2 c. walnuts
3 T. oil
1 c. brown sugar( we used Date Sugar)
2 t. vanilla
1 1/2 c. oat flour
1 t. baking soda
1 t. salt
1/4 t. cinnamon
2 c. rolled oats
3 3.5-oz. bars bittersweet chocolate chopped or 1 1/2 cups chocolate chips
Preheat oven to 350. Blend walnuts in food processor 30 seconds, or until ground into a fine meal. Add oil and blend 2-3 min. more until mixture has the consistency of natural peanut butter. Transfer to bowl. Whisk together brown sugar and 1/2 c. water in saucepan, and bring to a boil. Pour brown sugar over walnut butter, add vanilla and stir until no lumps remain. Whisk together oat flour, soda, salt, and cinnamon in separate bowl. Stir oat flour mixture into walnut mixture. Cool dough 10min. Fold in oats then chocolate chips into dough. Shape into 2 in. balls and place on greased cookie sheet. Flatten cookies with bottom of drinking glass dipped in water. Bake 8-10min. or until brown. Cool 3 min. on baking sheets, then transfer to wire rack to cool completely.
Makes 30 cookies
