Chewy Oatmeal Toffee Cookies
Homemade cookies always fly off the table at any gathering. But adding toffee made these Chewy Oatmeal Toffee Cookies impossible to resist!
These White Chocolate Chip Oatmeal Cookies also have a touch of coconut to add to their deliciousness!!
Why You Must Make
I love baking for a gathering. It gives me a chance to make treats that my family might snub. Oatmeal, coconut, and toffee. Not always popular with my crew. Only me.
So I baked up a batch of this Oatmeal Cookies Recipe to take to my sister’s house in Colorado. Us Weber girls stick together when it comes to sweets. I knew Maddy would help me eat them. And love them every bit as much as I do!
- Cookies freeze beautifully, so you can have a stash for a quick snack or dessert.
- If you love toffee, this is a yummy way to get your fix.
- There’s something about oatmeal cookies, so comforting!
- Swap out the add-ins for your favorites. If you aren’t a fan of white chocolate, add some bittersweet chocolate, etc.
The Best Oatmeal Cookies
We’re now in the midst of winter, and I’m pining for the sultry dog days of summer. One of the best ways to keep warm during the winter doldrums is to turn on the oven and bake something yummy! These easy oatmeal cookies are perfect for lunch boxes, after-school snacks, and any occasion where you need to bring a dessert. Plus, cookies are the perfect, portable treat when traveling. I’ve carried a cake in a metal baking dish through TSA at our airport, but putting cookies in my suitcase was much less trying on my arm muscles!
Oatmeal Cookie Recipes are one of my biggest weaknesses. I have to promise not to start taste-testing the dough or I’ll eat more than I care to admit! I was on good behavior with this latest batch, even though I loaded them with my favorite add-ins, toffee, white chocolate, and coconut!!! But feel free to use dark chocolate instead of white chocolate, skip the toffee and add a second type of chocolate chip or totally omit the coconut. They’ll still taste delicious!! How to make the best oatmeal cookies is in your hands!!
Expert Tips
Many of these cookie-making tips are universal for all cookie baking, but worth repeating if you’re a novice baker.
- PRO-Tip: Have your eggs and butter at room temperature unless otherwise specified. This helps for easy incorporation into the dough.
- Line your baking sheets with parchment paper for easy cleanup. Silpats are a nice alternative, but you do need to wash them after use.
- PRO-Tip: Do not overmix the dough. I tend to make most cookie dough by hand, using a wooden spoon to mix instead of a mixer. This limits the development of gluten and minimizes air being added to the dough, making more tender and chewy cookies respectively.
- Use a cookie disher to scoop out even-sized dough balls to bake.
- With cookie dough filled with add-ins, it’s hard to form perfectly round dough balls. So one of my tricks is to tap the hot, fresh-out-of-the-oven cookies, into rounder shapes using my spatula.
- Let your cookies cool for a few minutes on the baking sheet, then remove to a wire rack to finish cooling.
- Let the baking sheet cool before reusing. You do not want the dough to start melting before it gets into the oven.
- If you notice your cookies seem flat, consider chilling the dough for an hour, then scooping out another batch.
Frequently Asked Questions
In this recipe, you can use either. But follow the recommendation for what kind of oats to use in the recipe you’re making. They are not always interchangeable.
There are a few things you can do to prevent hard, dry cookies. First, measure your ingredients properly so you don’t use too much flour. Spoon the flour into the measuring cup, then use an offset spatula to sweep the excess off the top.
Don’t substitute another fat, like using shortening instead of butter. Also, do not overmix or the gluten will be over-activated. Use a wooden spoon when mixing in the flour. And finally, do not overbake. The center of the cookies can look slightly underdone since they’ll continue cooking as they cool on the hot cookie sheet.
Finally, use a cookie disher so that all your cookies are the same size. This way they’ll all be done at the same time.
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If you love toffee as much as I do, these Chewy Oatmeal Toffee Cookies are certain to become a favorite indulgence. Here are some more recipes for toffee lovers!
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Oatmeal Toffee Cookies
Oatmeal cookies with the surprise addition of toffee, white chocolate and coconut.
Ingredients
- 1 cup of butter, at room temperature
- 1/2 cup brown sugar
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 1 egg
- 2 teaspoons vanilla
- 1 cups flour
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 cup quick oats or old fashioned oatmeal
- 1/2 cup coconut
- 5.6 ounces toffee bars, chopped (four 1.4 ounce Heath bars)
- 8 ounces white chocolate, cut into chunks
Instructions
- Heat oven to 375°F. Line baking sheets with parchment.
- In a large bowl, beat butter and sugars on medium speed of an electric mixer until creamy.
- Add egg and vanilla, and mix until incorporated. Add flour, baking soda, and salt and mix just until combined.
- Mix in oats and coconut with a wooden spoon. Carefully stir in Heath bar chunks and white chocolate.
