These DELICIOUS oatmeal chocolate chip cookies are so easy to make and basically irresistible! They make wonderful presents and store well for a perfect anytime treat. You may also like my Homemade Cowboy Cookies, Classic No Bake Cookies, or chocolate chocolate chip cookies!
What You’ll Need for This Recipe
Rolled Oats: Rolled or old-fashioned oats are larger and have more “chew” than quick oats would. In a pinch you can sub those in if needed though.
Unsalted butter: If you’d like to use salted butter just reduce the salt added by 1/4 a teaspoon.
Chocolate Chips: I used semisweet chocolate chips in this cookie but you can definitely use bittersweet chocolate instead.
How to Make Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies
1. Whisk the dry ingredients together in a large bowl.
2. Combine the butter and sugars in the bowl of your stand mixer and beat together until well mixed.
3. Add the egg and vanilla to the batter. mixing until combined.
4. Add the flour mixture and mix on low until almost incorporated, then add the oats and chocolate chips. Mix until combined.
5. Scoop that batter with a small ice cream scoop or cookie scoop. It’s about two tablespoons of dough per cookie.
6. Roll into cookie dough balls and bake at 375F for 8-10 minutes. It never hurts to add a few chocolate chips on top of the cookie dough balls. This way you’ll have nice spots of chocolate peaking out of each cookie.
Pro Tips for Making this recipe
- Measure your flour correctly! Adding too much flour to the recipe is the most common mistake. The best, and easiest way to measure flour is by using a scale. If you don’t have one then fluff your flour with a spoon, sprinkle it into your measuring cup, and use a knife to level it off.
- Chilling the dough is optional but it created a cookie that spreads out less, concentrates the flavor and dehydrates the dough a bit as well.
- Toasted walnuts make an excellent addition to this cookie. Try adding in 1/2 to 1 cup of chopped nuts. You could also serve with vanilla ice cream or sprinkle them with sea salt.
- Try using chocolate chunks or roughly chopped chocolate for a more rustic look with bigger pools of chocolate.
- Your cookies are done when the edges start to brown. The centers will not be raw but they aren’t fully set either.
Frequently Asked Questions
How long can you store the cookie dough for?
You might want to only bake up a partial batch of oatmeal cookies and save some dough for later. Excellent idea! Wrap the dough well with no air pockets and it will keep for up to a week in the refrigerator and 2 months in the freezer. When you’re ready to bake them the refrigerated dough can get scooped up and placed right on the baking sheet. Frozen dough needs to warm up a bit so transfer to the fridge for a few hours to overnight before scooping.
How long will the Cookies Keep For?
Properly stored in an airtight container these oatmeal chocolate chip cookies will keep for up to two weeks. If frozen the cookies will be good for two months. Like most cookies these taste best straight out of the oven though!
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Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies
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Equipment
- Baking Sheets
- Small cookie scoop
Ingredients
INGREDIENTS
- 1 cup all-purpose flour 120g
- 1/2 tsp baking soda 3g
- 1/2 tsp salt 5g
- 1/2 cup unsalted butter room temperature, 113g
- 1/3 cup granulated sugar 65g
- 2/3 cup light-brown sugar 140g, packed
- 2 tsp pure vanilla extract 10mL
- 1 large egg
- 1 1/2 cups rolled oats 135g
- 1 cup semisweet chocolate chips 150g
Instructions
- In a medium bowl, whisk together the flour and baking soda; set aside.
- Combine the butter with both sugars; beat on medium speed until light and fluffy.
- Reduce speed to low; add the salt, vanilla, and eggs. Beat until well mixed, about 1 minute.
- Add flour mixture; mix until almost combined.
- Stir in the oats and chocolate chips. Chill dough for one hour to overnight.
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
- Use a small ice cream scooper (two tablespoons) to Drop heaping tablespoon-size balls of dough about 2 inches apart on baking sheets lined with parchment paper.
- Bake until cookies are golden around the edges, but still soft in the center, 8 to 10 minutes.
- Remove from oven, and let cool on baking sheet 1 to 2 minutes. Transfer to a wire rack, and let cool completely.
Notes
- Measure your flour correctly! Adding too much flour to the recipe is the most common mistake. The best, and easiest way to measure flour is by using a scale. If you don't have one then fluff your flour with a spoon, sprinkle it into your measuring cup, and use a knife to level it off.
- Chilling the dough is optional but it created a cookie that spreads out less, concentrates the flavor and dehydrates the dough a bit as well.
- Toasted walnuts make an excellent addition to this cookie. Try adding in 1/2 to 1 cup of chopped nuts.
- Your cookies are done when the edges start to brown, The centers will not be raw but they aren't fully set either.
Court S says
I can’t wait to try this recipe! I love all of the recipes from Preppy Kitchen – I’m sure these will be no exception. Could this recipe be made with salted butter?
Sarah Ward (Executive Editor, Preppy Kitchen) says
Yes, just reduce the added salt to 1/4 teaspoon. Hope you enjoy them!
LINDSAY MAHAJERIN says
So easy, can add many variations, and get so many compliments every time!
Judy says
I love these cookies and everything else that I have made following your recipes I also love all the extra tips you give as your cooking
Jayda says
I tried these the other night and they are the best oatmeal chocolate chip cookies ever! Highly recommended this recipe
Michelle says
great recipe. love it.
Kelly Turnbull says
Really good. added 1/3 cup chopped walnuts
Everyone loved, have made a few times now
Ven says
I just want to say I made these the other day and they are fantastic. I can’t stop eating them. Also I discovered if I put them in my microwave for a few seconds on “speed defrost” it warms them up and they are soft and gooey like they are fresh out of the oven. It is mindblowing. Very convenient that they can be frozen as well. I just have a quick question, for a single serving / 1 cookie, I am appreciating that you put the approximate nutrition information (I’m trying to enter it into a nutrition tracker app). How much would you say 1 serving / 1 cookie would weigh in this context? I made some smaller ones and some bigger ones, I think they ranged from 32 grams to about 45 grams each and I wasn’t sure how to gauge one serving because of my own inconsistency with scooping the dough onto the baking sheet.
I will absolutely be making these again. Much appreciated! Thank you for all of the tips.
Sarah Ward (Executive Editor, Preppy Kitchen) says
They should be about 32g each. However, I recommend you weigh your full batch of dough, then divide it by the number of cookies you plan to make. That way you get a more accurate count for your actual cookie dough batch.
Rachael says
i made these for the first time we sprinkled sea salt on them like you suggested and it made them divine
Brett Murphy says
This is an AMAZING recipe. So easy and delicious. I typically will substitute the chocolate chips for butterscotch chips and the result is DIVINE!
Christine says
These are perfect. Not too sweet, crispy edges, chewy, buttery, gooey… I have made these many times, and I marvel at them every single time. Weighing ingredients is the way to go. Thank you!