Ariana is a big fan of chocolate chip cookies (or should I say of chocolate?) and so is Oliver nowadays, so this recipe has been in development for the last few years. We can always make it with the ingredients available in our pantry, so there are many substitutions possible!
3 cups oats, made into flour in a blender
1 cup coconut oil, no need to wait for it to melt
2 flax eggs (5 tablespoons water mixed with 2 tablespoons flax meal)
1/2 cup unrefined cane caster sugar*
1/4 cup coconut sugar
1/2 tablespoon vanilla powder
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
1 cup (or more) chocolate chips, chunks or desired shape chocolate pieces
Add all ingredients except the chocolate chips, into a mixer or into a bowl and mix by hand until well incorporated. Then add the chocolate chips (recipe for the homemade ones we use is available on the recipe section) or buy them- we have used these before and we liked them.
We sometimes substitute the oats for quinoa flakes, the coconut sugar for unrefined cane sugar, sometimes we don’t use cinnamon, or we use dried fruit instead of chocolate chips and we have even used aquafaba butter (recipe available on archives) instead of the coconut oil with good results. These type of recipes, where ingredients are easily swapped are, in my opinion, the best recipes as you can never find an excuse not to make them! 😉