"In the cookies of life, friends are the chocolate chips."
Author Unknown
I bake snacks for the kids 3-4 times a week. It takes care of their 'tiffin' or snack box, & caters for their snack when they come back home. Lunch is served in school, & the kids are usually ravenous when they get back around 3 in the afternoon. I endeavour to add variety from time to time ranging from banana chocolate-chip muffins, oatmeal cookies, pound cake, sandwiches, pasta, but often find myself reaching out for the cocoa. 
This was one such 'cocoa moment', where I put together a number of different recipes to make these cookies. The primary thought was to add oatmeal / fibre to the cookie. Almonds entered the list of ingredients as I had no walnuts. Came out to be yummy, wholesome cookies, with a crisp exterior & a cake-like interior. Enjoyed by the kids & their friends, I've now finally got down to posting the recipe. I think walnuts would work very well here, & possibly a tbsp of coffee might work some magic. That's what I intend to do the next time!
Double Chocolate Oatmeal Cookies
Ingredients:
Flour - 1 cup
Oats - 2 cups
Baking Powder - 1/2 tsp
Baking soda - 1/2 tsp
Cocoa - 3 tbsps
Salt - 1/4 tsp
Almonds - 1/2 cup; chopped
Butter - 1/2 cup
Granular Sugar - 1/2 cup
Brown Sugar - 1/2 cup
Egg - 1
Egg yolk - 1
Honey - 1/4 cup
Vanilla Extract - 1 tsp
Almond Extract - 1 tsp
Chocolate chips - 1/2 cup
Method:
- Preheat oven to 180 degrees C. Lightly grease 2-3 baking sheets.
- Stir together the dry ingredients i.e. flour + oats + cocoa+ baking powder + baking soda + salt.
- Beat the butter & both sugars, followed by the egg & egg yolk. Next beat in the honey & both extracts. (Omit almond essence if using walnuts).
- Stir in the dry mix & chocolate chips till well mixed in.
- Drop tbsps on sheets & bake for about 15 minutes / until done.
- Cool on rack & store in an airtight tin.
- Makes 2-3 dozen cookies depending on size.
Lore @ Culinarty has a monthly event called 'Original Recipes', & I'm sending this to her. Do check out her previous round-ups which throw up plenty of very interesting originals!
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29 comments:
lovely! and i recognise those flowers from my childhood. we had them in then backyard and they used to droop almost as soon as they were plucked!
lovely pics too :)
you can always entice me with chocolate - but with double chocolate I'll do anything! lovely crispy cookies!
Those kids are lucky - Deeba, send some of these beauties my way, please! :)
Original recipe, I'm very impressed Deeba! :) You are definitely a chocolate chip in my life :)
Oh wowl - now this looks great! I'm loving these adn i'd just need a tall glass of milk and i'd be a happy man!
-DTW
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The cookies look so yumm.
I too make snacks for my daughter when she come home but then she is only back after 5 pm.
And sometimes she brings one of her girlfriend with her and then it is double the fun to see both of them enjoying the homemade goodies.
Chocolate cookies look absolutely enticing Deeba..I limit my baking expeditions to the weekend since me and hubby had started to put on weight..!!Hubby's in love with the vanilla cupcakes and keeps asking me to make it often..!!
Aren't these kind of moments the best? I love how your concoction turned out and I bet the kids will be asking you to make these cookies for them again and again :) And that milk cup is simply precious!
Thank you for sharing your cookies with the Original Recipes Round-Up!
Absolutely delicious original recipe indeed. Looking so delicious and very chocolaty!
Cheers,
elra
These look so good, I love crunchy on the outside and cakey on the inside, my kinda cookie!!
Yum, I love dense little lovely cookies like this!! They sound so good with milk...
These cookies look so yummy. My kids would love them for snack too. Since I can't send them over to your house after school (the distance thing-- I can't wait for someone to invent a teleporter- lol) I'll have to try to adapt this recipe with my wheat-free flours. It looks like it won't be a problem :-)
I love this, and am bookmarking it. Would love to try it out... but probably might make some changes, typical of me.
Will let you know how it went.
Looks delicious...love the pics too:)
They look super chocolaty! Just what need to get me through my midterm exams! i can't wait.
I don't know why I do cookies so infrequently, but THESE are most definitely my kind of cookies. Crisp outside and cakey inside sounds heavenly to me (not to mention the flavors!). They look fantastic
Mmm...COOKIES! Delicious ones Deeba. Walnuts are more the norm, I love this chocolate almond oatmeal combination. Half the fun of baking home made treats is watching the kids wolf them down!
Your cookies look wonderful! Double chocolate for a chocoholic's dream. I have given you an award, I hope you'll come over to my blog and claim it!
Love baking too ...your cookies look amazing...send me some lol.
I am going to make them for sure.
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Oh, yum! Double chocolate and almond and vanilla? I love them already!
Hey Deeba, how similiar are our thoughts at times, I also made oatmeal cookies with apricots yesterday for afternoon snack.Chocolate is a great idea.
Hey when is ur birthday , must be approaching soon, I guess.The milk mug looks great.
Gosh... are you trying to bust the popularity chart with adults and kids alike.....
You have us drooling all over the page.... it's such a delight to read your blog everyday.......
Your kids are really lucky.....
How do you manage to be so thin even after all these goodies.....
Had done some baking with my kid sister... We decided to click pictures as this was the first time she was helping me..... They aren't as good as the ones you put out on ure blog... but i guess it's a start....
Check out the pictures of 'Daksyani Making Double Fudge Chocolate Brownies
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They must feel the love. Great treat.
And you know the kids love them! They look divine and the they will never forget all your treats.
Your the kind of Mom all the neighbor kids want to visit after school! You make the best treats for your kids Deeba!!
I made some oat meal cookies with chocolate chips but this one is full of chocolate which I shall definitely make soon.
You're killing us here - both with the yummy description and the pics! And with that ingredient list, I can almost kid myself that these are a healthy snack :)
Oh Wow ...yum, yum yum.
Blogged on Foodbuzz, and have linked back to you! Do check it out at Chitra Amma's Kitchen
you're a mad baker you are! lovely baked things we can find in here. it's just like visiting an online bakery. every chocolate stuffs are served... oh my... indulgence.
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