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Soft and decadent oat flour cookies packed with melty chocolate chips. The best oat flour chocolate chip cookies are made with wholesome oat flour and whole ingredients.

That’s right, an oat-y twist! Alright, now that I’m kinda-sorta saying it out loud, it doesn’t sound as fantastic. Ahem. Well, think of your favorite soft-baked chocolate chip cookies, but revamp all the ingredients to whole ingredients, and voila: you have today’s divinely-soft oat flour cookies, bursting with rich chocolate chips and yummy vanilla flavor.  Kinda like my favorite vegan oatmeal chocolate chip cookies or my best ever healthy chocolate chip muffins! Ready to bake cookies? Let’s do it!

Oat flour cookies ingredients in mis en place on kitchen counter including oat flour and chocolate chips

Stellar Ingredients for Stellar Oat Flour Cookies, like For Real.

  • oat flour: the main ingredient in today’s oat flour chocolate chip cookies! They put the oat flour in… oh you know where I’m going with this! 
  • rolled oats: you’ll barely even notice the rolled oats in this recipe. They’re just barely there, but add a subtle chewy texture that beautifully balances out the softness of your oat flour cookies. 
  • baking soda & baking powder
  • salt
  • coconut oil
  • coconut sugar & pure maple syrup: two types of sweetener for a richer and deeper sweetness profile. You’ll love the complexity of the cookie dough (I mean, you can try it, since oat flour and flax eggs are safe to eat raw).
  • flax eggs
  • vanilla
  • chocolate chips: feel free to leave the chocolate chips out of your oat flour cookies. You can substitute in any add-ins that you like. Try finely chopped dried fruit, seeds or even chopped up candy!  

What is Oat Flour?

Oat flour is a flour that’s made out of oats! It’s actually quite easy to make oat flour, here’s how to make homemade oat flour. Simply put, you place rolled oats in a food processor, then blend until all the oats are ground down into fine bits. You can also sift out the coarser bits to make super fine oat flour.

Hand picking up an oat flour cookie from plate with several more cookies on it

What’s the difference between oat flour chocolate chip cookies and regular ol’ chocolate chip cookies?

Oat flour chocolate chip cookies are just like your beloved classic chocolate chip cookies, except they’re made with oat flour instead of all purpose flour. The benefits come from the nutrient-rich profile of oat flour, which boasts minerals, fiber, vitamins and antioxidants.

Moreover, there isn’t a highly noticeable flavor in oat flour cookies. So rest assured, you won’t feel like you’re just being tricked into eating oatmeal cookies.

Recipe Highlights!

But why should you even bother making these oat flour cookies? Allow me to count the reasons:

  • Soft ‘n Delicious. These cookies are wonderfully soft and delicious. For those of you who have a soft spot for soft-baked cookies with a lightly crispy edge, you’ve come to the right place.
  • Great Ingredients. Check out the ingredients list and see how simple and whole these oat flour chocolate chip cookie ingredients are! You’ll love these guilt-free, healthy ingredients.
  • Easy to Make.
  • Even Easier to Customize. Simply swap the add-ins with an assortment of your favorite ingredients to customize your very own oat flour cookies. Try a combo of vegan white chocolate chips and chopped macadamia nuts for White Chocolate Macadamia Oat Flour Cookies, or sunflower seeds, cranberries and chopped peanuts for Trail Mix Oat Flour Cookies. You can even swap the extract or add in spices like ground cinnamon or ground ginger to spice things up.
  • Stays Fresh for up to 1 Week at room temperature, up to 2 months in the freezer. One of my favorite aspects of a good timesaving recipe is one that keeps fresh for more than 2 days. In this case, your oat flour cookies will stay fresh and mouthwatering for up to 1 week at room temperature. To keep your cookies lasting longer, be sure to keep them in a dry, cool and dark environment. After living in so many climates, I’ve come to realize the true spoiling power of humid environments and the sun! Ha. Keep your cookies in a cool, dry and dark place to make them last even longer. ๐Ÿ˜‰ Better yet, keep ‘em in the freezer so your cookies can last up to 2 months.

fresh baked oat flour cookies with chocolate chips in bowls and kitchen towels

How to Make Oat Flour Chocolate Chip Cookies

No need to fret, making oat flour chocolate chip cookies is as simple and straightforward as making classic chocolate chip cookies. Follow along as I show you exactly how to prepare the world’s best oat flour cookie dough!

preheat

First, preheat your oven to 350°F. Then, grab a cookie sheet and line it with parchment paper.

whisk the dry ingredients

Grab a medium mixing bowl and add in all of the dry ingredients for today’s recipe. Whisk all the ingredient together until well mixed.

