Step 1

Take regular old fashioned oats or quick oats and blend them until they resemble a flour or powder in a blender or food processor.

Step 2

Combine the vanilla extract, large egg, and brown sugar in a bowl. Melt the coconut oil and let it cool slightly before adding to the bowl. Beat everything together until just combined.

Step 3

Stir in the oat flour (measured after blending NOT before), baking soda, cinnamon (scale this amount to taste preferences), and salt.

Step 4

Stir until just combined and then fold in the dark chocolate chips.

Step 5

Chill the dough for at least one hour.

Step 6

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.

Step 7

Using a cookie scoop (and pack these in the scoop very tightly or they may crumble), scoop out balls of the dough onto a parchment lined cookie sheet. Press a few more chocolate chips in the tops if desired.

Step 8

Bake for 8-10 minutes or until lightly browned around the edges.

Step 9

Remove and allow to stay on the baking sheet for another 2 minutes before removing to a wire cooling rack.

Step 10

Enjoy!

Step 11

Any substitutions NOT recommended. Although some "tried and true" substitutions may work in other recipes, I do not guarantee they work in this recipe. Especially substituting out the coconut oil (it is needed for stability in this recipe)

Step 12

Scoop out the dough with a cookie scoop to avoid the coconut oil coming back to room temperature after the chilling. Don't have a cookie scoop? Use your hands, but then re-chill the dough for 15-30 minutes after the balls are rolled.

Step 13

Pack in the cookies TIGHT in the cookie scoop (or your hands) to avoid crumbly cookies.

Step 14

It is recommended you check your baking soda and make sure it is not expired. Old baking soda will cause an off taste in these cookies and may make them very flat.

Step 15

Measure the ingredients exactly. As with most baked goods, loosely measuring may result in cookies that do not work out.

Step 16

If your cookies are turning out a little dryer than you would like, check the following things: are you packing in the oat flour too tightly? Don't pack in the oat flour and perhaps try spooning and leveling the flour into the cup measurers. Are you measuring the coconut oil when solid? Make sure to measure it in a liquid form. What kind of egg are you using? The recipe calls for a large egg, not medium. I use and highly recommend organic eggs. They are always a little larger than "regular" large eggs and have a yellower yolk which tends to add more flavor and moistness to these cookies.

Step 17

Allow the cookies to cool completely or they tend to be crumbly. They are DELICIOUS right out of the oven, but a bit crumbly until they have cooled all the way.