Oatmeal Cookies with dates

There are thousands recipes of oatmeal cookies, I guess. Needless to say, I prefer homemade cookies to store-bought. Homemade is homemade, right? Plus I can vary the amount of sugar, thus you can feel that you’re eating oat cookies, not sugary cookies with oats! And of course, you can add your fav nuts or chocolate chips as much as you like. 😀 Personally, I don’t like chocolate chips in cookies. I add it sometimes too, but almost never do it; choco chips contain more sugar than pure chocolate; so if I deliberately reduce the sugar in a recipe why should I add more sugar but in another form.. I prefer roughly chopped dark chocolate, it’s healthier and adds much more flavour and taste! Add a small handful of dried berries or fruits for extra deliciousness! 🙂

So, it’s my fav oatmeal cookies recipe. What’s yours? 🙂

Oatmeal Cookies with dates

Servings: 20-22 cookies
Time: 20-30mins
Difficulty: easy
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Instead of dates you can add some black raisins or dried cherries.

Addition of chopped dark chocolate make cookies only better.

Ingredients

170g butter, soft at room temperature

35g brown sugar

35g golden caster sugar (or more brown sugar)

1 large egg, at room temperature

1 tsp vanilla extract

50g plain flour

50g fine oats

1/2 tsp fine salt

1/2 tsp baking powder

1/2-1 tsp cinnamon

a pinch of freshly grated nutmeg

200-220g oats

80-100g roasted walnuts, roughly chopped

6-8 large dates, stoned and chopped

Method

In a bowl, whisk flour with fine oats, salt, baking powder and spices.
In a large mixing bowl, beat butter with sugars until creamy about 2 minutes. Beat in egg and vanilla.
Add flour mixture into cookie batter and whisk/beat until combined.
Stir in oats, walnuts and dates.
Line 2 baking trays with parchment. Scoop in cookies, leaving the space between cookies about 4-5cm. With wet hand flatten the cookies slightly.
Bake in preheated 180C oven for 15 minutes or until light golden.

Enjoy with a glass of cold milk!

23 Comments

Johnny Hepburn says:

Will have to try these. Odd, even though I really like oats and dates I’d never thought to combine them!
November 4, 2015 at 04:22
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- milkandbun says:
  
  I adore dates too, and I think they can be added to many cookies, may be even to scones?
  November 8, 2015 at 13:32
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youthfoodblog says:

Healthy snack for us busy students!
November 4, 2015 at 04:44
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- milkandbun says:
  
  And for all busy people! 😀
  November 8, 2015 at 13:32
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Lynda says:

great idea to put dates in them – yum!
November 4, 2015 at 20:06
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- milkandbun says:
  
  Thank you so much, Lynda! 🙂
  November 8, 2015 at 13:34
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annascuisine says:

Chunky dates in oatmeal cookies? Ooh..ship them please!. 😀
November 4, 2015 at 20:27
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- milkandbun says:
  
  Hm, how are you far from Dubai? But I’m not sure that local post will except cookies 😀
  November 8, 2015 at 13:34
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  - annascuisine says:
    
    Probably not. But, it would have been awesome if they allow shipment. I just drool on the screen ha ha 😀
    November 10, 2015 at 05:28
Karen says:

Yes to oat cookies that aren’t too sweet but very delicious. Love your cookies!
November 5, 2015 at 03:43
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- milkandbun says:
  
  I add less sugar in all my recipes, that’s how I like it. Thanks Karen!
  November 8, 2015 at 13:36
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Laura @ Feast Wisely says:

Gorgeous photos – recipe shows how everyday simple ingredients like butter and oats can produce something delicious….
November 5, 2015 at 08:31
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- milkandbun says:
  
  Pure butter makes any dish tastier! 😀 and fattier.. but still good! 😀
  November 8, 2015 at 13:37
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Vasun says:

Delicious cookies and food photography!
November 5, 2015 at 20:14
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- milkandbun says:
  
  Hi Vasun! Nice to meet you! Thanks a lot for your warm comments! 🙂
  Have a nice day!
  Mila
  November 8, 2015 at 13:38
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dianeskitchentable says:

Great looking cookies and you’ve got some excellent ideas of what to put in them. My husband loves chocolate chip cookies and his second favorite is oatmeal so I usually make a batch of oatmeal cookies and out the chocolate chips in for him…sometimes some nuts too.
November 7, 2015 at 23:02
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- milkandbun says:
  
  Actually mine loves choco chips too, but I don’t like it, so I found a solution – adding chopped chocolate. 🙂 Hope you husband will love dates in it as well! 😉
  November 8, 2015 at 13:41
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DanielaApostol says:

Yummy and healthy!
November 8, 2015 at 19:48
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Mio's Hot Food says:

It looks so healthy and so easy to make, great recipe 🙂
November 10, 2015 at 19:28
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lindaravello says:

I am not a biscuit fan, but I am going to cok these with my daughter when I am staying with her over Christmas – I think that they would make a lovely present in a nice box or time – thanks por posting and gorgeous photos xx
November 11, 2015 at 16:24
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Acupcakeforlove says:

They look amazing!!
November 13, 2015 at 06:51
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- milkandbun says:
  
  Thank you so much! 🙂
  November 16, 2015 at 18:54
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MyKabulKitchen says:

Your pictures are beautiful! And cookies will always make for a great post, especially with dates which I treat as a dessert on its own 🙂
November 22, 2015 at 20:56
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