These Oat Flour Chocolate Chip Cookies use oat flour to keep them nice and smooth while giving you that amazing oaty flavor we love!

I often have a hard time understanding people with thick accents. Does anyone else suffer from this problem? It makes me feel incredibly insensitive when I can’t understand someone, but sometimes there’s just nothing you can do about it.

Stack of several oat flour chocolate chip cookies

I ran into this problem a lot in college. I worked in the shipping department of the BYU Bookstore. (Long live Pack n’ Ship!) It was like a post office but we also had other services like UPS and DHL. We had really low international rates, so we would get lots of people from foreign countries sending stuff home. One time an African man walked in carrying a taped-up box:

Guy: I would like to send this tamale.
Me: Oh well um hm. I’m not sure if that’s such a good idea. I’m afraid we can’t ship perishable items.
Guy:
(Something unintelligible.)
Me:
(Many confused words and beads of sweat on my forehead in an effort to understand the dude.) Finally:
Guy: I would like to send this box to Mali.

Mali. The country. Not a tamale.

Oat chocolate chip cookie with bite out of it and gooey chocolate.

How to make Oat Flour Chocolate Chip

I found the recipe for these cookies on the BYU 100 Hour Board, which is basically like BYU’s very own Google. You can ask them any question you want and they will get you an answer within 100 hours. It is very witty and fun to read.

These Oat Flour Chocolate Chip Cookies are all that and more. (Remember when everyone used to say that? My personal favorite was once hearing my high-school-aged-sister describe someone she knew: “She thinks she’s all that and a bag of chips.”)

Really though. These cookies are the bomb. (snicker) It’s like an oat-flavored chocolate chip cookie. Not to be confused with an oatmeal chocolate chip cookies, which has an entirely different texture. These guys are still nice and smooth, but you get that rich oat-y flavor we all love. Genius!

Cookies foreverrrr!

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Oat Flour Chocolate Chip Cookies

5 from 2 votes
Prep: 15 minutes
Cook: 10 minutes
Chill Time: 1 hour
Total: 1 hour 25 minutes
Servings: 35 cookies
It’s an oat-flavored chocolate chip cookie. These guys are still nice and smooth, but you get that rich oat-y flavor we all love. Genius!

Ingredients

  • 2 & 1/2 cups oats
  • 1 cup butter, (2 sticks)
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 1 cup brown sugar
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla
  • 1/2 teaspoon almond extract
  • 2 cups flour
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 1 teaspoon baking powder
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • 12 ounces chocolate chips

Instructions

  • Blend oatmeal in a blender or food processor until it is the consistency of coarse flour.
  • Cream butter and sugars.  Add eggs, vanilla, and almond extract.  In a separate bowl combine flour, powdered oats, salt, baking powder and baking soda. Add the flour mixture to the butter mixture, and stir until almost combined. Stir in chocolate chips until all the ingredients are incorporated.
  • Roll cookie dough into balls about the size of a golf ball (or use a cookie scoop) and place about 2 inches apart on lightly greased cookie sheet.  (I always refrigerate my dough first for about an hour. Or cheat by scooping the dough directly into ziplock bags and freezing for 30 minutes. ) Bake for 10 to 12 minutes at 325°F.  Do not overbake. Cookies will be very soft when removed from the oven.  Let cookies cool on the cookie sheet for 5 to 10 minutes before transferring them to a cooling rack.
  • Makes about 35 cookies.

Notes

Source: adapted from BYU 100 Hour Board writer Concealocanth

Nutrition

Serving: 1g | Calories: 169kcal | Carbohydrates: 24g | Protein: 2g | Fat: 7g | Saturated Fat: 4g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 2g | Trans Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 25mg | Sodium: 131mg | Potassium: 42mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 15g | Vitamin A: 176IU | Calcium: 19mg | Iron: 1mg
Course: Dessert
Cuisine: American
Calories: 169
Keyword: chocolate chip cookies, oat flour
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Comments

  1. Just found this recipe from Pinterest (of course!) and really want to try this! Is the refrigeration a necessary step? How does that help the cookies in the baking process? Just curious! Thanks!

    1. Hey Colby! Isn’t Pinterest the best? Here’s the thing with refrigeration: baking cold dough helps the cookie not spread as much in the oven. The warmer the dough, the flatter the cookie. So if you don’t refrigerate (or at least freeze for a while), then your cookie will be flatter than a pancake. It’s sad because it means I have to wait even longer before I can get these cookies in my mouth. I’m not big on planning ahead, what can I say. Enjoy these!!

  2. If I were to use regular oat flour instead of grinding down oats how much oat flour would I need? And the other 2 cups of flour is what? white, whole wheat, oat, whatever you want? Thanks :)

    1. I would probably start with 2 cups of pre-ground oat flour. Make sure you spoon it into your measuring cup so that it’s not too packed. You may need to add more; I’ve never tried pre-ground oat flour in this recipe. I used all-purpose flour for the other 2 cups. Let me know how they turn out!!

  3. I’m going to have to try these! They definitely sound different, but really good!

    Oh, and yes, I always feel like jerk of the year when I have trouble understanding people. I teach a college English course where some of my students speak English as a second (or third or fourth) language. I feel badly when they ask a question, I have them repeat it two or three times, and then I continue to stare blankly. It’s simply awful!

    1. It is horrible!! I feel your pain. I can’t tell you how many times I needed to get an “accent translator” (another, less idiotic coworker) to help me finish a transaction with someone.

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