SO IRRESISTIBLE! these Chocolate Lacey Oat Cookies are buttery, thin and crispy and drizzled with a touch of melted chocolate
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What makes these cookies SO good?
Let me warn you that once you make them, and share them with friends & fam, you will ALWAYS be asked to bring them with you. They’ll probably be your signature cookie that everyone loves, and I already love that for you.
It’s no secret that when you combine butter, sugar, oats and chocolate magic ensues.
The thing about these cookies is that the painfully thin, crispy texture is absolutely irresistible, and I would be SHOCKED if you could stop at one (it’s a 2 cookie minimum, folks).
With only 5 very basic pantry staples you can create a bakery worthy cookie at home, and no one will ever know how simple they are to make.
If you love these cookies, you have to check out:
Stamped Soft Gingerbread Cookies
Brown Butter Maple Pecan Cookies
Ingredients
salted butter – every sweet recipe needs salt to balance out the flavors and plenty of depth. Salted butter really works here, trust me!
dark brown sugar – go with dark brown sugar which has extra molasses in it to give the cookies the caramel notes of flavor that we all love.
almond flour – finely ground almond flour gives the cookies a but chewiness that goes really well with the oats.
old fashioned oats – I always use the rolled old fashioned oats for this recipe because they give that classic chewy oat texture that is the perfect complement to the crispy buttery element. Use gluten free oats to make these cookies totally GF.
honey – just a touch here, my friends. It adds to the depth of flavor and we need it for that texture.
pure vanilla extract – there’s a short list of ingredients, so we have to make sure that they are all high quality, k? ALWAYS use pure vanilla extract. the end.
kosher salt – I always use Morton’s but if you’re using Diamond Crystal, be sure to add an extra 1/4 teaspoon of salt.
semi sweet or dark chocolate, melted – you can either dark or milk chocolate, or both! If you’re feeling crazy you could do white chocolate, this is merely a blueprint, so be creative.
ingredients
How to make Chocolate Lacey Oat Cookies
- To a medium size skillet, add the Kerrygold salted butter and dark brown sugar. Heat the mixture over medium heat until the butter melts, and the brown sugar dissolves. Cook for another 1 minute until the mixture bubbles up, then remove the pan from the heat.
- Pour the butter and sugar mixture into a medium size heat proof mixing bowl. Then add the almond flour, oats, honey, vanilla extract, and salt. Use a rubber spatula to incorporate all of the ingredients completely. Let the mixture rest at room temperature for 15 minutes until it firms up.
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Line 2 rimmed baking sheets with parchment paper, and set aside.
- Drop 1 teaspoonfuls of the mixture onto the parchment lined baking sheets, spacing the balls 2-3 inches apart.
- Bake the cookies for 6-8 minutes. The cookies should be golden brown, and will spread out until very thin, and are often an irregular shape, that’s ok. Remove the cookies from the oven, and use a biscuit cutter or a mason jar lid to scoot the cookies into a round shape. Allow them to cool completely on the cookie sheet.
- Melt the chocolate, and drizzle the tops of the cookies with the melted chocolate. Sprinkle flaky sea salt on top, and then let the chocolate set.
Baking Tools I use and Love
I REALLY like to keep things simple, and as with most of my recipes, you won’t need many fancy tools or gadgets.
Here are just a few tools that make baking delicious cookies much easier and more fun, and I’ve linked them all for you here!
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Without further ado, here is the FULL RECIPE! Be sure to save this recipe and Pin It to your favorite Cookies recipe board!
THE RECIPE
Chocolate Lacey Oat Cookies
thin and crispy, buttery lacey oat cookies drizzled with dark chocolate
Ingredients
- 8 tablespoons Salted Butter 107 g
- ½ cup dark brown sugar 100 g
- ¼ cup almond flour 28 g
- 1 cup old fashioned oats 85 g
- 1 tablespoon honey 20 g
- 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
- ½ teaspoon kosher salt
- 4-5 oz. semi sweet or dark chocolate melted, 112 g
Instructions
To a medium size skillet, add the salted butter and dark brown sugar. Heat the mixture over medium heat until the butter melts, and the brown sugar dissolves.
Cook for another 1 minute until the mixture bubbles up, then remove the pan from the heat.
Pour the butter and sugar mixture into a medium size heat proof mixing bowl. Then add the almond flour, oats, honey, vanilla extract, and salt.
Use a rubber spatula to incorporate all of the ingredients completely. Let the mixture rest at room temperature for 15 minutes until it firms up.
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Line 2 rimmed baking sheets with parchment paper, and set aside.
- Drop 1 teaspoonfuls of the mixture onto the parchment lined baking sheets, spacing the balls 2-3 inches apart.
Bake the cookies for 6-8 minutes. The cookies should be golden brown, and will spread out until very thin, and are often an irregular shape, that’s ok.
Remove the cookies from the oven, and use a biscuit cutter or a mason jar lid to scoot the cookies into a round shape. Allow them to cool completely on the cookie sheet.
Melt the chocolate, and drizzle the tops of the cookies with the melted chocolate. Use a fork or place the melted chocolate into a small piping bag or a zip top bag for a neater drizzle.
Sprinkle flaky sea salt on top, and then let the chocolate set.
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