Oatmeal Cookies with Chocolate Chips

Ingredients

• 4 cups quick oats, which become soft in 2 minutes
• 1 cup flour
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1 tablespoon baking soda
• 3 cups yogurt
• 250 g butter, at room temperature
• 1/2 cup white sugar + 1/2 cup brown sugar
• Or
• 1 cup white sugar
• 1 teaspoon liquid or powdered vanilla

Method

1. First, add the baking soda to 1 cup of the yogurt and let it react for a minute.
2. Place the oats, flour, baking powder, sugar, and vanilla in a bowl and mix. Then add the reacted baking soda mixture and mix again.
3. Add the room-temperature butter, then the remaining yogurt gradually, as well as the chocolate chips, and knead until you have a cohesive dough that is neither too soft nor too firm.
4. Shape the oatmeal cookies and place them on baking trays lined with parchment paper.
5. Bake the cookies in a preheated oven at 180°C for 15 to 20 minutes, then brown the top for 1 minute as well.
   Timers: 20 min, 1 min
6. Let them cool well before serving.
7. Note: The chocolate chips can be replaced with dried fruit cut into small cubes..
8. This wonderful and easy recipe for oatmeal cookies with chocolate chips comes from our friend and chef at Shou Tabkhin Today.
9. Therese Qadri Abu Hanna
10. Click on Therese's name to visit her dedicated page on our site.
11. For more recipes from Therese, try Raisin and Coconut Brioche
12. Also from Therese, here is a special recipe Yogurt Cookies Without Eggs