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Home » Confectionery » Flour Confections » Crispy, Crunchy Oat Flour Cookies

Crispy, Crunchy Oat Flour Cookies

Jul 11, 2022 · 12 Comments

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These oat flour cookies are amazing. They are the opposite of your typical 'sweet, soft, buttery, and chewy oatmeal cookie'. Instead, they are hard, just slightly sweet, crunchy, and crispy, like biscotti. In our family, we like them a lot and make them quite regularly.

Since they are fairly dry, like my favorite sesame crackers, they have a very long shelf life. In a tightly sealed container, they will easily keep for a couple of months or longer. They are perfect to have with tea, coffee, or a glass of milk. These cookies are also great as a quick (and healthier) snack to take on trips, hikes, to work, etc.

Crispy, Crunchy Oat Flour Cookies on a plate

This recipe originates from the book of GOST (Gosudarstvennyi Standart, which translates as State/Federal Standard) recipes published many years ago in the former Soviet Union. Many of these GOST recipes are hugely popular in the post-Soviet countries for their taste and use of natural ingredients - something you can't find in products now sold in grocery stores.

Crispy, Crunchy Oatmeal CookiesOat Flour

However, I made two big changes to the original recipe. Firstly, I cut the sugar by more than half as I wanted a low(er)-sugar cookie. We get so much sugar in our diets these days that making a low-sugar cookie is a great way to lower sugar consumption. Trust me, this did not impact the taste - the cookie tastes very, very well.

The other change that I made was to bake these oat cookies at 250F for 2 hours. What? Are you serious? Yes, I am. These cookies in the original recipe are baked at 450F (230C) without convection or 375F (190C) with convection for 15 minutes. This will make a fairly soft cookie with a slightly crispy exterior. It's a good cookie but some time ago I found another way to bake it.

I once made a batch of dog treats/cookies from spent malted barley and I loved their texture - crunchy and crispy. Those were baked for 2 hours at 250F. I ended up eating a whole bunch of dog treats that I made for my pooch. I don't think he liked it. Next, I baked these oat flour cookies the same way that I did the dog treats and the cookies turned out fantastic.

Crispy, Crunchy Oat Flour Cookies on a serving platter

I loved the resulting dry, crispy, crunchy, and brittle texture. That's how I've been baking those cookies from then on.

Crispy,. crunchy Oat Flour cookies in a galss jar.

Enjoy!

Crispy, Crunchy Oat Flour Cookies on a plate

Crispy, Crunchy Oat Flour Cookies

Total yield - 80 cookies
5 from 4 votes
Print Pin Rate
Course: Breakfast, Dessert
Cuisine: American, Eastern European
Keyword: oat flour cookies
Prep Time: 50 minutes minutes
Cook Time: 2 hours hours
Total Time: 2 hours hours 50 minutes minutes
Servings: 40 2 cookies per serving
Calories: 94kcal
Author: Victor

Ingredients

  • 345 g whole wheat flour
  • 150 g oat flour
  • 100 g white sugar
  • 35 g molasses or maple syrup
  • 165 g unsalted butter softened
  • 100 g raisins finely chopped
  • 1.5 tsp ground cinnamon
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract
  • 5 g baking soda
  • 4 g kosher salt
  • 120 ml water
US Customary - Metric

Instructions

  • Bring the water to a boil and let it cool down a little.
  • Meanwhile, place butter, sugar, cinnamon, vanilla and chopped raisins into a large bowl and mix with a large spoon until homegenous.
  • Dissolve salt and molasses in the water and add to the mixture. Add in oat flour and mix for a minute or two until homegenous.
  • In a separate bowl, combine whole wheat flour and soda, and add to the mixture. Mix/knead until smooth and all flour is incorporated, about 3-5 minutes.
    Crispy,. crunchy oatmeal cookie dough in a bowl.
  • On a lightly floured surface, roll out the dough to about 1/4" thickness. Cut out cookies using a 1.25" - 1.5" cookie cutter. Collect the cut offs, shape into a ball, re-roll, and repeat.
    Cutting oatmeal cookie dough.
  • Transfer cookies to a baking sheet lined with parchment paper. These cookies won't spread, they will only puff up a bit, so you don't need to space them out too much.
  • Bake the cookies at 250F for about 2 hours or until they are very firm. They should not be soft in the center.
    Oatmeal cookies on a baking sheet.
  • Remove the cookies from the oven and transfer them to a cooling rack. Let the cookies cool completely before serving.
  • Once the cookies are completely cooled down, store in a glass jar with a lid or any air-tight container.
    Crispy,. crunchy oatmeal cookies in a galss jar.

