I hope you all know how crazy I go for hot chocolate, so in the search of the perfect hot chocolate recipe I also was in the search for a good quality coco powder.I have tried many brands that includes the one form the whole sale shops too….My recent buy is Weikfield Coco powder and am completely satisfied with it…But from the day I saw Hersheys in supermarkets , I had an eye and finally got it last week so I tried these cookies with it.If you ask me between the two brands which one is better I loved both but colorwise I love weikfield more as its more dense and dark, but Hersheys scored a bit more when it comes to flavour 🙂 I am telling this as it might be useful for atleast few who are so choosy like me and still struggling to zero in a good quality cocoa powder 🙂
These cookies are made with oats and wheat flour, eggless with no butter no rising agents so you can munch them anytime without guilt and satisfy your sudden chocolate cravings, yes its so easy to make them.I adapted this recipe from my oats raisin cookies.These cookies are mild in sweet, made with the goodness of oats and wheat flour perfect for breakfast too with a cup of milk.
Choco Oats Cookies Recipe
Recipe Category: Snack | Recipe Cuisine: Indian
Dry Mix:
Oats – 1/2 cup
Wheat Flour – 1/2 cup
Coco powder – 1.5 tbsp
Wet Mix :
Demerara Sugar – 2 tbsp
Honey – 2 tbsp
Vanilla Essence – 1/2 tsp
Cooking Oil – 3 tbsp
Milk – 2.5 tbsp
Method:
- Take oats,wheat flour and cocoa in a mixing bowl, whisk it well and Set aside.In another bowl take all the ingredients listed under ‘ Wet Mix 2’ and whisk it well.
- Now pour the wet mix to the oats mixture.Mix well and gather to form a nonsticky dough.Pinch small lemon sized ball and roll it smoothly.Preheat oven at 180 deg C for 10mins.
- Flatten it to 1/4 inch thickness or slightly thinner.Line butter paper / silver foil on the baking tray and arrange the cookies.Bake the cookies at 180 deg C for 10-12mins.
Cool down and then store in airtight container.Serve warm with a glass of milk or as a tea time snack.
My Notes:
- If the dough doesn’t hold together then sprinkle an extra tsp of milk.
- If you want more crispy cookies bake for 15mins in total. I wanted chewy and crunchy cookies so baked for 10mins.
- The cookies seem to be soft when take out of the oven, but don’t be tempted to overbake.After cooling down it will become crunchy.
- If you don’t have demerara sugar use normal white sugar.You can even add the sugar as such or powder and add.I recommend adding it powdered as it doesn’t get dissolved easily if added as such.
- The timing depends on the cookie size and thickness.If you are making a slighter thicker cookie then it might take atleast 20mins to get baked fully, so adjust the timing accordingly.
- I made slightly thin so it took me only 10mins.
- Last week when I baked another batch , I baked for 15mins it was a bit hard and crispy so I understand the more the time it will turn hard / crispy. The browning doesn’t show off as the cookies are already brown in color, so you can check the backside and then confirm.
- You can replace oil with butter too if you are making it for kids.
- This is very mild in sweet as I wanted it for teatime snack, if you prefer sweeter cookies then add 3 tbsp sugar in total.
- I used Hersheys cocoa powder and Quaker Oats.
- I used olive oil, you can use any type of cooking oil.
Sophia says
January 7, 2015 at 10:51 amHello sharmi we don't want to put the dough in refrigerator?
SHARMILEE J says
January 7, 2015 at 12:49 pmNo need…
Vidhya Rajesh says
January 13, 2015 at 4:14 pmDear Sharmi,
Thanks for this wonderful recipe. This was my first baking attempt and it was a hit. My kids loved the cookie and made me make it thrice!!! They even loved the cookie batter and I just love the smell of my kitchen for hours after I have baked the cookies 🙂
Thanks
Vidhya
AR says
February 3, 2015 at 8:06 pmAny replacement for milk?? My daughter is allergic to dairy
SHARMILEE J says
February 4, 2015 at 3:23 amYou can use 1 tbsp butter and for binding add little water……
AR says
February 4, 2015 at 7:52 pmThank you Sharmilee
sajash says
May 2, 2015 at 4:06 pmThank you so much dear friend for the recipe, it turned out very well. I replaced the cocoa powder with bournvita.
sajash says
May 2, 2015 at 4:07 pmMust say 1st baking attempt was successful.
Varsha Rajeswaran says
June 4, 2015 at 8:30 amSharmi can we freeze this dough for later use?
SHARMILEE J says
June 6, 2015 at 2:43 amYes you can do that…cling wrap and freeze it.
harshitha reddy says
November 6, 2015 at 7:33 amhi.. can i know what have u lined ur otg tray with? is that aluminium foil at the bottom and a folded butter paper at the top? i tried baking cookies using the black tray that comes with morphy richards otg lined with greased butter paper … but my cookies got burnt at the bottom and uncooked at the top.. kindly do share ur tray lining method
SHARMILEE J says
November 6, 2015 at 9:06 amI have used silver foil, you can use butter paper too…..I usually use butter paper only but at times when I run out of stock I use silver foil…Keep in middle rack and bake it, may be try to reduce timing a little as each OTG is different
kitchenkathukutty says
December 17, 2015 at 3:52 amAny oven less cookie recipes?
SHARMILEE J says
December 20, 2015 at 5:25 amNo not yet 🙂
Asmita Patel says
January 19, 2016 at 12:21 pmNice recipe…demerara sugar mean brown sugar???
SHARMILEE J says
January 21, 2016 at 1:44 amYes it is brown in color
Lakshmy says
February 3, 2016 at 9:33 amCan I add an egg to the recipe when making for kids? Can i add more oats to maintain consistency of dough?
SHARMILEE J says
February 6, 2016 at 2:18 amNot really sure how this recipe will work with eggs…You can try and see
Chitra Gomathy says
March 20, 2016 at 4:46 amCan I use normal sugar instead of Demerara sugar? If yes, same quantity is fine?
SHARMILEE J says
March 24, 2016 at 5:04 amYes same quantity
geeth says
September 26, 2016 at 1:34 pmHi.. Need to powder the oats or as it is??
SHARMILEE J says
October 23, 2016 at 7:14 amI used cooking quicking oats so used it as such
Malini says
January 23, 2017 at 11:27 amBaked these cookies today; the taste was awesome 🙂
I made slightly thicker cookies and baked for 15 minutes but they were bit hard. Will reduce the time to 12 mins when I try again..
sunitha says
July 29, 2018 at 12:51 pmHi,
Can I avoid honey while preparing this cookies…thn should I make any other replacements to get the dough consistency…
Thnk u
Sharmilee J says
August 8, 2018 at 5:42 pmSkip honey and add more sugar to compensate