Almond Oat Cookies

3/13/2015

Almond meal or ground almond adds a beautiful flavor to cookies and cakes. I discovered this while experimenting with cakes. Whatever quantity you have for flour, substitute half of it with ground almond. You'll be blown away by the end results!!

Makes about 20, 2 inch cookies.

Ingredients :

1/2 cup brown sugar

1/2 cup canola oil

1 tbsp water

1/4 tsp salt

2tsp vanilla essence

1/2 cup all purpose flour

1/2 cup oats (any kind)

2 cups ground almond

1tsp baking powder

Slivered almonds for decoration

Method
Preheat the oven to 375 deg F. Get two baking trays ready.

Whisk the first 5 ingredients for a few minutes.
Add the flour, oats, ground almond and the baking powder.

Mix thoroughly and then roll them into balls, flatten and shape them in to 2 inch cookies on your palms and place them on the baking trays. If you are unable to shape into cookies, probably the batter is too dry. Add a bit more oil and try again.
Decorate with 2 slivered almonds per cookie.

Bake for 12-15 mins. Check the bottom of the cookies, if golden brown, time to remove them from the oven.

Enjoy while they last!!

Note : you can substitute the ground almond with ground hazelnut instead too! hen it will be called Hazelnut Oat Cookies :))

Have fun baking !

8 Comments

Yasmin

3/15/2015 02:00:22 pm

Hi Nilofar,
Do you ground the almonds yourself with/without skin or do you buy the almond flour from the store
Thanks

Nilofar Iyer

3/15/2015 05:12:32 pm

Hi Yasmin - i roast and grind almond myself. It tastes fresher that way.

3/15/2015 05:13:41 pm

And I do grind with skin- that is where most of the nutrition is :))

3/15/2015 07:24:23 pm

Hi Nilofar,
Do you pan roast the almonds or in the oven and for how long and what temperature if using the oven.
Thanks.

3/15/2015 07:35:35 pm

I pan roasted the almonds for 30mins on medium heat and let it cool. Can also be oven roasted at 350 deg F for about 15 mins until they are browned a little.

3/16/2015 06:59:11 am

Thanks Nilofar, sounds good. I'll try it soon.

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9/22/2017 01:18:33 pm

I am so excited to try out this recipe! I have been meaning to cook something for my little cousin who loves oatmeal so much and now, I finally have one! The reason why I am looking for a recipe to bake is because it is her birthday next month. I want to surprise her with her favorite food because I know how much she'll love it! I hope you get to post more recipes with oatmeal as the main ingredient because I know that my little cousin will be very grateful for it.

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4/21/2019 07:33:57 am

Good read, this sounds yummy!

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