Nutrition

Calories: 94kcal | Carbohydrates: 14g | Protein: 2g | Fat: 4g | Saturated Fat: 2g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.4g | Monounsaturated Fat: 1g | Trans Fat: 0.1g | Cholesterol: 9mg | Sodium: 102mg | Potassium: 80mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 3g | Vitamin A: 104IU | Vitamin C: 0.1mg | Calcium: 9mg | Iron: 1mg
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  1. Ketty Rodriguez says

    February 24, 2024 at 7:02 pm

    Excellent! What I liked most is that it has LESS sugar!!

    Reply
    • Victor @ Taste of Artisan says

      February 24, 2024 at 8:31 pm

      Glad you appreciated that, Ketty. Sugar is so overrated 😉 Seriously, we don't need so much sugar in our desserts to have enjoyable taste. Enjoy!

      Reply
  2. Asma says

    June 03, 2023 at 8:12 am

    5 stars
    Love the recipe.
    Gonna try it today

    Reply
    • Victor @ Taste of Artisan says

      June 05, 2023 at 3:11 pm

      Enjoy!

      Reply
    • Asma says

      June 10, 2023 at 7:55 pm

      5 stars
      Fantastic recipe!
      I made these substituting oat flour for barley and millet flour as I didn't have any oat flour available.
      I must say these are absolute best and THE most delicious cookies I have ever eaten.
      Bad thing is, they don't last long.
      I just can't help having another and another and then another...

      Reply
      • Victor @ Taste of Artisan says

        June 19, 2023 at 7:05 pm

        LOL Happy to hear it. If I could only have one cookie for the rest of my life, this one would be it I love it and I am happy that you liked it too. it's ironic that I've made these cookies have a long shelf life but, as you noted, they don't last long. Enjoy!

      • Laura says

        June 22, 2023 at 11:10 pm

        5 stars
        The recipe says a yield of 40 cookies, but I got double that? I rolled the dough to .25" and used a 1.5" cookie cutter. Maybe if I had rolled the dough to .5"? Too, they were crispy after 1.5 hours in the oven, so again I am thinking a thicker cookie might make the difference? I did a combo or craisins and candied ginger instead of raisins and the flavor is delicious. Thank you!

      • Victor @ Taste of Artisan says

        June 25, 2023 at 12:42 am

        You are very welcome. Enjoy!

  3. Kampus Terbaik says

    September 12, 2022 at 2:18 pm

    Is the flour roasted first?

    Reply
    • Victor @ Taste of Artisan says

      September 12, 2022 at 2:46 pm

      Nope. No need to roast it.

      Reply
  4. Sandra says

    July 18, 2022 at 7:41 pm

    5 stars
    I made a batch of these cookies today, they turned out as you described, crunchy, not too sweet, a nice change from most cookies. In your recipe you say to roll the dough to 1.5" thickness, which is way off what it looks like in your photo of the cut cookie. I rolled my dough to 1/4" thickness, used a 1 3/4" cutter and got 50 cookies. It has a nice hint of cinnamon, and they're very enjoyable. I still baked them for 2 hours, worked out fine with the larger size cookie. I also used salted butter as you didn't specify which type to use, and maple syrup instead of molasses.

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    • Victor @ Taste of Artisan says

      July 18, 2022 at 7:54 pm

      Hi Sandra, yes, you are absolutely correct, it should have been 1/4" thick, it's a typo. Also, I use unsalted buttter. Thank you for pointing out, I made necessary updates. I am glad you liked my recipe, I am huge fan of these cookies. Happy baking!

      Reply

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