Oaty Ginger Chocolate Chip Cookies
Warming and tasty chewy ginger chocolate chip cookies made with oats and spelt flour. They’re simple to prepare and easy to eat with the added bonus that they create minimal washing up. Chocolate ginger biscuits are one of the nation’s favourites and these are an excellent oaty variation.
Like the majority of Brits, ginger in biscuit form is one of my favourites too. Combine that with chocolate and I’m in heaven. Last month I made a batch of Delia’s crystallised ginger oat biscuits for a MacMillan coffee morning. It wasn’t the first time I’d made ginger biscuits with oats, but I’d forgotten how good they were. In fact they were so tasty I was hard pressed to hand the batch over.
Those chunks of chewy flavoursome crystallised ginger raise them to something above a humble oat biscuit and give a certain air of sophistication. I was determined to make a batch for ourselves as soon as possible. Only this time with added chocolate.
Ginger Chocolate Chip Cookies
In the end, I made two batches of these oaty ginger chocolate chip cookies. For both of them, I changed Delia’s recipe even more considerably than I did originally, both in quantities used and ingredients. I swapped out the plain flour for my wholemeal spelt flour for a start.
The first lot I made with the organic ginger chocolate bar featured below. I thought it would also be interesting to add lemongrass extract to the mix. So I used one drop of my Holy Lama extract to give a subtle but not too prominent note.
For the second batch, I went for straightforward crystallised ginger and ordinary dark chocolate. Both work well and I’ve given the two versions in the printable recipe you’ll find further down the post. They’re the perfect cookie, crisp on the outside and chewy in the middle.
Warming, chewy and flavoursome these oat ginger chocolate chip cookies make excellent autumnal comfort food. In fact they are just what’s needed on a miserable dreich day, of which we seem to be having rather a lot lately. They’re also excellent packaged up as Christmas cookie gifts. They proved popular when I included them in one of my Christmas hampers anyway.
Seed and Bean Just Ginger Chocolate Bar
One of the Seed & Bean bars I was sent recently was Just Ginger, a 58% dark chocolate bar flavoured with ginger. It had quite a strong flavour which both CT and I really liked, but I thought I’d try not to demolish the bar immediately and use some of it in these biscuits instead of the crystallised ginger.
The chocolate was a strange mix of smooth and grainy, which made for a particularly interesting but not unwelcome texture. Left on the tongue to melt, warmth slowly seeps through the mouth and down the back of the throat and lasts for some time after the chocolate has disappeared. This is yet another dark chocolate bar which gets a big thumbs up from me. If you want to explore any of the Seed & Bean chocolate*, Amazon has most of the bars for sale.
Other Oat Cookies You Might Like
- Apple & chocolate chip cookies
- Chocolate chip oat cookies
- Coconut & fennel chocolate chip cookies
- Coffee chocolate chip cookies
- Cranberry white chocolate cookies with walnuts
- Crunchy peanut butter cookies
- Festive cookies in a jar
- Spelt, rye & berry cookies
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Ginger Choc Chip Oat Biscuits. PIN IT.
Oaty Ginger Chocolate Chip Cookies
Oaty Ginger Chocolate Chip Cookies
Ingredients
- 120 g salted butter
- 1 tbsp golden syrup
- 75 g demerara sugar
- 120 g wholemeal spelt flour
- ½ tsp baking powder
- 120 g rolled oats (porridge oats)
Version A
- 60 g dark ginger chocolate chopped into small pieces
- 1 drop lemongrass extract (optional)
Version B
- 40 g dark chocolate chopped into small pieces
- 30 g crystallised ginger chopped into small pieces
- 1 tsp ground ginger
Instructions
- Melt the butter and syrup in a large pan over gentle heat.120 g salted butter, 1 tbsp golden syrup
- Remove from the heat, add the sugar and stir.75 g demerara sugar
- Add the oats, sift in the flour and baking powder and stir again until just mixed. Then stir in the ingredients from either version A or version B.120 g wholemeal spelt flour, ½ tsp baking powder, 120 g rolled oats (porridge oats)
- Place heaped teaspoons of the mixture well apart onto a large lined baking tray and press down with the back of the spoon to flatten slightly.
- Bake at 180℃ (350℉, Gas 4) for about 12-15 minutes when the tops should be golden, but not overly brown. Allow to cool on the tray for a few minutes, then transfer onto a wire rack to cool completely.
Notes
Nutrition Estimate
Sharing
Comfort food is the theme for this month’s Biscuit Barrel. It’s hard to find a biscuit more comforting than an oaty ginger one, especially with added chocolate. So I’m sharing these with Laura.
