Oat, Flax & Hemp Chocolate Chip Cookies is an old recipe I posted back when hempseeds were new on the scene. A decade later you can find them everywhere including CVS. These cookies are a great way to use them. They are thick, chewy, and made with other wholesome sounding ingredients including oats, flax and nuts. Another ingredient is barley flour. Barley flour is almost impossible to find these days, so you can substitute all-purpose or white whole wheat.
It was a lot of fun experimenting with the hemp seeds, but I only made the cookies once. I think I'll try them again soon and update the recipe a bit! I should probably change the name to Hemp Seed Chocolate Chip Cookies.
Oat, Flax & Hemp Chocolate Chip Cookies
¾ cup rolled oats
¾ cup barley flour or all-purpose or white whole wheat
2 tablespoons granulated sugar
¼ teaspoon salt
⅛ teaspoon baking soda
2 tablespoons golden flax seeds (I left them whole, but may try grinding)
2 tablespoons hemp seeds
¼ cup vegetable oil
¼ cup maple syrup
2 tablespoons water
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
½ cup chocolate chips, vegan
2-3 tablespoons chopped nuts (pecans)
Preheat oven to 325 degrees F.
In medium bowl mix together oats, barley flour, salt, baking soda, flax and hemp seeds.
In a smaller bowl, combine the oil, maple syrup, water and vanilla extract. Add liquid mixture to dry mixture and stir only until thoroughly mixed.
Shape into 12 mounds (about an inch in size) on a parchment lined cookie sheet. Bake for 20-22 minutes. let cool on baking sheet for 5 minutes then move to rack to fully cool.
15 cookies
Karen says
Well, bananas are the only food I'm allergic to. I bought some flax recently; I'll have to see how it tastes.
Haven't seen hemp around here yet, except in a spool at the hardware store. Sounds interesting...
Anna says
I'm still not sure whether it's the hemp or the golden flax that tastes like bananas.
Which reminds me. A friend emailed me to say she read that unless you grind the flax, you don't get any of the nutritional benefits. Neither of us is really sure this is true, but I'm going to start grinding my flax anyway.
HomesickTexan says
Hemp tastes like bananas, who knew? I always think flax tastes fishy (maybe it's the Omega 3s).
Lindsay says
Thank you Anna! I knew it was all brown sugar, but was missing the molasses. They make a variation of this called the Mountain Munchy which includes coconut and pecans which is delicious. I'll give this one a try!
Anna says
Tori, I'll bet you are right. It's probably the banana. Good call.
Lindsay, we have a Great Harvest, but it's kind of far from my house so I don't get over there much. In fact, I once met a lady in a bar who worked for Great Harvest. She gave me a bunch of free coupons and I STILL never made it over there. However, I do have a copy cat recipe for their chocolate chip cookies. I've made these before and remember them as being good. How close they are to Great Harvest, I do not know.
Great Harvest Chocolate Chip Cookies
2 cups whole wheat flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon salt
2 cups brown sugar, packed
1 cup butter
2 cups rolled oats
2 eggs
2 tablespoons molasses
1 tablespoon milk
12 ounces semisweet chocolate chips
Combine flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt.
Beat together brown sugar and butter until well combined. Add oats, eggs, molasses and milk; beat well. Add dry ingredients to beaten mixture; beat until blended. Stir in chocolate chips.
Using a 1/4 cup measuring cup, scoop dough and drop about 3 inches apart onto ungreased cookie sheets. Bake at 350 F for 12 to 13 minutes, until just starting to brown around the outside. Cool 2 minutes on cookie sheets. Remove and cool on racks.
Makes 24 very large cookies
tori says
I always taste flax as a banana flavor. Could that be it?
Lindsay says
This post reminded me of something I've been meaning to ask...do you by any chance have a Great Harvest Bread Company? They make the most amazing whole grain cookies I've ever tasted, and I can't figure out how to duplicate them! They are divine...