Hello Foodies! It's been a while since my last food blog. Well, there's of course been a lot of cooking at home, but nothing really interesting that I can share. Or if anything, I've already shared most of them here.
Anyhow, today I whipped up an experiment that I think turned out well. So here it goes...
Lotsa Oats!
I have to be able to come up with something from these oats, I thought. That is why I came up with the idea of baking some oats cookies.
The last time I baked oats cookies was 3 years ago, which I also shared in this post. That time, I used lots of sugar the cookies turned out too sweet as mentioned in my "self-review". I plan on using a totally different recipe this time.
Gluten Free
First off, I decided to forego the all purpose flour and go for a gluten free recipe.
I used almond powder as substitute to the all purpose flour.
Natural Sweeteners
Unlike my first oat cookies, this recipe does not use any sugar. Instead, I used some pitted dates and agave syrup as sweeteners.
To use, add a small amount of water to hydrate the dates then pulse it in the food processor to make a paste.
Peanut Butter - Oats Cookies Recipe
Prep Time: 2 Hours
Cooking Time: 10 minutes
Ingredients:
- 1 cup instant oats
- 1/2 cup almond powder
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 1 tsp cinnamon powder
- 1 egg
- 2 tbsp unsalted melted butter
- crunchy peanut butter
- 6 pcs pitted dates, soaked in water
- 1 tbsp agave syrup
Procedure:
- Scoop peanut butter and roll into to 6 small balls. Freeze.
- Place all the dry ingredients in a bowl, then mix.
- Pulse the dates in the food processor until you get a thick paste.
- Slowly add the dates paste, agave syrup, beaten egg, and butter to the oat mixture.
- Mix thoroughly until properly incorporated. Chill the dough for a minimum of 1.5 hours.
- Preheat the oven to 175 C.
- Scoop the oats dough and flatten in on your palm. Add the peanut butter ball in the middle and close the dough by rolling it into a ball.
- If you want a thin cookie, you may opt to flatten the dough.
- Bake for 10 minutes in the middle rack.
That's it! Super yummy and chewy oats cookies. For added texture you may add raisins too!
I still have lots of uncooked oats, and perhaps I can make more cookies with it. Hmmm, chocolate oat cookies next time? What do you think?
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