DOUBLE CHOCOLATE OATMEAL COOKIES
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!
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Preheat oven to 180 degrees C. Lightly grease 2-3 baking sheets.
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Stir together the dry ingredients i.e. flour + oats + cocoa+ baking powder + baking soda + salt.
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Beat the butter & both sugars, followed by the egg & egg yolk. Next beat in the honey & both extracts. (Omit almond essence if using walnuts).
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Stir in the dry mix & chocolate chips till well mixed in.
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Drop tbsps on sheets & bake for about 15 minutes / until done.
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Cool on rack & store in an airtight tin.
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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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Deeba @ PAB
About me: I am a freelance food writer, recipe developer and photographer. Food is my passion - baking, cooking, developing recipes, making recipes healthier, using fresh seasonal produce and local products, keeping a check on my carbon footprint and being a responsible foodie! I enjoy food styling, food photography, recipe development and product reviews. I express this through my food photographs which I style and the recipes I blog. My strength lies in 'Doing Food From Scratch'; it must taste as good as it looks, and be healthy too. Baking in India, often my biggest challenge is the non-availability of baking ingredients, and this has now become a platform to get creative on. I enjoy cooking immensely as well.
31 Comments
Nags
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
Meeta
you can always entice me with chocolate – but with double chocolate I’ll do anything! lovely crispy cookies!
Patricia Scarpin
Those kids are lucky – Deeba, send some of these beauties my way, please!
Manggy
Original recipe, I’m very impressed Deeba!
You are definitely a chocolate chip in my life 
Darius T. Williams
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
http://www.everydaycookin.blogspot.com
Happy cook
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.
Divya Kudua
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..!!
Lore
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!
Elra
Absolutely delicious original recipe indeed. Looking so delicious and very chocolaty!
Cheers,
elra
Bunny
These look so good, I love crunchy on the outside and cakey on the inside, my kinda cookie!!
Cakespy
Yum, I love dense little lovely cookies like this!! They sound so good with milk…
Alexa
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
anudivya
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.
Rico
Love baking too …your cookies look amazing…send me some lol.
I am going to make them for sure.
Usha
Looks delicious…love the pics too:)
Gigi
They look super chocolaty! Just what need to get me through my midterm exams! i can’t wait.
Mike of Mike's Table
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
Bharti
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!
Reeni
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!
Susan from Food Blogga
Oh, yum! Double chocolate and almond and vanilla? I love them already!
Pearlsofeast
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.
Nachiketa
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
TheVariable-nachiketa.blogspot.com
Helene
They must feel the love. Great treat.
noble pig
And you know the kids love them! They look divine and the they will never forget all your treats.
Proud Italian Cook
Your the kind of Mom all the neighbor kids want to visit after school! You make the best treats for your kids Deeba!!
Ivy
I made some oat meal cookies with chocolate chips but this one is full of chocolate which I shall definitely make soon.
Jeanne
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
Dibs
Oh Wow …yum, yum yum.
Blogged on Foodbuzz, and have linked back to you! Do check it out at Chitra Amma’s Kitchen
Arfi Binsted
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.
Pricille
Thank you for the recipe. They are delicious. I was looking for a high fiber cookie recipe for my 2.5 year old daughter, to nicely add more fiber to her diet, as she is a picky eater. The last cookies are in the oven, while some are already cooling on a sheet. I had to try them, the raw mix tasted really good and the finish cookie is delicious. I added a bit of coconut, walnuts and raisins. Each bite is a pleasure and sweet just enough, not like the over sweet cookies you find in North America. I like the fact that it contains also a fairly low amount of butter. So thank you again, this is a new recipe to definitely keep in my books!
Deeba @ PAB
Pricille, your words meant a LOT to me. Thank you for taking the time to write back, and for enjoying these. I agree that cookies in America tend to be oversweet, but now sadly that is fast becoming the case here as well. So glad you enjoyed them. have a great day!!