Oat and Tahini Cookies Recipe (2024)

Since most of the comments aren't actually about making the cookies, I'll chime in: they're not that great. A bit dry--400 is probably too high given the amount of time they're in total (try maybe 375). I'd also crumble the halva a bit instead of leaving it as a chunk. I'm usually a diehard Ottelenghi-er, but his recipes for the NYTimes haven't been showstoppers. The chocolate chip tahini cookies that JM featured a while back are much better.

Question: has anyone made both is recipe and the Salted Tahini cookie recipe? If so, which did you prefer?

Any one tried using gluten free flour?

These are delicious! I had to use up some walnuts so I toasted them, chopped and added them to the dough. I put the chocolate in a food processor and broke into tiny bits, then also added to dough instead of drizzling on top. Scrumptious! I imagine hazelnuts might be even better and will try next time!

These look yummy but can't do gluten or hazelnuts. Anyone tried a gluten free flour or other nuts?

Trader Joe sells roasted skinned hazelnuts.

I think chopped or slivered almonds would be tasty with halvah. Usually cookies turn out very well with GF flours, since you don't want much gluten development in cookies anyway. These should work particularly well because the quantity of flour is small and the tahini and oats will help stick everything together. You could use a prepared GF flour mix, or make your own by grinding (GF) oats in the food processor and adding a little tapioca or corn starch and a tiny amount of xanthan gum.

I can’t beleive how good these turned out - I didn’t use the halvah or the chocolate drizzle and I think they’re my new favorite cookie. The orange zest and tahini are perfectly balanced and compliment each other. A really excellent cookie.

Extremely delicious, deep, toasty, nutty flavor! Made substitutions in order to use up pantry items.-Miyoko's dairy free butter-Demerara sugar in place of brown-Walnuts in place of hazelnuts-No orange zest-Dark chocolate halvah-Chocolate chips mixed in to dough-Refrigerated dough for 10min-Baked at 375 for stated time

I wanted to offer a new G-free dessert for Christmas gifts this year. I made these yesterday for a manager at the day Spa where I work part-time. I like that they are chewy and not overly sweet. I had never heard of "halva" and went to Amazon, saw the cost and definitely will not be adding this during the baking process. I substituted roughly chopped toasted pistachios. Not for everyone, but appreciate the easy substitutions. I used a #40 scoop in portioning. WISH the NSF # would be included.

Gorgeously delicious take on the usual oatmeal cookieAgree about 370-375 for oven and def. on middle or upper rack I love orange zest with lavender so added 1tbs fresh from my garden - excellent!Also love coconut so I used coconut sugar in place of brown sugar 1/3 cup shredded coconut No hazelnuts so winged it- 1/2 C. Chopped, roasted, salted cashews/pistachiosNervous that batter was too wet, so added 1/4 C. Coconut flour, which was alright!1/2 C. Choc chips instead of halvah and drizzle

Baked at 400 and they burned. Recommend trying 375.

No halvah where I live. What can be substituted?

Made this recipe on my cookie quest. Cookies are OK, but I was underwhelmed.The orange zest is nice touch.Salted Tahini Chocolate Chip is better cookie, at least for us.

Reduce sugar. Added choc in rather than drizzling. Toasted sesame. Full zest of orange even for half batch. Lime zest would be killer and less cheap tasting than orange.

These come out WAY BETTER if you refrigerate the dough!!

I replaced 1/2 c oats with unsweetened shredded coconut, and added chopped dried apricots to a quarter of the dough, and topped another quarter with dried sour cherries (I had neither halvah nor chocolate on hand). Reduced white sugar to 1/4 c and they were sweet enough for me. All turned out quite tasty. This is a very flexible recipe.

These are delicious! I had to use up some walnuts so I toasted them, chopped and added them to the dough. I put the chocolate in a food processor and broke into tiny bits, then also added to dough instead of drizzling on top. Scrumptious! I imagine hazelnuts might be even better and will try next time!

I always love Ottolenghi's recipes and his food is out of this world. However, I often simplify his recipes when I'm in a hurry and want to cook/bake something tasteful. So I used crispy buckwheat seeds instead of toasted sesame seeds, some macademia and cashew nuts instead of peeled hazelnuts, a handful of cranberries and I also added chocolate chips in the dough. So I skipped the halva and melted chocolate part of the recipe. Amazing result: these cookies are soft inside yet crispy!

I can’t beleive how good these turned out - I didn’t use the halvah or the chocolate drizzle and I think they’re my new favorite cookie. The orange zest and tahini are perfectly balanced and compliment each other. A really excellent cookie.

Absolutely delicious! Used part butter, part coconut oil. Baked at 375 F., as 400 was too high in my oven. Others must have made much larger cookies to only get 20; I used a small scoop and got 4 dozen - the size was just right. Used a 1.5 oz bar of halvah cut into small cubes, and that was as much as I needed. Did not use the chocolate drizzle; these cookies are wonderfully rich and flavorful enough on their own. Love the suggested variation of almonds (or mac nuts) and guava paste; must try.

These are some of my favourite biscuits and get rave reviews each time I make them. Not too sweet, nutty and complex flavours. Perfect crunch too, love them thanks!

Responding to a comment, most cookie recipes will NOT take kindly to just having any old GF flour substituted in. Flavor matters, and having xanthan gum in it, or add some. (I used Authentic Multi-blend, and it worked out well since it has xanthan.) Tahini and oats won't bind the dough sufficiently. But this recipe was not Ottolenghi's finest, IMHO. It came out too wet (due to Joya tahini?) before baking, a bit too dry after. The whole should have been amazing, but wasn't.