These chewy choc chip mouthfuls make ideal cookies for these cool autumnal days. You can also make them with the kids when it’s wet and miserable outside. So I’m sending them off to Vanesther at Bangers & Mash for #FamilyFoodies because this month the theme is cooking with kids.
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super yummy and quick to make.
I accidentally put the chocolate and ginger in whilst the pan was still pretty hot so had melted chocolate biscuits rather than chunks but still very yummy. Thanks for sharing the recipe
Oh no! Although I guess that’s one of the many good things about chocolate, chunked or melted throughout. Glad you enjoyed them anyway and thanks for the feedback.
I really want to try cookies in a jar but didn’t manage to get round to it this year … maybe next year! Your cookies look fab though and suitably festive with some warming ginger! P.S. I didn’t know what drench meant either.
Personally I think these sound exactly right as a winter biscuit – and there’s nothing wrong with the photos. Excellent use of the word drench but the way, it’s one of my favourite words at the moment.
A brilliant post for learning a new recipe as well as a new word. Dreich I will now keep in mind for days like yesterday, so apt. I think the chocolate with mandarin & ginger sounds like it lifted a good biscuit Ito something pretty special. I am always impressed by the amount of home made gifts you make but agree you should keep more back for yourself!
They look delicious and what a wonderful gift. I love the combination of chocolate and ginger – I think I’ve inherited my love of it from my dad, his favourite Christmas present was Thornton’s chocolate gingers!
What delicious cookies! The crystallised ginger must have really been lovely in it. Thanks for linking to one ingredient. I’m sorry to have been slow but am finally doing my roundup post so linking back to your recipe.
I’d have found it very hard to hand these bad boys over. I think I’d have eaten the entire batch in one sitting – easily! A lovely entry for this month’s #FamilyFoodies challenge. Thanks so much for linking up 🙂
Hehe, yes it was hard to restrain myself Vanesther 😉
lovely, simple and chewy… a little bit like me x
I’ll take your word for that Dom!
I love ginger! These cookies look and sound fantastic!
Thanks Jessica – ginger is a fabulous spice.
Such a yummy cookie. Love the ginger in there!
Thanks Katrina 🙂
These are perfect for the changing weather….. they sound wonderfully warming and look like a whole batch will be devoured in one sitting! Yum yum!!
Kate, these were delicious, but with the best will in the world, I think anyone would be hard pressed to eat the whole lot in one go – even CT!
What fantastic biscuits! 🙂 Oaty biscuits are my absolute favourite!
Thanks Anyonita, I find oat biscuits very hard to resist too – especially these ones 🙂
mmm chocolate and ginger is a match made in heaven and I do like an oaty cookie, nice work missus!
Thanks Janice, oats are a true wonder as is chocolate and ginger of course 😉
Oh yeah! I bet they are blooming gorgeous 🙂
Janie x
They were Janie, but sadly all gone now.
these look a little like anzacs that I grew up on but a lot fancier – I do love an oaty biscuit and think the idea of this chocolate in them is lovely
Thanks Johanna. I don’t think I’ve ever had an anzac. I keep meaning to make some, but like so many others on my must make list, I haven’t got around to it yet!
These oaty ginger biscuits look awesome.
Thanks Angie 🙂
Thanks for sharing-these look amazing- I adore ginger and chocolate. I must try to veganise the recipe asap!
So simple to veganise the recipe, just swap coconut oil for the butter. Coconut oil makes fantastic biscuits.
Oooh my don’t these look good! I love sweet ginger…these are perfect for the holidays coming up.
Thanks Tammy. Ginger is a fabulous spice and it works so well with chocolate.
let’s see ginger, oats and chocolate, mmmm heaven!
Indeed Heidi 🙂
I’m totally with you on this – these are perfect comforters and I wish I had one to nibble on right now! I love the sound of that chocolate you used. Thanks for entering them into the Biscuit Barrel =)
Somehow so right for this time of year Laura. The chocolate was delicious.
Ginger, chocolate and oats? Sneak some coconut in there and that’s ALL my boxes ticked! Look amazing. I’m experimenting with wholemeal spelt in biscuits at the moment – really like your idea of combining it with oats.
Now that is a brilliant idea CC
I have to admit I am not a huge fan of ginger bit I do love oats and biscuits! My husband would love these so I have bookmarked the recipe #ukbloggers
These biscuits are really versatile Mellissa. You could substitute any spice for the ginger or just use plain chocolate chips.
I absolutely love the name of your blog and these biscuits look awesome!
Laura x x x
Thanks Laura. I hope you love it enough to revisit 🙂