whisk the wet ingredients

Now, grab a large mixing bowl and add in all of the wet ingredients. Use a clean whisk to whisk together your wet ingredients.

combine

It’s time to combine! Pour the dry ingredients over the wet ingredients in your large mixing bowl. You’ll whisk the wet and dry ingredients together until they’re fully combined and create a soft, sticky dough. Fold in chocolate chips.

set

Cover the bowl and allow it to set for 10-15 minutes. This will allow your oat flour cookie dough to thicken for better scoopability.

scoop

Grab a cookie scoop. Scoop and drop balls of cookie dough onto that cookie sheet you prepared earlier. Press chocolate chips into the tops of each cookie and flatten.

bake, cool and enjoy (and repeat)

Bake, cool and then enjoy the best oat flour chocolate chip cookies! Then, repeat as needed.  

Storing & Freezing Your Oat Flour Cookies for the Freshest Taste 

room temperature

Store your vegan oat flour cookies in an airtight container at room temperature for about 1 week. Since these cookies are made with fresh, simple ingredients, they won’t last a month or a year (lol).

freezer

You can also store your oat flour chocolate chip cookies in a freezer-friendly, airtight container in the freezer. They’ll keep for much longer this way– 1 to 2 months, in fact.

Soft baked oat flour chocolate chip cookies on black cooling rack

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Happy Baking!

Oat flour cookies are one of Erik’s very favorite recipes because he can eat the batter (guilt-free). Can we blame him? ๐Ÿ˜‰ Thank you for stopping by and sharing in these sweet baking adventures with me and your loved ones. ‘Til the next one…

Sending you all my love and maybe even a dove, xo Demeter ❤️

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4.87 from 30 votes
Servings: 20 -30 cookies

Oat Flour Chocolate Chip Cookies (V, GF)

Soft and decadent oat flour cookies packed with melty chocolate chips. The best oat flour chocolate chip cookie recipe is made with wholesome oat flour and whole ingredients.
Prep: 25 minutes
Cook: 12 minutes
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Ingredients 

Dry Ingredients

Wet Ingredients

Add-in Ingredients

Optional Topping

Instructions 

  • Preheat oven to 350ยฐF. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper or greased foil. Set aside for later.
  • In a medium bowl, whisk together all the dry ingredients: oat flour, oats, baking soda, baking powder and salt.
  • In a large bowl, whisk together all the wet ingredients: coconut oil, coconut sugar, maple syrup, flax eggs and vanilla. Whisk until thoroughly combined and resembles caramel, about 5 seconds.
  • Add the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients. Whisk until thoroughly combined. Fold in chocolate chips.
  • Cover the bowl of cookie dough. Let sit for 10-15 minutes at room temperatureโ€”this allows the dry mixture to absorb the wet mixture and become more cohesive.*
  • Using a medium cookie scoop, scoop cookie dough onto the prepared baking sheet. Using a fork, flatten cookies into a round discโ€”they will not spread during baking. Optionally, press chocolate chips into the tops of the cookies.
  • Bake for 10-14 minutes. Mine took 12 minutes. Allow cookies to cool on pan for about 10 minutes. Then, using a flat, heatproof spatula, carefully lift cookies off the baking sheet and transfer to a cooling rack. Allow to cool completely. Enjoy! Storing instructions below.

Notes

*You can skip this step, but the dough is more likely to be too sticky to flatten with a fork. Also, the cookies are less likely to have a beautiful textured on top.
Storing Instructions: Store in an airtight container at room temperature for up to 1 week.
Freezing Instructions: These cookies freeze well. Store in an airtight, freezer-friendly container for 1-2 months. Allow to thaw at room temperature for 5-10 minutes. Or, heat in the microwave in 10-second increments until warm.
Course: Dessert
Cuisine: American
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157 Comments

  1. Erin says:

    Love this recipe- made it twice and had to sub mollasses in. If it still tasted amazing. Thank you for this keeper!

    1. Erin says:

      Pardon my typos in my previous comment! I meant to say I subbed mollasses and it worked great. I just love this recipe, thank you!

      1. Demeter | Beaming Baker says:

        Hi Erin, no pardon necessary! I’ve typed many a typo in my day (aka today) haha. ๐Ÿ˜‰ Such a great idea to use molasses! I’m so pleased to hear that you enjoyed my recipe. Happy baking!

  2. Lisa says:

    5 stars
    These are so delicious. My daughter was the taste tester and she LOVES them. Thanks so much for brightening a gloomy, “there’s nothing good I can eat anymore”, winter Saturday afternoon here in Denmark. Better get back to baking another batch, these are going to disappear f.a.s.t!!!

