Oatmeal, Salted Chocolate and Pretzel Cookies in Air Fryer

Name: Oatmeal, Salted Chocolate and Pretzel Cookies in Air Fryer
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 2
Ingredients: 100 g (1 cup) rolled oats; 50 g (1.8 oz) salted dark chocolate (or dark chocolate + sea salt flakes); 50 g (1/2 cup) crushed salted pretzels

Crispy sweet-salty cookies perfect for breakfast or snack, quickly cooked in the air fryer.

Time: 30 min2 servingsDifficulty: Medium180°CBreakfast

Steps

1
Preheat the air fryer to 180°C (350°F).
2
In a bowl, mix the rolled oats, finely chopped dark chocolate, and crushed pretzels. Form small balls from the mixture.
3
Place the balls in the air fryer basket in a single layer, spaced apart.
4
Cook for 10 minutes at 180°C, then carefully turn them and cook for another 5 minutes, until golden.
5
Let the cookies cool in the basket for 5 minutes, then transfer to a wire rack to firm up completely.

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Rolled oats, salted dark chocolate, crushed pretzels

Recipe story

These cookies were inspired by Bavarian travel snacks, where oats and salted pretzels were combined with chocolate brought by Swiss merchants. The recipe was adapted for the air fryer, preserving the crunchy texture and sweet-salty balance.

Ingredient Secrets

Sea salt

Sea salt, extracted from ocean waters by evaporation, was one of the most precious goods of antiquity, used both as food and as currency. In ancient Rome, soldiers were paid with salt, which is the origin of the word 'salary'. Salt roads connected entire civilizations, and in the Middle Ages, salt was so valuable it was called 'white gold'.