Sadly, it’s the last 3-day weekend of summer in the US. Vacations are winding down, kids are returning to school and in some parts of the country cooler temps are right around the corner. I had been wanting to make these cookies for a while now but for some reason, tons of other recipes leapfrogged them on the “must make” list. Luckily, with the extra day this weekend I found some time to actually bake… and I finally made them. Oh sure, oatmeal cookies might not scream “yay – summertime” but if you ask me they’re a good cookie any time of year. And when they’re chewy… and have chocolate chips… they’re even better!
I pretty much love oatmeal cookies any way ya make em… with raisins… without raisins… with chocolate chips… without chocolate chips. Just about the only thing I don’t care for in my oatmeal cookies is nuts of any kind. Sorry… me no likey nuts in my cookies. I found this recipe on one of my favorite sites, Allrecipes, and it was so highly rated I just had to try it. They came together quickly and easily… and baked up beautifully. Even though they’re an all-butter cookie, I was surprised that they spread and end up as flat cookies like some of the reviewers mentioned. Not sure why it didn’t happen but I’ll take it as a positive sign from the baking-gods and move along thankfully :) About the only changes I made were omitting the nuts and increasing the baking time. If you like oatmeal cookies… bookmark this post. This really is a delicious recipe that I encourage you to try!
Oh and thanks to all my twitter followers for entering my last giveaway! I want to congratulate Karen for winning the copy of A Perfect Scoop by David Lebovitz… the book is on its way.
Chewy Chocolate Chip Oatmeal Cookies
Adapted from Allrecipes
Ingredients
1/2 cup butter, softened
1/2 cup packed light brown sugar
1/4 cup white sugar
1 egg
1teaspoons vanilla extract
3/4 cups all-purpose flour
1/4 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 1/2 cups quick-cooking oats
1/2 cup semisweet chocolate chips
Method
Preheat the oven to 325° F (165° C).
In the bowl of a standing mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, cream together the butter, brown sugar, and white sugar until smooth. Beat in egg then stir in vanilla. Combine the flour, baking soda, and salt; stir into the creamed mixture until just blended. Mix in the quick oats and chocolate chips. Drop by heaping spoonfuls onto ungreased baking sheets. Bake for 15 minutes then remove sheets from oven and cool cookies on sheets for 5 minutes then remove to rack and cool completely.
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YUM! These look delicious!
My husband would love these, but WITH the nuts. He is a walnut fiend!
Congrats to Karen!
Happy Labor Day, Em!
~ingrid
Congratulations on a great recipe!
this cookies look divine, your blog is wonderful i love the photos and the recipes, i will be back for sure!
cheers from london,
pity
I can smell these through the screen! YUM!!!!!!! I absolutely love OCC cookies, I’ll have to try this recipe.
Cookies are a good way to begin the week here after a holiday weekend, and this is a good one to tuck into the lunchbox too :)
Yum! I love oatmeal chocolate chip cookies but haven’t made them in ages. Yours look terrific.
I can’t remember if I’ve ever told you this, but I love your blog design! The vertical yellow stripes make me feel serene and happy :)
Those look de-lish and just the kind of cookie I love!
Oatmeal cookies are my absolute fav any time of of year. Yours look delish.
My mom makes these all the time and they just remind me of home! I’ll have to compare recipes!
What’s not to like about these cookies? Well, they certainly go well with baseball and kids and Mom’s like them too, right? Thanks for sharing. They look delicious.
AmyRuth
Gorgeous cookies and congrats to the winner!
These cookies look amazing and would go perfectly with my coffee this morning. Your photos are stellar as well on your blog. I am having a great time looking at all your recipes!
i love oatmeal cookies and yours look great!
these were a favorite of mine when I was growing up! :-) Good memories…
These really look tasty
My newly-pregnant-not-wanting-to-eat-anything self just saw the picture of those cookies and audibly sighed. Oh how I could use those right now.
