Hazelnut Chocolate Chip Oatmeal Cookies

Delicious Gluten-free Hazelnut Chocolate Chip Oatmeal Cookies made with melted butter, coconut sugar, hazelnuts and oats. The perfect chewy oatmeal cookie recipe that will keep you coming back for more.

All of my favorite ingredients in one delicious chocolate chip oatmeal cookie recipe.

This hazelnut oatmeal cookie is soft, chewy and packed full of chocolate hazelnut goodness

Let’s get Baking!

Ingredients & What you Need to Make Hazelnut Chocolate Chip Oatmeal Cookies

• Is used to create the chewy oatmeal cookie texture we all love. Butter is always magic in cookies but I really love the flavor it brings with the oats, hazelnuts and dark chocolate. I prefer to use an unsalted grass-fed butter for this recipe.

• Nut butters are a great addition to gluten-free cookies. They provide a lot of texture and structure to gluten-free baked goods. Almond butter adds a lot of flavor to these hazelnut chocolate chip oatmeal cookies and helps with keeping them soft and chewy.  

• Is a great alternative baking sugar and what I use to make chocolate chip oatmeal cookies without brown sugar. Coconut sugar is made from coconut palm sap and has a molasses type flavor that is reminiscent of the flavor brown sugar brings to cookies.

• Act as the binder in this recipe. The eggs keep the cookies from falling apart and help enhance the soft chewy texture.

• Are my go-to when making gluten-free oatmeal cookies. They are smaller in size, so they absorb more of the flavors and you get a more uniform oatmeal texture and flavor throughout the cookie.

• Is the perfect gluten-free flour to use in chocolate chip hazelnut oatmeal cookies. The flavor matches the oats and gives it additional structure and flavor. It is also a fairly affordable gluten-free flour and one of my baking staples.

• Are used two different ways in this oatmeal cookie. Some of the hazelnuts are reserved to be coarsely chopped and the other half are put in the food processor or blender to be ground into a coarse meal.

• Adding the coarse hazelnut meal to the cookie batter allows the hazelnut flavor to suffuse throughout the entire cookie.

• Can’t have oatmeal cookies without some chocolate chips. I prefer to use a dark chocolate chip around 65-85%. Some of my personal favorites are Guittard and Pascha chocolate.

Chilling Oatmeal Cookie Dough Before Baking

It can seem like a pain to chill cookie dough before baking but it really can make ALL the difference in taste and texture.

I did test these cookies without chilling them and found the texture was almost a tad dry and overall, I just wasn’t happy with it.

Then I tested after the dough had chilled for a couple hours and they were perfect! When the butter solidifies in the refrigerator it takes longer for it to melt in the oven. Your cookie will spread less, it has more flavor and with this oatmeal cookie recipe it will end up chewier.

How to Make Hazelnut Chocolate Chip Oatmeal Cookies

1. Start by taking the blanched hazelnuts and coarsely chop one cup and set aside. Take the remaining one cup of hazelnuts and place in a food processor or blender and pulse until you have a coarse meal. Set aside.
2. In a large mixing bowl combine the melted butter, coconut sugar and almond butter and with a hand or stand mixer combine the ingredients.
3. Next you add in the eggs and vanilla.
4. Add the ground hazelnuts, oats, oat flour, baking soda and salt and mix until everything is combined.
5. Add in the chocolate chips and coarsely chopped hazelnuts and mix until just combined.
6. Cover the bowl and let chill in the refrigerator for 2-4 hours or overnight.
7. Once the dough has chilled, preheat your oven to 350 (convection bake if you have it).
8. Scoop out about a heaping tablespoon of batter (I prefer a cookie scoop for this) and place on the baking sheet and slightly flatten the top.
9. Bake for 12-14 minutes or until edges are slightly browned. Let the cookies cool on the pan for a few minutes and then move to a cooling rack.
10. Repeat with remaining cookie dough.

FAQS and Tip for Making Hazelnut Oatmeal Cookies

Can you freeze these hazelnut chocolate chip oatmeal cookies?

Yes, these cooking actually freeze really well. Just store them in a freezer friendly bag or container and remove about 30 minutes before eating.

Where do you find blanched hazelnuts?

You can find blanched hazelnuts at some local grocery stores or online. I used THESE off Amazon.

Best way to scoop cookie dough

A cookie/ice cream scoop is the best way to get consistent scoops of cookie dough. This helps you get that perfectly round cookie and for them to all be about the same size. I use a medium size scoop like THIS one.

If you don’t have access to a cookie scoop use a spoon to scoop the dough.

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