I concocted this recipe earlier this week, and I think this is my new favorite cookie. I was looking to create a cookie slightly sweet, a little salty, with interesting texture, not the typical chewy or crunchy cookie. I guess the goal was half way between a cookie & a crunchy granola bar. I was also craving chocolate covered pretzels at the time, hence the salt & chocolate 🙂
I achieved a little extra coarseness in the cookie by using Turbinado raw sugar & kosher salt, I also added a generous portion of good quality chocolate chopped into chunks. Since I wanted these cookies to be an acceptable substitute for a granola bar in the morning, made sure to add some peanuts for a protein boost & used mostly whole grains. To add a little intrigue cardamom was used generously.
Chocolate-Peanut Cardamom Oatmeal Cookie Recipe
1/2 c. all purpose flour
1/2 c. whole wheat flour
1/2 tsp. baking soda
3/4 tsp. kosher salt
1 tsp. cardamom (ground)
1 c. turbinado raw sugar
1 stick of softened unsalted butter
1/2 tsp. bourbon vanilla
1 egg
1 2/3 c. old fashioned oats
1 c. good quality semi-dark chocolate (chunks)
2/3 c. lightly salted roast peanuts
Directions:
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- Sift together, both flours, salt, baking soda & cardamom, in a bowl.
- Cream butter & sugar together, then add vanilla and egg, beat until blended.
- Add the flour mixture while continuing to beat.
- Switch over to dough hook on stand mixer or incorporate the remaining ingredients by hand.
- Add oats and mix in thoroughly.
- Now add chocolate & peanuts, until evenly distributed through the thick dough.
- Cover a sheet pan with parchment or a silicone baking sheet.
- Scoop out the cookies (tightly packed) with a melon baller or other small scoop (I use a rounded double espresso scoop, with a bit of Pam sprayed on it). If you don’t have a scoop on had just do your best to make the cookies uniform & packed together.
- Bake for approx. 14 minutes.
- Put on a rack to cool.
This recipe makes about 2 1/2 dozen cookies.
My Man's Belly says
These look and sound like what you get if granola bars and cookies got together and made a baby. And they sound like the perfect treat for this time of year.
Mama Kelly aka Jia says
My friend and I were just talking about using cardamom in a cookie recipe. These sound wonderful!
adrienzgirl says
Um…YUM! I love the idea of these being a substitute for granola for breakfast. I can’t get my kids to eat granola for breakfast, but I’m certain if i gave it to them and they looked like cookies it would be a win!
As luck would have it, I have everything I need to make these tomorrow. I have been baking so many cookies it isn’t funny, but I want these!
Thanks so much for Sharing!
Zippy Sandler says
These look so yummy. I might just change the recipe that I WAS going to use for our Christmas brunch to yours. My husband (who’s picky) is going to LOVE these.
Virginia from Lady V dZine says
I saw these on FoodGawker and immediately started drooling!
Melanie Schoenhut says
Wow! It’s awesome. I love the combination of chocolate and peanuts. Oatmeal are perfect for cookies too.
Sarah says
These look delicious, looking forward to trying them!
Ellie says
I love this blog! I just can;t come here when I’m hungry. lol These cookies look fantastic. YUM
Tricia @The Night Owl Mama says
OH YUMMY! sounds good
Shop with Me Mama says
OMG YUM!!!
Theresa @ Faith and Family Reviews says
Oh my, you want me to bake today, don’t you? But I can’t I have too many other things to do! I am even purchasing an ice cream cake for my son’s birthday! These cookies look so good, thanks for sharing your “concoction” 😉
I have never heard of cardamom, that I remember. Now I have to look that up….
Shop with Me Mama says
Oh those look delicious!!
Penelope says
Yummy Robin!
Curt says
I love the addition of the peanuts in there.