trays for 5 minutes before transferring them to a wire rack to cool completely.
This is for Cook Like A Star hosted by Zoe of Bake for Happy Kids, Baby Sumo of Eat Your Heart Out and Mich of Piece of Cake. 

This post is linked to the event, Little Thumbs up organised by Zoe from Bake for Happy Kids and Doreen from My Little Favourite DIYhosted by Vivian of Vivian Pang’s Kitchen.

24 comments:

  1. I love the way your cookies look. I am drooling over your clicks & cant wait to try them

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  2. wow... these cookies look absolutely tempting...

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  3. nice.... looks like it has a gentle soft crisp that gives off an exploding flavour....

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  4. Hi Mich, I'm crazy of using oatmeal recently and again I still have leftovers... hahaa Will definitely make these cookies for sure :D

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  5. Send me a jar of these delicious looking cookies pleaseeeee..... YUmmmm....
    Have a great week ahead dear.
    Blessings, Kristy

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  6. Mich, love your cookies here, esp with added crunchy oats inside, how can resist this? Yum!

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  7. Hi Mich
    I can see by the look of the pic that these cookies are crisp and crunchy as they so well baked. I know these cookies are so good at anytime of the day!

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  8. Hi Mich, have bookmarked this and planning to make with my son tomorrow :)

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  9. Mich for me this is the perfect cookie!! look delicious dear!

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  10. Hi Mich,
    Great looking cookies!
    Perfect with a glass of milk!

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  11. A good old fashioned cookie - perfect for the kids to make. Lovely!

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  12. Such a nice idea, would like to take these to work with me.

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  13. Your cookies look yummy. I love to bake with oats. Oats and chocolate pair nicely together.

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  14. These oat cookies look fantastic, Mich.

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  15. Those cookies look delicious , Mich ! Love the golden brown color :D

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  16. Mich, kids will somehow eat cookies with oatmeal in it. Me too prefer oatmeal in cookies!

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  17. Mmm..i got no reason not to love these cookies..choc and oats!

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  18. Hi Ninja Oat Mummy Mich,

    We love our oat cookies too and I must say that the oats does blend into the cookies perfectly! Yours look really good :D

    Zoe

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  19. Hi Mich
    I baked these cookies today - and they are GREAT !!!
    Thank you so much for this easy and wonderful recipe

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  20. I'm totally behind in making holiday cookies. Everyone is making delicious cookies already. This chocolate oatmeal cookies look good. I love the bulky crunchy look on top. My favorite style of cookies <3

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