# Date and Oat Cookies

**URL:** <https://puchong.co/t/date-and-oat-cookies/237>\
**Category:** Food Recipe\
**Tags:** malaysia-dessert, recipe\
**Created:** [April 19, 2020, 3:01pm UTC](https://puchong.co/t/date-and-oat-cookies/237 "2020-04-19T15:01:29Z")\
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**Author:** ![snowysecret](https://puchong.co/user_avatar/puchong.co/snowysecret/32/660_2.png) [@snowysecret](https://puchong.co/u/snowysecret)\
**Post date:** [April 19, 2020, 3:01pm UTC](https://puchong.co/t/date-and-oat-cookies/237/1 "2020-04-19T15:01:29Z")

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![Date and Oat Cookies](https://puchong.co/uploads/default/original/1X/797af66a04cf583cd7bf2dc24466d63163cbc739.jpeg)  
Image credit: [Taste](https://www.taste.com.au/recipes/easiest-ever-date-oat-cookies/3eb46zzz)

> Cooking: 15–20 minutes

### Ingredients

- 200g plain flour Sifted
- 3/4 tsp baking powder
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 75g almonds, coarsely chopped
- 30g quick cooking oats
- 140g butter
- 125g castor sugar
- 3/4 tsp vanilla essence
- 1 small egg

### _Topping_

- 100g good quality plain chocolate, melted

### Directions

- Line baking trays with greased greaseproof paper. Put the oats in a food processor and blend until fairly fine. Remove and set aside.
- Beat butter, sugar and essence until light and creamy. Add the egg and continue to beat for 1 minute or until light and fluffy.
- Sift in flour, baking powder and salt to mix. Briefly stir in the oats, chopped dates and almonds with a metal spoon.
- Lightly form into balls Place them on prepared trays and bake in preheated oven at 170°C degrees C for 15–20 minutes or until golden brown.
- Allow to cool for 1 minute on the trays before transferring to wire racks to cool completely.
- To melt the chocolate
- Put chocolate in a heatproof bowl. Place the bowl over a saucepan of hot water and stir until chocolate melts. Put into a piping bag and pipe fine lines over the cookies.

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