cookie - Healthy Chocolate Chip Oatmeal Cookie Dough

By tinathorn

*To make you own oat flour, add 1 cup of oats (gluten free or regular) into a small blender or food processor and blend until a fine powder. -You could try using light agave instead of maple syrup. -

Ingredients

• 10 Medjool Dates, Pitted
• 4 Tbsp coconut oil or butter, melted
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• 1/2 -1 1/2 tbsp pure maple syrup
• 1/2 cup oat flour (gluten free oats)
• 1/3 cup favorite chocolate bar, chopped or mini chocolate chips

Preparation

Step 1

1. Put the pitted dates into a small bowl, pour enough boiling water to cover the dates, and sit aside for at least 15 minutes. Reserve 1 tbsp of date water before draining the softened dates.

2. Add the softened dates, melted oil/butter, vanilla extract, 1/2 tbsp maple syrup, and the reserved date water into a food processor. Blend on high for 2 minutes, or until the dates break down and the mixture is smooth.

3. Dump the oat flour into the processor bowl and blend again until no flour is visible. Add in the 1/3 cup chocolate before pulsing a few times to get everything incorporated.

4. Taste to adjust sweetness -I usually use 1/2-1 Tbsp of maple syrup, but you could add more to making it sweeter. I prefer to enjoy this chilled so I pour the batter into a bowl or mug, cover with plastic wrap, and chill for a few hours.