When my husband and I went to Bali for our honeymoon, I discovered Amankila’s chocolate chip mini cookies that they delivered in the most adorable jar, twice a day! When jet lagged, I would wake up in the middle of the night and polish off the jar, and wake up in a pile of crumbs. They replenished during breakfast and turn down service, and yes, I asked my husband to hunt down the “Cookie Man” while we were on the beach too. Don’t worry, I have provided proof of my nightly cookie thief antics below for your entertainment.

I’m not sure if my husband had to beg, borrow, or steal, but upon check out, the manager had graciously typed it out for me, so I could bring it back to Texas! The original recipe was measured in grams, so I have been perfecting moving the recipe to volume measurements instead of weight, and adding my own touches here and there. You can make mini cookies or roll out large ones! Make it your own, I use a food processor and brown some of the butter to add a nutty flavor to put my own spin on things!

We lovingly refer to them as ‘Kila Cookies in our house. Warning this makes large batch, so you’ll have plenty to freeze to enjoy later!

Method:

In a food processor combine:

-4 cups of oats, 4 cups of flour, 2 tsp baking soda, 2 tsp baking powder, 2 tsp kosher salt and pulse to combine, until oats are powdery

In a sauce pan:

-brown 1 stick of butter and set to the side (the Balinese are not afraid of butter!!), set out 2 1/2 sticks to get to room temperature

In a large mixing bowl, combine:

-2 cups of white sugar, 1 1/2 cups of brown sugar, the browned and room temp. butter and cream together.

-add in 1 tsp of vanilla and 1 tsp honey.

-then add in 4 beaten eggs to the sugar/butter party (I use extra large)—one at a time

-then mix the dry into the wet

TIP: when mix wet into dry, you get pockets of flour and a crusty bowl. Dry into wet, provides a more supple dough (use a stand mixer if you fancy!).

Roll out as big or as small as you want! Bake at 325.

Mini cookies bake for about 10 minutes and the larger about about 15-20 minutes.