Oats give cookies such a nice, substantial texture. We have a recipe for Peanut Butter Oatmeal Cookies, Oatmeal Coconut Cookies, as well as these yummy oatmeal chocolate chip cookies!
Oats in Cookies!
We love adding oats to our cookies. An Oatmeal Cookie Recipe adds that perfect chewiness and texture (sometimes I prefer an oatmeal chocolate chip cookie over a regular Chocolate Chip Cookie.) Here is why you should make them:
Flavor. The oats and brown sugar in this chocolate chip cookie recipe give it that distinct chewy taste. Easy. This oatmeal chocolate chip cookie recipe is quick and simple and packed with flavor (a definite go-to Easy Cookie Recipe). A favorite. I love the smell of freshly baked cookies that fills the house.
Ingredients
unsalted butter – use softened butter brown sugar – You can use light or dark brown sugar. granulated sugar large eggs vanilla extract all purpose flour – Scooping flour directly with a measuring cup can add too much flour to the recipe instead, use a spoon to add flour to the measuring cup and level off the top. baking soda salt quick cooking oats – Use quick cooking oats for the best texture. Or use old-fashioned oats and pulse them a couple of times in a food processor to make them smaller. Do not over-pulse. Do not use steel-cut oats or 1-minute oats. Walnuts- or use chopped peanuts, pecans semi sweet chocolate chips – butterscotch chips, peanut butter chips, cinnamon chips, dark chocolate chips, chocolate chunks, caramel bits, milk chocolate chips, white chocolate chips. Or replace chocolate chips with raisins.
How to Make Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies
Storing Info
STORE. Store cooled cookies in an airtight container with a piece of bread to keep them soft and chewy. FREEZE. Flash freeze soft oatmeal chocolate chip cookies by placing the scooped dough onto a baking sheet and placing them in the freezer. Once frozen put the dough balls in a freezer-safe container. Freeze for up to 3 months.
Mixing dough. Mixing the dry ingredients in a separate bowl ensures ingredients are mixed well without overmixing. Use a stand mixer with a paddle attachment or hand-held electric mixer. Chilling. Chilling the dough is not necessary but will help yield a thicker cookie with a nicely browned outside and soft center. Spreading cookies. If the baked cookies spread out too much the butter may have gotten too warm or the dough itself got too warm before baking.
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