Enjoy these easy date oat cookies straight from the oven. The medjool dates add sweetness and also the perfect chewy texture, with added ginger for a hit of spice and pecans for delicious nutty crunch.
Place the butter and both sugars into a large mixing bowl and beat well until you get a creamy mixture.
Now beat in the vanilla extract and egg.
Chop the dates and pecans into small pieces. Grate the balls of stem ginger using the largest holes on the grater.
Add a tablespoon of the flour to the dates and ginger and stir to combine. Set aside.
Add the remaining flour, rolled oats, ground ginger, bicarbonate of soda, baking powder and salt into a bowl, stir to combine and add to the bowl with the butter and sugar mixture.
Continue to mix until the mixture forms a rough dough.
Now add the dates, pecans and grated stem ginger to the bowl and mix until you have a well combined dough, with an even distribution of the dates, pecans and ginger.
Using a teaspoon, roll small golf ball sized balls of cookie dough and place these on a baking sheet lined with baking paper, or us a silicone liner.
This dough will make around 30 cookies, so use 2 tray and spread out the balls of dough so that they have a change to expand in the oven when baking.
Once rolled place the cookies into the fridge for 30 minutes to firm up the cookie dough.
Preheat the oven to 190C/170CFan/375F.
Remove the cookies from the fridge and place into the preheated oven for 12-14 minutes, they will still be a little soft in the middle.
Remove from the oven and place the baking sheets on a wire rack to cool for 10 minutes. Then remove the cookies directly onto the wire rack and allow to cool.
Store in an airtight container on the counter top for up to 5 days.
Notes
These cookies can be baked as soon as they've been rolled but I prefer to chill for 30 minutes, this helps the cookies keep their shape and stops them from spreading quite so much in the oven.If your cookies have spread in the oven they can be reshaped as soon as they come out. Take a cookie cutter, place it over the cookie and work the cutter in a circular motion to return it to an even shape. You can also reshape the warm dough using a couple of spoons.
Nutrition Facts
Date Oat Cookies with Ginger
Amount Per Serving
Calories 126Calories from Fat 63
% Daily Value*
Fat 7g11%
Saturated Fat 3g19%
Trans Fat 0.2g
Polyunsaturated Fat 1g
Monounsaturated Fat 3g
Cholesterol 16mg5%
Sodium 42mg2%
Potassium 83mg2%
Carbohydrates 16g5%
Fiber 1g4%
Sugar 10g11%
Protein 2g4%
Vitamin A 144IU3%
Vitamin C 0.04mg0%
Calcium 14mg1%
Iron 1mg6%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.
• Please note that the nutrition information provided above is approximate and meant as a guideline only •
Course : Baking
Cuisine : American, British
Keyword : date oat cookies, date pecan ginger cookies, ginger date cookies, old fashioned date oat cookies, simple date oat cookies