Chocolate Chip Oaties

There's something awfully nice about making oaties. You get that wonderful "Its really healthy; I'm doing my heart a favour" feeling. All while eating copious amounts of butter and sugar. And oaties combined with chocolate...let's just stop talking and start eating.

Cream 50 gms butter with 50 gms raw sugar. Add 1 tbsp lukewarm milk and 1/2 tsp vanilla essense. Beat until everything is well blended. Separately, mix 70 gms flour, 1/2 tbsp cocoa powder and a pinch of baking powder. Add the flour to the butter/sugar alongwith 50 gms oats. Mix well to make a smooth dough. Now add in 50 gms chocolate chips. My dough was quite runny (probably due to Bombay heat), so I left it in the fridge for 10-15 minutes.

While the dough is resting, set oven to preheat at 180C. Make balls of dough and plonk on the baking sheet. Press to flatten and bake for 15 minutes. Eat.

Comments

Srivalli said…

looks nice..though I have never cooked with oats..

June 2, 2008 at 1:35 PM

Divya Kudua said…

looks yummy..and inclusion of oats automatically makes it a healthy eat..right..?;-)

June 2, 2008 at 4:35 PM

delhibelle said…

Nice and easy & anything with oats automatically becomes guilt-free !

June 2, 2008 at 5:05 PM

Mansi said…

sure sounds healthy:) generally stick to oatmeal-raisin cookies!!:)

June 3, 2008 at 2:51 AM

Hetal said…

Wow..nice and healthy recipe.

June 3, 2008 at 4:06 AM

Suganya said…

Hi first itme to ur blog. Chococlate chip oaties look so good. YUM! Love it.

June 3, 2008 at 7:13 PM

ranji said…

nice chocolate chip oaties...it looks really delcious and tempting..

June 17, 2008 at 11:33 PM

Beyond Curries said…

Hi, came here from Dee's roundup. You have a lot of simple and interesting recipes. Especially these cookies are healthy and easy to make.

July 23, 2008 at 5:12 AM

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