Dubai Chocolate Oatmeal Cookies
Dubai Chocolate Oatmeal Cookies have rich chocolate flavor, chewy texture, pistachio cream center, and pockets of melted chocolate. Inspired by the viral Dubai chocolate bar and made with affordable ingredients.
Servings: 10 cookies
Calories: 351kcal
Ingredients
- 1/3 cup pistachio cream
- 1 large egg
- 1/2 cup cane sugar or coconut sugar
- 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
- 1/4 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 cup butter or coconut oil, melted & measured after
- 1/4 cup cacao powder or cocoa powder
- 2 cups rolled oats or quick oats
- 1 cup oat flour
- 1/3 cup roasted pistachios coarsely chopped
- 1/3 cup dark chocolate chips
Instructions
- Spread pistachio cream on parchment paper sheet into approximately 4 x 2-inch rectangle and freeze flat for 2 hours or overnight. You will want to have 10 squares to stuff inside each cookie.
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees F and line large baking sheet with parchment paper. Set aside.
- In a large mixing bowl, add an egg, sugar, vanilla extract, baking soda, salt and whisk vigorously for 1 minute. Add melted butter and cacao powder, whisk to combine.
- Add oats and oat flour, stir with spatula until combined. Add pistachios and chocolate chips, stir and let cookie dough sit for 5 minutes.
- Remove frozen pistachio slab from the freezer and cut into 10 squares. Now you have to work quickly, so it doesn't melt.
- Using a large cookie scoop, scoop generous amount of cookie dough, packing it into a scoop and even overflowing a bit. Place it in your hand, make a cavity in the center, place pistachio cream in it, cover with cookie dough and flatten into a disc. These cookies do not spread much, place on prepared baking sheet 1-inch apart, and it's OK if some cream is protruding. Repeat - I had 10 large cookies total.
- Bake cookies for 13 minutes. You don't want to overbake them, so cream dries out.
- Remove from the oven and cool cookies on the baking sheet for 10 minutes, they will be quite soft. Then transfer to a wire rack to cool off for another 30 minutes. Enjoy!
Notes
- Store: Store in a cool dry place for up to 3-4 days lightly covered, otherwise cookies will become too soft.
- Freeze: Freeze in an airtight container for up to 3 months. Thaw on a counter for a few hours.
Nutrition
Serving: 1cookie | Calories: 351kcal | Carbohydrates: 39g | Protein: 8g | Fat: 19g | Saturated Fat: 9g | Trans Fat: 0.4g | Cholesterol: 43mg | Sodium: 113mg | Fiber: 4g | Sugar: 17g