World’s Best Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies
I don’t often cook, in fact I only really know how to make about a dozen things. That’s ok though since the foods I do make are top notch. At the apex of my culinary treasures are my oatmeal chocolate chip cookies, they’re delicious, they’re soft, they’re chewy. In short, they are the best cookies in the world. If I were a shrewder man I’d keep the recipe to myself, open up a shop in the mall and put Mrs. Fields out of business. I’m not going to do that though; I don’t like malls, customer interaction or applying for loans. Plus, I’m a bit of a commie and I feel my cookies will better serve the people if I offer up the recipe for all to share.
Before we begin I’ll let you have a look at the finished product. Keep in mind; these are the best tasting cookies in the world not necessarily the prettiest.
First, you’ll want to acquire the supplies below:
Ingredients:
1 cup (2 sticks) butter
1 cup brown sugar
1 cup white sugar
2 eggs
1 tsp vanilla
1.5 cups white flour
1 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp salt
3 cups oatmeal
1.5-2 cups chocolate chips
Tools:
Mixing bowl
Spoon (Wooden)
1 cup
1/2 cup
1 teaspoon
an oven
a cookie sheet
Ready? Then lets begin my illustrated guide to making some cookies that will blow your mind.
Set oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit
Mix sugars and butter together. You want the butter to be soft. I usually take it out of the fridge a few hours before I start making my cookies. You can microwave the butter but it just doesn’t work out as well.
1 cup (2 sticks) butter
1 cup brown sugar
1 cup white sugar
Add eggs + vanilla, mix.
2 eggs
1 tsp vanilla
Mix in Flour, Salt and Baking Soda
1.5 cups white flour
1 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp salt
Mix in the oatmeal
3 cups oatmeal
Stir in some semi-sweet chocolate chips I recommend between 1.5 – 2 cups. Mini chocolate chips work well too.
The finished dough won’t look like your typical non-oatmeal dough since there’s less flour in it. That’s fine and expected. It should look like the picture below.
I recommend 3 sheets of 12 cookies each, cooked one sheet at a time.
Depending on your oven and cookie size each batch should take about 10-15 minutes. I average about 12 minutes per cookie sheet.
Here’s the most important part of this recipe and where I usually lose people. You have to take them out before they look totally done. People who haven’t tried my cookies fight me on this, but trust me, you absolutely need to take them out earlier than you would expect. Judging exactly when is a skill but I’d recommend taking them out when you feel they could use another 3-4 minutes.
This is what they should look like when you remove them from the oven. Let them sit on the pan for 3-5 minutes and then place them on a flat surface. They will firm up, they will be delicious. This batch turned into the finished product in the top picture. If you take them out when they look done they will not be the best cookies in the world.
That’s all there is too it. A little time, a little faith and a big glass of milk later and you’ll be thanking me.
You’re welcome.
If you liked these, which you do, you should try out my chocolate covered peanut butter balls.
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You are right, this is the world’s best oatmeal chocolate chip cookies! I used this recipe to use up my large container of oatmeal and boy they are good. Thank you for sharing this recipe and love the photos. I’ll be trying your chocolate covered peanut butter balls next.
Made these tonight with chopped walnuts. One word says it all ~ Awesome!!!
They are pretty!…This is just what I want them to look like!…Will be baking them next week…Will let you know!…
…this is the 2nd time i have made these BOMBDIGGITY cookies!!!…they are gooey and chocolatey and delish!!!!….i have them in my favorites…thank you!…oh,added some walnut pcs,too……made with love on September 29,2014 @ 17:45…..yay!
Hey Brenda,
I’m glad you like them. Walnuts are definitely an option. I don’t like nuts and I mainly posted my recipe so I could make them when I didn’t have my written recipe around. But whatever makes it great for you is what it should be. This was originally my cousin’s recipe that I changed over the years. Whatever it takes to make the perfect cookie.
Just wanted to chime in again to let you know that I modified the recipe by substituting one cup of oatmeal with one cup of grape nuts. You get a nutty taste and texture without real nuts. People can’t get enough of these goodness cookies and now I’m baking them for the troops because they deserved nothing but the world’s best. Thank you!
Thanks for the tip, Jenny! I have a sister who loves Grapenuts, I’ll give it a try.