- Use a cookie disher or spoon to scoop out rounded tablespoonfuls onto prepared cookie sheets.
- Bake for 10 to 12 minutes or until light golden brown.
- Cool on cookie sheets for a few minutes, then remove to wire rack to finish cooling.
Notes
Adapted from The Cafe Sucre Farine
Nutrition Information:
Yield:
36Serving Size:
1 cookieAmount Per Serving: Calories: 157Total Fat: 9gSaturated Fat: 6gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 3gCholesterol: 25mgSodium: 128mgCarbohydrates: 17gFiber: 1gSugar: 12gProtein: 1g
43 Comments on “Chewy Oatmeal Toffee Cookies”
Liz these sound amazing and with coconut too. Omg these would be sinful in my home. I need to make these.
You had me at toffee. What a satisfying cookie, definitely worth the splurge. Wish I could share some of my sunshine with you.
We just got back from hot, sultry weather down under, so we’re just fine will cool weather. These cookies will help us adjust. 🙂 Thanks!
Here goes another 5 pounds after eating these! These look delicious, Liz! I love Heath bars and there’s everything to love about these cookies. Pass the plate, please!
I’m not a big candy bar girl, but I do love Heath bars! And I love them even more in a cookie! 🙂 ~Valentina
These were so yummy!
These were absolutely over the top fantastic! i don’t know what your family was thinking but I would gladly help you and your sister eat them. 🙂
We love baking cookies and these were so delicious! The whole family gobbled them down!
Yikes does this look good~! I want these. Thank you so much~!!
Why do I have to always look at 30 posts about the way something LOOKS when I want to know about the outcome of actually making it? Wastes my time. This happens on almost every site.
I can’t control the comments, but these are fabulous cookies!
You have no idea how much I LOVE Heath bars! I’d be all over these!
These sound so delicious. I love oatmeal cookies (I’m not that in to other ones) and toffee in there too sounds great!
I agree, these remaining days of summer need to be fully appreciated and enjoyed (you and I both know what happens when November hits Indiana and it doesn’t get better until deep in April). The guys here are going to love you for posting these cookies, they absolutely love all those ingredients and will be begging for more from the looks of them.
Oh my gosh, my mouth is watering. These look wonderful!
That bowlful is mine right? Yup, I just need a nice cold glass of milk and I will be a happy girl!
Lizzy,
Your treats will always be devoured. I can’t believe your family would snub these delicious cookies. It’s been pretty hot this summer but I try not to complain too much since we had such a cold winter.
Annamaria
This is a cookie heaven! Love them Liz!
These cookies are so tempting. would love some right now alongside my morning coffee:)
Yum! Oatmeal, coconut, and toffee sounds like a winning combination to me! I love to take a few off your hands if your family doesn’t want them, Liz!
Anything with toffee in it makes me happy. Add oatmeal and I’m just purring!
Ooh Heath bars… love that you’ve added them to an oatmeal cookie! They look addicting.
Oats, toffee & chocolate?! Oh yaaaassssss! Liz, these look perfect – I love how craggy the surfaces of the cookies are. Pinning so that I can bake these asap.
Heyya..I love toffee… I think I just drooled enough to be embarrassing. I feel like summer is already coming to an end, and that is so not okay with me. I’m glad you were able to make these cookies and share them with people who would appreciate them, I was truly wondering what I was going to do with them.Oatmeal cookies are a favorite of mine and I really like the idea of putting toffee in them….. 🙂
Liz, these cookies are perfection and I totally want these at my next (and last) summer party. . I too am going to kick back and fully enjoy the last weeks of the summer and these cookies will make it that much better!
We’re two peas in a pod when it comes to cookies Liz. These look amazing and I’ll gladly take extra toffee in lieu of chocolate any day!
Not too bad 😉 More for you 😀
Oatmeal cookies are a favorite of mine and I really like the idea of putting toffee in them! So yummy!
Believe I’ve told you before but I’ll repeat myself: Liz Berg cookies are always a guaranteed hit. And I’ve got toffee bits in the pantry. I was truly wondering what I was going to do with them. Thanks to you, now I know! P.s. Glad you had a nice visit with your sisters in Colorado =)
Yes please, you can never go wrong (or have too many) oatmeal toffee cookies!
You know Liz, for a skinny chick you sure can bake!!!
That sounds like the best pool party ever! And I think your cookies sound wonderful just as they are.
One of my favorite cookie combinations!
You had me at oatmeal!
I know, I feel like summer is already coming to an end, and that is so not okay with me. I’m glad you were able to make these cookies and share them with people who would appreciate them!
Your cookies look perfect!
Wow! I can’t wait to try these. I am a cookie fiend. Thanks for sharing.
I’ll be hanging at the cookie tray with you and Maddy! Can’t resist toffee!
I always make a dessert that I love but Mr. J does not for potlucks. Then I proceed to eat way too many 🙂 These cookies look great. