THE JOY OF DESSERT!
I was wondering sifting and sifting through ideas of desserts that I could add to my repertoire. At this point, I wanted as many of the things I love at one time. This was the creation. I luckily was able to make them into these gooey, chocolatey, vegan, gluten-free creations.
I'm not much of a fan of oatmeal (I actually hate it) so this is how I implement it into my eating habits. Oat flour is gluten-free for those with a sensitivity. It works well in cookies and brownies for those interested in trying something new.
Ingredients, Amounts AND Nutrition Facts:
*The Special dark chocolate was half of a giant bar that I cut into chunks, 3/4 tsp of baking soda, and 1/3 cup cocoa powder ;)
Method:
Preheat the oven to 375F
Whisk dry ingredients (cocoa powder, salt, baking soda, and oat flour) in a bowl. You can make oat flour by adding a couple of cups of old-fashioned oatmeal to a food processor and processing until really, really fine and soft. Be sure to make sure you measure the oat flour and not the before product of the whole grain.
In a small bowl, combine the wet ingredients including the sugar. It acts like a wet ingredient if you didn't know that before.
Make a well in your dry and add in the liquid to the center incorporating the two until it's mixed well.
Add the chocolate chunks.
Cover and allow to chill a while in the freezer for 5-10 minutes. You don't want it to freeze just get cold. This helps keep them really soft and gooey when they cook.
Spray a baking sheet with non-stick cooking spray or line with foil or parchment paper
Form into balls of tablespoon amounts (To get this size I think I was making a heaping tablespoon amount haha)
Lightly press down on the tops with your palm and place them in the oven to cook for 7 minutes. For crispier cookies, allow to cook for 2-5 minutes longer.
Remove from the oven and allow to cool on the baking sheet. You can then move to a cooling rack to really let the bottoms crisp a little. I placed mine in the fridge. They are really melty, chocolatey. You've been warned.
*If you want to try for the "s'more" look here, I used some coconut cream and whipped about 1/4 cup with a teaspoon and half of agave nectar and another 1/4 with some melted semisweet chocolate chips. I didn't measure you can eyeball it to get what you want.