On a Sunday, I bake lunchbox snacks for the school and working week ahead. This saves us money and time as we are not buying prepackaged snacks and popping a slice of homemade cake or chunky cookies into a lunchbox is very quick and easy of a weekday morning when everyone is trying to get to where they need to be on time.
Chocolate cookies with chocolate chips!
Recently, I came across a recipe for a scrumptious version of chocolate cookies. They are flourless and include almond meal. (My son can now take foods with nuts in them to high school whereas his primary school had a no nuts policy.) The nuts in them make them unsuitable for those with an allergy to nuts.
The original recipe, which I have tinkered with very minimally, comes from Amanda at Running with Spoons. I simply reduced the sugar content a little more and used dark chocolate chips rather than mint chocolate chips. There are very simple cookies to make:
Chocolate & Oat Cookies
*Unsuitable for those with a nut allergy.*
1 cup organic quick oats
1/2 cup almond meal
1/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
4 Tablespoons brown sugar or coconut sugar
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1 large or 2 small eggs
3 Tablespoons coconut oil (melted if it is not in liquid state)
1/4 cup of tiny, dark chocolate chips
1. Preheat oven to 170C. Line a large baking tray.
2. Mix all the dry ingredients, except the chocolate chips, together in a large bowl.
3. Add the coconut oil and beaten egg to the dry ingredients. Mix well.
4. Mix in the chocolate chips.
5. Roll tablespoons of mixture into balls, placing onto baking tray so there is room for them
to spread. Flatten top of each one slightly with your fingers.
6. Bake for approximately 10mins (but keep an eye on them as they may cook faster in
your oven.)
7. Allow to cool for 10mins on tray before transferring to a wire cooling rack.
8. Store in an airtight container (I put them in the fridge) for up to a week.
A chocolatey bowl!
These cookies are very chocolatey but not overly sweet. A more wholesome take on a chocolate cookie that is simple and delicious.
Do you have a favourite recipe for chocolate cookies?
Meg
Hi Meg, I sure do. I absolutely LOVE Neslie's Toll House Cookies. Your cookies look delicious, and they sound much healthier than the ones that I make.
ReplyDeleteI have not heard of Toll House Cookies, Stephenie. I will have to look that recipe up. Meg:)
DeleteThey look delicious. 😊
ReplyDeleteI rarely make cookies, so I don't have a tried and true recipe.
After reading your post, now I have a craving for a chocolate cookie. But I have no cookies at all at the moment. Sigh...
Oh, dear! Perhaps you'll have to bake some, Nil.
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They look good Meg. I only bake sweet things if a particular friend is coming to visit, so no favourite recipes. It sounds like you're keeping up with your new routines.
ReplyDeleteI am trying to keep up, Nanette, but a few things, especially making little things, have fallen by the wayside as I've just not the time to spend on them right now. Meg:)
DeleteThey look great I might have to make them myself. All our homemade biscuits go staight into the freezer. Re your last post on bees yesterday I was in the garden and I had 6-8 bees on my corn tips which I was very excited about. I see a lot of butterflies in my garden but I don't see any bees so I was happy to see they made their way into our back yard to do their thing. Our corn is going crazy with the rain so I'm very excited. I did nothing with the veggie garden last year and my aim this year was to make sure I got into it and growing things from seeds has given me another exciting new level of achievement. We also haven't had chickens for a year but had them for the previous 8 years..the coop fell apart so I bought the Aldi one this week and we are [my BIL and me] are putting it together so we can pick up our 3 chickens this week...so excited to have fresh eggs again and not have to buy them.
ReplyDeleteI've just responded to your comment on my blog...go check it out.
ReplyDeleteWow, these look great Meg. I've been baking a lot of 'traditional' things lately but am looking for recipes that are a bit more wholesome. These fit the bill! xx Susan
ReplyDeleteI hope you enjoy them, Susan. They are very yummy!
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How yummy looking, Meg. I was thinking of you in Melbourne as I walked past where you stayed. I did a LOT of walking in the city centre :-)
ReplyDeleteI hope you had a great time in Melbourne, Chel. There's a lot to see and do there. Meg:)
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