Oatmeal Chocolate Cookies

Ingredients

• 125 g butter
• 150 g oat flakes (whole)
• 125 g flour
• 1 tsp Baking powder
• 2 tbsp cocoa powder
• 125 g cornstarch
• 175 g sugar
• 2 tbsp vanilla sugar
• a pinch salt
• 0.5 tsp cinnamon powder
• 1 tsp grated lemon zest (unprocessed)
• 2 Eggs
• milk as needed
• 75 g chopped hazelnuts
• grated chocolate for decoration

Instructions

1. 1.

   Preheat the oven to 180°C fan.

2. 2.

   In a small pot, foam the butter. Pour the hot butter over the oat flakes in a bowl and mix. Sift together flour, baking powder, and cocoa; add to the mixture. Stir in cornstarch, sugar, vanilla sugar, salt, cinnamon, and lemon zest, then combine with eggs and milk into a not too firm, workable dough. Fold in hazelnuts, scoop walnut-sized portions onto parchment-lined tray spaced apart.

3. 3.

   Bake in the preheated oven for about 20 minutes. Remove and cool on a wire rack.

4. 4.

   Sprinkle grated chocolate for decoration.