Chewy oat cookies

These cookies have a little bit of everything in them but not so much sugar. Raisins, dates, coco nut flakes, mingle with chocolate and a pinch of salt. They are chewy and soft with a crisp outside. That's the way I like my oat cookies. The perfect friend to accompany some tea or a coffee with your favorite book of the moment.

Makes about 10 cookies: 

2 eggs 

3/4 dl unbleached cane sugar

2dl rolled oats

1,5 dl flour (spelt preferably)

75 gram room temperature butter

4 dates

1/2 dl raisins

1/2 nuts (almonds, cashews, walnuts, hazelnuts etc)

60 gram chocolate (I used milk but dark or white will do fine too)

1/2 tsp salt

3/4 tbsp baking powder

1/3 dl dried coconut flakes/shavings

1. Set your oven for 180 degrees Celsius. Place baking paper on a oven tray, leave this trey our of the oven. 
2. Place oats, sugar and butter in a medium sized bowl. Mix this with your finger tips, crumbling the butter and oats.
3. Chop the chocolate and dates into small (0,5 cm) chunks. Add this to the oat, butter, sugar mix.
4. Add the nuts, coconut flakes, salt, flour and baking powder to the mix and crumble once again with your finger tips. It should end up a dry crumbled texture. Add the 2 eggs and mix with a fork. Mix well. 
5. With a spoon scoop out the cookie dough and place evenly on the oven trey. 
6. Bake in the middle of the oven for about 30-35min. Check on the cookies after 20 min to make sure they are not getting too dark on the outside.  
7. Once done allow to cool before eating. Believe me they taste better when cool, if you have the patience.