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4-Ingredient Simple Chocolate Oatmeal Cookies

These chewy, quick, easy and delicious chocolate oatmeal cookies will fulfill your sweet-tooth craving while steering you clear of cheating on your healthy habits for a more decadent and fatty alternative. The oats will fill you up healthily, while the hints of sugar & cocoa powder (and any - hopefully minor - additional indulgences you add to it) will knock out the junk-food-itch!
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Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 15 minutes
Total Time 20 minutes
Servings: 6 cookies
Course: Dessert
Calories: 90.1
Ingredients Equipment Method Video Notes

Ingredients
  

  • 1 cup rolled oats [note #1]
  • 1/4 cup sugar [note #2]
  • 2-3 tbsp cocoa powder
  • 1/2 cup water
Optional Ingredients/Alterations
  • 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
  • 1/2 tsp ground cinnamon
  • 2 tbsp chopped nuts i.e. walnuts or pecans
  • 2 tbsp vegan chocolate chips
  • 1/4 tsp baking powder if blending oats
  • 1/4 tsp baking soda if blending oats

Equipment

  • Small mixing bowl
  • Non-stick baking pan/sheet

Method
 

  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit
  2. In a medium mixing bowl, combine dry ingredients and stir to combine, then add water and mix well.
  3. Let mixture sit for ~5 minutes to thicken slightly, then spoon ~2 tbsp size cookies onto a baking sheet
  4. Bake for 15 minutes, or until cookies appear cooked through
  5. Remove from oven and let cool 2-3 minutes before removing from pan
  6. Serve and enjoy!

Video

Notes

  1. For a more traditional-looking cookie, you can blend the oats in a high-speed blender to make a simple oat flour (if I do this, I like to have a 50/50 mix of whole oats and oat flour)
  2. If you don't want to use regular sugar, bananas and dates are a great whole food, plant-based alternative (1 whole, ripe, spotty banana or 3 tbsp date syrup). The banana substitution will give you a banana flavor and you’ll end up with something strongly resembling an energy ball rather than a cookie. The date paste or date syrup substitution is admittedly more expensive, but won’t impart an overpowering flavor.