I have been looking for an oatmeal chocolate chip recipe all week. I just made these…GREAT! I’ve eaten 4 already…and as a pregnant woman I am sure the whole batch will be gone by tonight :) Thanks
i made these cookies the other night, and they were nothing short of amazing. my roommate said these were the best, chewiest cookies she’d ever tasted.
THANK YOU FOR MAKING ME LOOK GOOD!
love this recipe. going to share it with everyone on mine as well!
love your blog!
I was looking for a soft oatmeal chocolate chip cookie to make and I sure found 1, I made these night before last and again tonight, Only thing I changed was useing semi sweet choc chunks instead of the chips ( we are chocolate freaks) and these made them go really fast!
Thanks for a great cookie that I can share with my daughter and grandkids for years to come
These are amazing and remind me of the ones my Grandma used to make!
the best oatmeal cookie i’ve ever made! crispy edges & soft chewy center! they were delicious and i could eat them all right now.
Wonderful cookies. I cut up a good chocolate bar into chunks and used old fashioned oatmeal (not quick). I want to share the recipe and keep it secret at the same time…
Hi, I just made these cookies and realized they were missing something! Cinnamon!!
I just made these cookies and they are delicous!
I made the cookies and they turned out great,
thanks for sharing your recipe.
I usually eat less sweet that is why probably felt it is on the sweeter side, next time will cut down on the 1/4 sugar.
thanks again.
My kids and I just made these this morning, and they turned out GREAT!!! Big hit! I saved this to my FAVORITES. Thank you!!
I searched Oatmeal Chocolate Chip cookies and came across the recipe you have listed.
I made them last night and they turned out perfectly. Next time I will double or triple the recipe.
Thank you for sharing.
Made these and they were great. They are thick and stayed chewy. I even froze some and they were great after I took them out of the freezer.
Hi! These cookies are in the oven right now and seem to be baking up beautifully! I can’t wait to try them and them share them for Christmas!
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hi, these look great and i would like to make them tonite! how many does it make?
Made these last night. Texture was great, very moist, But, the taste of the dough was very bland. I made half with chocolate chip, half with chocolate chip and butterscotch chip. The ones with butterscotch went over really well, but the ones just as the recipe calls for were too bland. Today, I am going to add some flava in this next batch. lol
These are really wonderful. I added raisins, left out the nuts. Yum. Thank you so much!!!
Thank you for this. It was the exact one I was looking for and had everything at home already. I used some dark chocolate chunks and gah…. delish!
My husband really enjoyed these but he agreed with Sue that flavor was a little bland. I decided that next time I am going to add a 1/2 cup of toasted coconut and 1 tsp of cinnamon to enhance the flavor of the oatmeal cookie. I’ll let you how the additions go next weekend when I try it. :o)
Terrific recipe! I just made these, with some dried cherries for added kick, and they’re great. (I was a *bit* short on oats, and only realized at the last moment, but it didn’t seem to hurt.) Thanks!!
Made your cookies today. They taste wonderful but for some reason mine ran. Will try them again.Still going to bake through your receipes. Thanks
Thank you for this recipe! I made these the other day with a couple of differences. I love oatmeal & raisin so substituted the choc, and melted the butter. They were the best homemade oaty cookies me and my family had ever tried, and they retained that fabulous slightly soft yet firm texture for several days! Mmm, real cookies. (I used all my willpower not to gobble them up in one day.) So, thank you!!
Amazing, amazing, amazing!!!
That is all I have to say.
I made them this morning, very easy and very very good.
Thanks!
Absolutely wonderful, my 3yr old an di made them together and there the best oatmeal choc.chip cookie I’ve come across.
Thanks for the great recipe! I flattened my batter out a bit more and these came out perfectly chewy like Potbelly’s! Would just use a sprinkle of salt rather than 1/2 tsp. next time.
Making these right now… yum!
How many cookies/dozen does this recipe yield?
I just made these cookies. They are SOOOOOO yummy!! :) Very buttery though…
Great recipe!