I have been making these cookies for years and they turn out amazing every time. My mom taught me how to make cookies, cakes, pies, and all sorts of desserts growing up. She loves to bake and in turn instilled that love to me!
My hubby loves adding oats to almost every dessert possible, so it wasn’t a surprise when he asked me to add a cup of oats to the batter one day. Since then, we have forever been changed. Crispy, soft, and chocolatey. What more could you want?!
I have tried other chocolate chip cookie recipes to see if any could be better or compare to my moms family recipe, and nothing has ever really come close and we always end up coming back to this recipe. Oats or not, these cookies are just so dang good. Also, an important part of these cookies is to always use semi-sweet chocolate chips. The mix between dark and milk just make the cookies taste so much better.
I promise you, that if you have grown up having milk chocolate chip cookies, if you try this with semi-sweet, you will forever be changed! And add the oats to your batter too! It is mind blowingly good!
Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies
(No Ratings Yet)
Loading...Crispy, goey, soft, and chocolatey oatmeal cookies. What more could you want?! A fun twist to your classic chocolate chip cookies!
Ingredients
- 1 stick butter, softened
- 1/2 cup brown sugar
- 1/2 cup white sugar
- 1 egg
- 1/2 tsp vanilla
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 1/2 tsp baking soda
- 1/2 tsp baking powder
- 1 cup oatmeal
- 1 1/2 cup flour
- 1/2 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
- 1/2 cup pecans or walnuts, optional
- 1/4 cup coconut flakes, optional
Instructions
Preheat oven to 350°
Mix together softened butter, brown sugar, white sugar, egg, and vanilla.
Add in salt, baking soda, and baking powder and mix until incorporated.
Add in oats and flour and mix.
Then add chocolate chips, and nuts and coconut flakes if desired.
Dough should be malleable, and not stick to your fingers.
Roll dough into 1 inch balls, or with a cookie scoop place on a greased cookie sheet.
Bake in oven for 9 minutes, or until bottom of cookie is golden brown.
Notes
1. This recipe can go without the oatmeal and taste amazing too! Just add a little bit more flour a 1/4 of a cup at a time until it is the consistency mention in the directions above. --- 2. We like to use salted butter in this recipe, but unsalted works great too! --- 3. We like to use brown and white sugar in the recipe because it gives the cookie a lighter color. Using all of either brown or white sugar will work just fine. --- 4. This cookie dough freezes wonderfully in the freezer. Just place in a air tight container and put in the freezer to use at a later date! just thaw about before using. --- 5. Classic oats work better in this recipe rather then quick cooking oats. --- 6. Semi-sweet chocolate chips are the only chips we use for this recipe. If you prefer milk chocolate, try it out!
