Chewy oatmeal chocolate chip cookies

How to make the best chewy oatmeal chocolate chip cookies recipe ever. Find all the goodness of rolled oats in these chewy chocolate chip cookies. A basic recipe prepared with light brown sugar, butter, flour, egg, baking soda in which you can add raisins, nuts, spices and more.

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Chewy oatmeal chocolate chip cookies

These chewy oatmeal chocolate chip cookies are just as delicious as the classic chewy chocolate chip cookie recipe. It has everything we love about soft cookies with a crispy texture on top. With the delicious flavor of oats and chocolate chips added, this is a great recipe to try.

With 4 kids at home plus my husband who love cookies, I often make lots of cookie recipes. And oatmeal isn't just for healthy recipes, you can really make something delicious and tasty out of it. And although even my kids are not very crazy about old-fashioned oats, they have eaten all my oatmeal cookies.

Why you'll love these oatmeal cookies ?

This is my basic oatmeal cookie recipe, it is really perfect and very easy to make. The cookies are as soft as the classic chocolate chip cookies recipes and keep a nice moist texture unlike crispy and too dry cookies. You can also change it as you like and make several versions, like adding raisins, removing the chocolate chips, add some nuts, spices…

Like me, you are a big fan of old-fashioned oats and so you use it in all your homemade recipes? There are so many recipes that can be made with oatmeal, and I actually have a few that I really like. Like my homemade granola or the banana oatmeal muffins.

And you are right to overuse them because these little grains are naturally rich in fiber and they also help the digestive system. That's why this cookie recipe is really perfect for your small snacks of the day or for breakfast.

For the healthy way recipe, you can always try this recipe from the blog healthy oatmeal chocolate chip cookies recipe.

What you'll need to make this chocolate chip oatmeal cookies

Always the same ingredients to make great cookies! Pay close attention to the quantities and my instructions so that you don't end up with big, dry, flavorless cookies. Ingredients are always at room temperature, which is key to the success of the cookies recipes and to have a very homogeneous dough.

• Butter: Use unsalted butter instead of salted butter so you can have control over how much salt to add. Replace it with an oil nut puree to make a vegan version like almond butter, peanut butter or coconut oil. Pay attention to the texture of the butter, it should not be melted but softened at room temperature.
• White sugar and brown sugar: I quite often use a mixture of brown and white granulated sugar to flavor cookies. Here it's light brown sugar, but you can use dark brown sugar instead or a whole sugar like muscovado.
• Vanilla extract: Use a liquid or powdered vanilla extract.
• Egg: at room in temperature, for cookies without eggs you can see my recipe of vegan cookies.
• Flour: all purpose flour, measure with an electronic scale rather than measuring cup to avoid putting too much flour.
• Oatmeal: Take rolled oats, also called old fashioned oats instead of quick oats and preferably the organic one.
• Baking soda: For soft and chewy oatmeal cookies, you can also replace it by baking powder.
• Salt: I use sea salt which brings out all the flavors, especially that of the chocolate.
• Chocolate chips: Make them at home - you only need baking chocolate to make semi-sweet chocolate chips. Use milk chocolate chips instead or simply cut out pieces of baking chocolate to make chunks.

Tip: Add raisins, or add dried cranberries, cinnamon ground, some toasted walnuts or nuts to your cookies for extra crunch.

How to make Chewy oatmeal chocolate chip cookies

Make the cookies dough

1. Start by placing the softened unsalted butter, cut into pieces, in a large bowl with the 2 sugars, the light brown sugar and the granulated sugar.
2. Then mix with an electric mixer or with your stand mixer for about 2-3 minutes, until you have a smooth mixture.
3. Then add the liquid vanilla extract and the egg at room temperature and beat again at medium speed for a good minute to incorporate it well with the other ingredients.

Tip: Use softened, not melted butter. Remember to take it out of the fridge about 30 minutes before you start this cookie recipe. Or warm it slightly in a microwave on low power.

Mix in the dry ingredients

1. Add the dry ingredients, rolled oats, flour, baking powder (or baking soda) and sea salt.
2. And mix this time gently with a wooden spoon or a soft spatula and mix just enough to incorporate them.
3. Finish by adding the chocolate chips and mix again until you get a very homogeneous cookie dough with a slightly sticky texture but not too much (if your dough seems too sticky, then add a little flour or let your dough rest in the fridge for a while, it will be easier to handle)

Tip: Be careful not to overmix after adding the dry ingredients to keep the texture light and keep it soft.

How to shape oatmeal cookie dough balls

1. Using a cookie scoop or your hands, form dough balls of regular size and place them on a prepared baking sheet covered with parchment paper.
2. Place a few chocolate chips on top of the cookie dough balls.

Tip: Place the baking sheets with cookies dough balls in the fridge while you preheat the oven, to get more thick and chewy cookies. Use a sheet of baking paper instead of silicone baking mats for baking.

Baking the oatmeal chocolate chip cookies

• Preheat oven to 350°F / 180°C.
• Bake the oatmeal cookies for about 12 to 14 minutes depending on the diameter until they are lightly browned.
• Allow cookies to cool slightly before moving them from the cookie sheet and allowing them to cool completely on a wire rack.

Tip: Be careful not to overbake the oatmeal cookies, or they will be too dry. The cookies should still be a little soft to the touch at the end of baking. After cooling completely they will harden and keep a soft center.

How to store oatmeal chocolate chip cookies

At room temperature

Allow baked cookies to cool slightly before moving them from the cookie sheet and allowing them to cool completely on a wire rack. Store cookies at room temperature for 1 week in an airtight container. They will keep their crispness and chewiness. You can always warm them up slightly in the microwave to give them a chewy texture.

In the freezer

You can keep them for a very long time in the freezer up to 3 months placed in conservation bags or in a conservation box with lid.

Freezing cookie dough balls

You may not know this great trick of freezing cookies before baking! Yes, it is possible to freeze cookies before baking. And with this method of freezing oatmeal cookies before baking, they will keep their flavor and freshness even more. So think about making a bigger batch and freezing them right after shaping them into a ball so you always have some cookies on hand.

Simply roll them into a ball, place them on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper and place them in the freezer for a few minutes. The balls will firm up and then you just have to put them in a plastic bag or a storage box. When you have a craving for cookies, simply take the frozen dough ball out and let them come to room temperature on a lined baking sheet before baking them in a preheated oven.

Pro tips to make oatmeal cookies

• Ingredients must be at the same temperature, use softened, not melted butter and eggs at room temperature.
• Use an electric mixer or your stand mixer to make this recipe
• Cream the butter and sugar for at least 2 minutes.
• Gently fold in the flour mixture with a flat spatula or wooden spoon.
• Form dough into balls with a cookie scoop if possible.
• Chill dough in the refrigerator if you have time, they will be better.

More chocolate chip cookies recipes

• Peanut butter chocolate chip cookies
• Salted caramel chocolate chip cookies
• Edible cookie dough recipe
• S'more cookies with chocolate chips
• Vegan chocolate chip cookies

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