    1. Demeter | Beaming Baker says:

      Hi Lisa, I’m so happy to hear that! There’s really nothing quite like a fresh, home-baked good to brighten up a gloomy afternoon, is there? ๐Ÿ™‚ It was such a treat to read your comment. Happy baking to you and your daughter! ๐Ÿ™‚

  3. Peggy says:

    I only got 6 cookies out of this recipe, what did I o wrong?

    1. Demeter | Beaming Baker says:

      Hi Peggy, did you use a 2-tablespoon measuring scoop? And how did the texture of the cookies come out?

      1. Peggy Brown says:

        I used 2 tbsp, the cookies were huge. But the texture was fine and they tasted amazing.

      2. Demeter | Beaming Baker says:

        That’s so odd! My cookies were medium-sized, they fit in my palm (and are actually smaller). Maybe the scoop was mislabeled? Try using your tablespoon measure to verify the volume in your scoop. Also, was the scoop rounded? That can lead to much larger cookies. Good luck! Glad to hear they tasted amazing! ๐Ÿ™‚

  4. Dawn says:

    5 stars
    Boston is cold, wet, and just plain miserable today and I really needed a little pick-me-up. I’ve been searching for a truly delicious GF chocolate chip cookie for ages and I finally found it! Soooo yummy. Can’t thank you enough!

    1. Demeter | Beaming Baker says:

      Dawn, I feel you!!! I’m in Boston too and I’m SO over this weather! However, on the upside, it is actually sunny today, so hopefully that lasts. ๐Ÿ˜‰ I’m so pleased to hear that you found exactly what you were looking for. Enjoy!

  5. Trinidad says:

    Hello! I’m going to try this recipe!!
    I was wondering if I can replace the maple syrup? because I don’t have any liquid sweetener at the moment.

    1. Demeter | Beaming Baker says:

      Hi Trinidad! Try subbing the maple syrup with more coconut sugar. Good luck!

      1. Trinidad says:

        5 stars
        I cooked them! I used only sugar and they’re absolutely delicious. Thank you so much for this recipe!!!

      2. Demeter | Beaming Baker says:

        Yay!!! So happy to hear they worked out. Thank you for reporting back! Hugs!

  6. Jane says:

    My son canโ€™t eat peanut or almond butter. Substitutions?

    1. Demeter | Beaming Baker says:

      Hi Jane! Perhaps you meant to leave this comment on a different recipe? This one doesn’t include peanut or almond butter. Usually, you can substitute with sunflower seed butter. ๐Ÿ™‚

  7. Nicole says:

    5 stars
    These look SOOO good! I love how oats are the only base, no processed/white flours!

    1. Demeter | Beaming Baker says:

      They’re incredible! No processed stuff here! ๐Ÿ™‚

  8. Linda Jensen says:

    5 stars
    I made these today and I placed M&M’s on the cookies for the kids, and put black walnuts in mine (my two toddlers don’t like walnuts yet). My food allergies make me feel deprived in the desert area so I love it when I find something this easy and fast! Best of all they tasted wonderful… so much better than anything you can buy in the store!

    1. Demeter | Beaming Baker says:

      Hi Linda! Thank you so much for taking the time to leave such a wonderful comment. Words like yours motivate me to keep going. ๐Ÿ™‚ It’s one of my biggest goals to make sure folks with food allergies do not feel deprived–so thank you for showing me it’s working! Btw, so clever of you to create a nutty version for yourself and a fun one for the kiddos. ๐Ÿ™‚ Can’t wait to see what you try next!

  9. Sharon says:

    Hi. What brand of peanut butter do you use?

    1. Demeter | Beaming Baker says:

      Hi Sharon, I like to switch between Crazy Richard’s, Trader Joe’s brand, and Whole Foods brand PB. ๐Ÿ™‚

      1. Tamy says:

        Hi Demeter
        I’m confused. Is there suppose to be peanut butter in this recipe? Thank you

      2. Demeter | Beaming Baker says:

        Hi Tammy! No, this recipe doesnโ€™t have any peanut butter in it. ๐Ÿ™‚

  10. Tate says:

    Super easy recipe, and super yummy! My non-vegan, non-gluten free brother even loves them!!

    1. Demeter | Beaming Baker says:

      Woohoo!!! I’m super happy that you enjoyed this recipe, Tate. ๐Ÿ™‚ There’s nothing quite like convincing those who aren’t V+GF that V+GF treats are just as tasty! ๐Ÿ˜‰ .