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Salty Chocolate Oatmeal Cookies

July 12, 2010 By Laura 8 Comments

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These are the cookies to reach for when you cannot decide between the Chocolate Sugar Cookies and the Salty Chocolate Chocolate Chip Oat Cookies. Their texture, thin and chewy, resembles the sugar cookies, with the salt and oats of the latter cookie. I love all 3 and do not regret making any of them, although if I were pressed to rank them I confess the Salty Chocolate Chocolate Chip Oats cookies remain my favorite cocoa powder based cookie. Probably because I am biased toward thick, hefty cookies. John on the other hand prefers this recipe.

But these are still worth making. They bake up quickly and easily and can be made on a whim at the last minute with a basic baking pantry. I might chill the dough next time as my kitchen was a bit hot when I made these, thereby perhaps causing more spreading. I used Valrhona cocoa powder and the salt is my addition–leave the coarse salt out if you prefer.

Salty Chocolate Oatmeal Cookies
Adapted from Lauren Chattman’s Mom’s Big Book Of Cookies

1 1/4 cups (158 g) AP flour
1/2 cup Dutch processed cocoa powder, sifted
1 t baking soda
1/2 t fine sea salt
1 t coarse sea salt, divided1 cup (2 sticks) unsalted butter, room temperature
1 cup firmly packed light brown sugar
1 t vanilla
1/2 cup old fashioned rolled oats

Preheat the oven to 350 F (if your kitchen is warm, chill the dough before scooping and preheat later).

Whisk together the flour, cocoa powder, baking soda, fine salt and 1/2 teaspoon of the coarse sea salt. Set aside.

Cream the butter for 1 minute and then add the sugar and cream until fluffy, about 3 minutes. Add the vanilla and mix in thoroughly. Slowly mix in the flour mixture, adding the oats and mixing completely.

Scoop tablespoon-sized balls of dough onto parchment (or silicone) lined baking sheets (I got 12 cookies per sheet, 2 sheets). Press each ball lightly with the palm of your hand to flatten it slightly. Sprinkle the cookies with the remaining coarse sea salt. Bake for 12-15 minutes, until set around the edges and cracked on top. Let them cool on the baking sheets for 5 minutes and the transfer them to a cooling rack to cool completely.

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Comments

  1. The Duo Dishes says

    July 13, 2010 at 1:07 am

    The salt makes so much sense. It makes perfect sense! Bookmarked!

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  2. Joanne says

    July 13, 2010 at 5:23 am

    As soon as I saw the title I asked myself whether I had ever had chocolate oatmeal cookies…nope! Definitely need to try these. Love the salt!

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  3. Belinda @zomppa says

    July 13, 2010 at 7:01 am

    The salted chocolate thing will never get old with me. These are gorgeous.

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  4. TheChocolatePriestess says

    July 13, 2010 at 8:05 am

    These look similar to something my mom taught me to make though without the added salt since that has been a health concern for her as long as I can remember.

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  5. Rachel @ Working Out Wellness says

    July 13, 2010 at 7:11 pm

    Oh man! These look amazing. I love the combination of chocolate and salt, and I'm really excited to try these out for myself.

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  6. Cristina says

    July 13, 2010 at 7:35 pm

    Salty sweets and salt with chocolate…I'm really luvin' it. Another cookie I can't wait to try!

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  7. Eliana says

    July 14, 2010 at 4:17 pm

    These look perfect and like they would satisfy anyone's cookie craving.

    Reply
  8. Becca from It's Yummi! says

    August 7, 2014 at 11:23 am

    These sound amazing, Laura!

    Reply

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Hi! I’m Laura and I am a recovering history major who has re-channeled all of my passion for learning about the history of different countries to learning about their food culture. That doesn’t mean every dish on here is strictly authentic, but it does mean that even my adaptations are not undertaken lightly. My goal is to show you–by doing–that these dishes are possible in your kitchen. Including desserts because I have quite the sweet tooth! Read More…

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