They are buttery, have crispy chewy golden edges and a soft gooey middle. Best flour for cookies are quick and easy to make.
The oat flour adds a subtle oatmeal flavor. They are nut free and made without almond flour or coconut flour. The melted dark chocolate chips are crave worthy! This recipe is gluten free and nut free.
Substitutions Room temperature butter is key in yielding a buttery flavor. Leave butter out on countertop 1 to 2 hours before baking to naturally soften it. If you forget this step, microwave butter for 7 seconds to slightly soften it. Softened butter creams well with the brown sugar. Light brown sugar adds the perfect amount of sweetness. If desired, coconut sugar can be substituted.
The egg helps bind the cookie dough together. 4 cup more of oat flour to offset the moisture. Vanilla extract adds the classic cookie flavor. Oat flour is made from ground up oats. I highly suggest buying oat flour rather than making it. How to Make Oat Flour Oat flour can be made at home! One cup of oats yields just slightly less than 1 cup of flour.
For this recipe, blend just over 2 cups of oats into oat flour before measuring and using. Homemade Oat Flour Versus Store Bought As mentioned above, oat flour can be bought or made. I did not have success with making homemade oat flour. After blending the oats in my Vitamix for 5 minutes, it still wasn’t perfectly powdery or uniform. I made this same recipe with homemade oat flour and it required almost 3 full cups of homemade oat flour to bake. The first batch with only 2 cups of homemade oat flour turned into pancakes in the oven! For more helpful tips and tricks, check out this Guide to Gluten Free Flours and Gluten Free Baking.