Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies
These Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies are a classic! Crispy on the outside, soft and chewy on the inside. Great for snacks and lunch boxes.
If you’re looking to add another cookie recipe to your recipe box, this is a great one! Classic. Simple. Delicious.
Cookies make everything better!
What in the world did we ever do without cookies? Seriously though. Cookies are a household staple around here and I’m always baking a batch for snacks and lunches. This particular recipe for oatmeal chocolate chip cookies is one that I have been making for years. They are quick to assemble, they’re school-safe (nut-free), and kids love them.
Oats make the most chewy cookies.
We love classic chocolate chip cookies, but I also love the addition of the oats in this recipe. The oats somehow makes them seem more hearty and like they have a little extra nutrition. In fact I think this is the only cookie recipe that I made for my kids for the first few years of their lives…they didn’t even know chocolate chip cookies without oatmeal existed! Haha! But really, I love adding oats because they make cookies so nice and chewy.
Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookie Recipe Tips:
- Chocolate Chips: You can use semi-sweet chips, milk chocolate chips. If you want something a little different you can also use white chocolate chips, butterscotch chips, dark chocolate chips or peanut butter chips. You could also add nuts (walnuts or pecans) or coconut.
- Oats: Use quick oats, not instant oats. I have not made them with rolled oats, but I think they would also work, I’m just not sure how the texture would be.
- Shaping the dough: To make sure these cookies don’t spread out too thin, roll the dough into a 1-inch ball, and lightly flatten the tops…you don’t want to squish the cookie.
- Baking Time: I bake my cookies for 12 minutes, which makes them perfectly soft and chewy. If you want your cookies even softer, bake them for less time (10 minutes), if you want them more crunchy, bake them for more (12+ minutes).
- Storage: Keep these cookies in an airtight container to keep them soft.
- Freezing: These cookies freeze well. Store in an airtight container or ziplock bag in the freezer for up to 3 months.
These Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies are soft, chewy and taste so delicious. And I think you should make them!
PrintOatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies
These Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies are a classic! Crispy on the outside, soft and chewy on the inside. Great for snacks and lunch boxes.
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 30 minutes
- Total Time: 45 minutes
- Yield: 24 cookies 1x
- Category: Cookie
- Method: Baking
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup butter, at room temperature
- 1/2 cup brown sugar, lightly packed
- 1/2 cup granulated sugar
- 1 large egg
- 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
- 1 cup quick oats
- 1 cup all purpose flour
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 1/2 tsp baking powder
- 1/2 tsp baking soda
- 1/2 cup chocolate chips
Instructions
- Preheat your oven to 350 degrees F.
- Line a baking sheet with parchment paper. Set aside.
- Using a stand mixer cream the butter and sugars together until smooth, making sure to scrape the sides of the bowl as you go. (I just use the paddle attachment to mix)
- Add the egg and vanilla and mix.
- In a separate bowl whisk together the oats, flour, salt, baking powder and baking soda.
- Then add the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients and combine.
- Stir in the chocolate chips.
- Shape the cookie dough into about 1 inch balls. Add 8 cookie dough balls at a time to a baking sheet. Lightly press down.
- Bake for 10 – 12 minutes, until the edges are lightly golden brown.
- Let cool on a wire rack.
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Have a delicious day!
This post was originally published in 2011, but I recently updated it with new images and made a couple of minor changes to the recipe itself…I adjusted the oven temperature down to 350 degrees, and adjusted the sugars.
These are a classic favorite! With the attempt to try “new” things we sometimes forget about the “tried and true.” thanks for the delicious reminder.
These look wonderful, Jo-Anna. I was just craving oatmeal cookies this morning. I’m on total chocolate overload this week. Of course, your crisps in jar were super cute too, so maybe that’s the way to go. Beautiful photos as always!
Such a classic cookie that almost everyone loves…:))
There is nothing better than a classic cookie like this. Oatmeal chocolate chip will always be one of my favorites!
YUM! and your presentation is ahh-dorable. I wish someone would leave a quad of cookies on my desk wrapped in baker’s twine {although they wouldn’t look so pretty when I was through with them}. Enjoy your weekend.
Lovely! Makes me want some right NOW! 🙂
Yum! I’ll be making these tomorrow. : )
What a classic! These cookies look great 🙂
Probably the prettiest cookies I’ve ever seen!
Nothing better than chocolate chip cookies!!
These cookies look so delicious. Chocolate chip cookies are classic.
oooo Yummy!! And I loved the way you strung them up and photographed them among chocolate chips! Makes them look even more mouth-watering!
Yum! I’m bookmarking this – so hard to find a classic cookie recipe that’s awesome!
XO
Lenore
yum! they look delicious!