A customized print-friendly version of this recipe is available by clicking the "Print Recipe" button on this page.
Chocolate Chip Oatmeal Cookies
These cookies, our 2015 Recipe of the Year, are soft and chewy, packed with chips, and go beyond the standard chocolate chip cookie with the addition of nutty tasting oats. They're a specialty of our Bake Truck, which travels the country serving these as part of our Bake for Good fundraising program.
Our thanks to the Cookies for Kids' Cancer non-profit, the originator of this recipe.
Baking gluten-free? For great results, substitute King Arthur Gluten-Free Measure for Measure Flour for the all-purpose flour in this recipe; no other changes needed. Or enjoy our recipe for Gluten-Free Chocolate Chip Oatmeal Cookies.
Ingredients
- 1 cup (16 tablespoons) unsalted butter, at room temperature
- 1 cup light brown sugar, packed
- 1/2 cup granulated sugar
- 1 large egg, at room temperature
- 1 large egg yolk, at room temperature
- 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
- 2 cups King Arthur Unbleached All-Purpose Flour or Gluten-Free Measure for Measure Flour
- 1 cup quick-cooking or old-fashioned oats
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon kosher salt or 3/4 teaspoon regular table salt
- 3 cups semisweet chocolate chips
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 325°F. Line several cookie sheets with parchment paper, or lightly grease with non-stick vegetable oil spray.
- Beat together the butter and sugars until smooth.
- Beat in the egg, egg yolk, and vanilla.
- Whisk together the flour, oats, baking powder, baking soda, and salt, and add to the butter mixture in the bowl.
- Mix until everything is thoroughly incorporated. Scrape the bottom and sides of the bowl, and mix briefly.
- Stir in the chocolate chips.
- Decide what size cookies you want to make. A muffin scoop (1/4 cup) will make 20 large, palm-sized cookies. A tablespoon cookie scoop (4 teaspoons) will make 50 medium (2 3/4" to 3") cookies; and a teaspoon cookie scoop (2 teaspoons) will make 100 small (2 1/2") cookies.
- Scoop the dough onto the prepared baking sheets, leaving about 1 1/2" to 2" between cookies.
- Bake the cookies for 12 to 17 minutes, until they're a light golden brown, with slightly darker edges. Their middles may still look a tiny bit shiny; that's OK, they'll continue to bake as they cool on the pan.
- Remove the cookies from the oven, and as soon as they're set enough to handle, transfer them to racks to cool.
- Yield: 20 to 100 cookies, depending on size.
Nutrition Information
- Serving Size 1 cookie (30g)
- Servings Per Batch about 50
Amount Per Serving:
- Calories 130
- Calories from Fat 60
- Total Fat 7g
- Saturated Fat 4g
- Trans Fat 0g
- Cholesterol 15mg
- Sodium 75mg
- Total Carbohydrate 18g
- Dietary Fiber 1g
- Sugars 11g
- Protein 2g
* The nutrition information provided for this recipe is determined by the ESHA Genesis R&D software program. Substituting any ingredients may change the posted nutrition information.
Tips from our bakers
- Feel free to substitute a 1-pound bag of chocolate chips for the 18 ounces (3 cups) called for.
- Our Gluten-Free Measure for Measure Flour makes it easy to make many of your favorite traditional recipes (like this one) gluten-free. Simply substitute Measure for Measure flour 1:1 for the flour called for in your recipe; no additional ingredients or other changes needed.
- These cookies make wonderful ice cream sandwiches. Sandwich two cookies around a scoop of softened ice cream — we especially like Ben & Jerry's (Phish Food!).
Recommended For You
Reviews
Best oatmeal chocolate chip cookie ever. I accidentally over processed the butter and sugars (used food processor) until they were sort of syrupy, and this resulted in a fabulous toffee like flavor with a crunch! Used 1-1 Gluten Free flour. NOTE: if you use a processor take care not to over process oats and chips, add last and pulse just to blend. Delicious. I refrigerated the bowl of dough for an hour before baking. Will add this to family favorites!
Definitely a keeper! I used 2 cups of mini semi sweet chocolate chips (one 12 oz bag, it was all I had) and I felt that was a good amount of chocolate. I used a medium cookie scoop (1.5 tbsp) and it made about three dozen 2.5-inch cookies. They were pretty soft right when they came out of the oven, but firmed up on the cooling rack. My only complaint is they're not quite oaty enough for my taste, so I'll play with the oats/flour ratio next time.
These cookies turned out beautifully and oh so delicious! I followed the recipe exactly and used the parchment paper. The cookies slid off the parchment easily and are just beautiful! This will be my go to recipe for oatmeal chocolate chip cookies!
The. Best. Cookie. Period.
Made these today and they are wonderful. Highly recommend!
Wow are these good. Didn't change a thing, except it's cold in my old house so had to warm the butter a little. They are so good I'm going to make more tomorrow. Yesterday I made your pizza crust recipe and that was so delicious and perfect everyone complimented me on it. 5 stars (my phone won't input the star rating for some reason
Just made these. SOOOOOOO, GOOOOOD!!!!!. Only had 2 cups of semi-sweet chips, added 1 cup of 60% bittersweet chips. YUM. They spread a lot so make sure to space them out. Thanks as always for great recipes.
just made these, SOOOOOOO GOOOOOOD!!!! Only had 2 cups of semi-sweet chips, so added 1 cup of 60% bittersweet chips. Didn't space far enough apart on first tray, they spread a lot. Next tray was perfect. Thanks as always for great recipes.
This is hands-down the best oatmeal cookie I have ever made. I did however replace half a cup of flour with half a cup of oats. So I had one and a half cups of each. I get tons of compliments on these
These are so delicious! They are a teensy bit chewy in the middle, but I was hoping they would be a bit chewier. Is there something I may have done wrong with the baking time? I left them in for 12 minutes and they were a bit dry and crunchy. (Still fabulous flavor though!) Just the right amount of salt. Yum. Thank you!
