Happy Tuesday friends! Did you know that Tuesday is the most productive day of the week? I say this ALL the time!! If you think about it, it makes sense though. Monday’s you’re usually trying to get back into the swing of things after the weekend, Wednesday’s we’re usually too excited that we’ve made it half way through the week, Thursday is Friday Eve – which is pretty self-explanatory, and then there is Fri-YAY (hence the yay) and I’m pretty sure the weekend speaks for itself. As much as my genius explanation makes sense, I always wonder why 1 out of 7 days in a week is scientifically proven to be the most productive of all. Why does our best work tend to go into one day? Why don’t we do our best work every day? Wellllll, maybe if we had a daily treat like these OATMEAL CHOCOLATE CHIP CASHEW COOKIES we would be doing our best work ALWAYS because we would have the world’s best pick me up! Hellllooo! Treats for all! This is one of the many reasons that I love having treats on hand!
To be honest, these cookies are so incredibly delish!! I remember the first time Will tried one. I was in our living room and he was in the kitchen and I remember hearing him yell, “ohhh crap.” I yelled back into the kitchen asking if everything was alright? He replied back to me explaining that everything was fine but that he had just tried my cookies and they were so good he was scared he was going to eat them all. LOL. Win in my book! That’s always how I know something is good enough for the blog! If he’s going back for seconds I consider whatever I made to be a success!
I also knew they were a keeper because Will’s favorite cookies are oatmeal chocolate chip. He loves them! Asks for them all the time! I’ve tried to make them on a few different occasions for him but I was never able to quite get it right until now. I remember the first time I tried and all the cookies fell flat that they molded into each other that I no longer even had a cookie shape on the baking sheet LOL. You couldn’t even see the bottom of the tray! Sometimes the fails are the best funny stories, but hey, failure leads to great success and these cookies are proof of that!
I decided to use cashew butter in this recipe for a little extra moisture to be sure that they wouldn’t come out dry. Any type of nut butter in a cookie recipe is always a big win. The consistency of the creamy nut butter tends to keep the cookies moist for days after they come out of the oven, which is a real success story. I also love how this cookies stayed thick and never feel flat. I like using grass-fed butter in some of my cookies for taste purposes, but butter can sometimes make a cookie sink. I think the combination of both the flours and the oats help create a thick base that allows these cookies to hold the perfect cookie shape!
These Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies are gluten free, guilt free in my book, and can be made dairy free and vegan with the sub of vegan butter. I haven’t tried any subs yet but that is usually a clean swap! Make these today after work to give you that boost to get you through the rest of the week or get baking in your kitchen this weekend for the perfect weekend treat! Either way, you’ll have one bite of one of these cookies and you’ll already be going back to grab a second! ENJOY!!
What You’ll Need for Dry Ingredients (makes about 22-24 cookies):
1 cup almond flour
1 cup oat flour
1 ½ cups organic quick oats
1 tsp. baking soda
¼ tsp. cinnamon
What You’ll Need for Wet Ingredients:
½ cup (1 stick) unsalted grass-fed butter at room temp.
1/3 cup creamy cashew butter
2 eggs
1 ½ tsp. vanilla
1 cup coconut sugar
¾ cup dark chocolate chips (I used Lily’s)
Directions:
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees and line a baking sheet with parchment paper (if not using a pizza stone – you probably know by now that I bake all my cookies on a pizza stone! Not a big deal if you don’t have one, they will be just as good on a baking sheet.)
In a small bowl combine all dry ingredients and mix together.
In a large bowl combine all wet ingredients. Using a handheld mixer, whip the ingredients together until they form a smooth consistency.
Next, gradually pour the dry ingredients into the wet mixture until all the dry ingredients has been mixed into the wet. Fold in chocolate chips.
Using two large spoons, scoop cookie sized bites onto your baking sheet. Bake for 11 minutes. ENJOY!
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