Chocolate Chip Oatmeal Cookies
Perfect chocolate chip oatmeal cookies that are crisp on the edges and chewy in the center. These cookies are fast and easy to make. You don't need to cream butter or stick them in the fridge before baking them.
Servings: 4 dozen cookies
Ingredients
- 1 cup butter melted
- 1 ¼ cup brown sugar
- ½ cup granulated sugar
- 2 large large eggs
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 1 ¾ cups all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- ¾ teaspoon salt
- 3 cups old-fashioned rolled oats
- 2 cups semisweet chocolate chips
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350°F and grease a couple of cookie sheets or line them with parchment paper.
- Add the melted butter, brown sugar, and granulated sugar to a mixing bowl. Beat until well blended.
- Beat in the eggs and vanilla extract.
- Sift the flour, baking soda, cinnamon, and salt over the sugar mixture and stir well or beat with an electric mixer.
- Stir in the rolled oats and chocolate chips.
- Scoop heaping tablespoons of dough onto a baking sheet. Keep the mounds of dough spaced 2 inches apart. Optional step: chill the dough for 30 minutes to prevent spreading. While I don’t find it necessary to chill the dough with this recipe, it is a helpful step if you have issues.
- Bake for 8 to 10 minutes until brown on the edges then cool on a cooling rack.
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Notes
No mixer needed: A spoon or spatula works fine, though a hand mixer makes it faster.
Adjust bake time for size: Larger scoops will need extra time in the oven.
Oats for structure: Rolled oats keep these cookies from spreading, so they bake up thick and chewy.
Freezer-friendly dough: Scoop into portions, freeze on a baking sheet, then transfer to a freezer bag or container. Bake from frozen, adding 1–2 minutes to the bake time.
Storage: Baked cookies keep for 1 week in an airtight container or up to 6 months in the freezer.
Nutrition
Serving: 1 | Calories: 132kcal | Carbohydrates: 16.5g | Protein: 1.2g | Fat: 6g | Saturated Fat: 3g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 2g | Cholesterol: 18mg | Sodium: 98mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 19g
