Chocolate Oat Cookies Recipe
These chocolate oat cookies are soft, chewy, and made with wholesome ingredients like oat flour, rolled oats, natural peanut butter, Greek yogurt, and cocoa powder. Naturally sweetened with maple syrup, they're an easy and satisfying treat that's perfect for breakfast, snacks, or a healthier dessert. Optional macadamia nuts add a delicious buttery crunch.
Ingredients
- 100 grams oat flour
- 100 grams rolled oats
- 20 grams cocoa powder
- 120 grams natural peanut butter
- 130 grams yogurt Greek or natural
- 80 ml maple syrup
- 1 large egg
- ½ teaspoon baking soda
- Pinch of salt
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- Optional: macadamia nuts 2-4 per cookie
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 180°C (350°F). Line a baking tray with parchment paper.
- In a bowl, whisk oat flour, rolled oats, cocoa powder, baking soda, and salt.
- In another bowl, whisk peanut butter, yogurt, maple syrup, egg, and vanilla until smooth.
- Fold dry ingredients into wet ingredients until fully incorporated and a thick dough forms.
- Scoop portions of dough onto the prepared tray and gently flatten each cookie with a spoon.
- Bake for 11–13 minutes until cookies are set on the edges but slightly soft in the center.
- Allow cookies to cool for 5 minutes on the tray, then transfer to a wire rack.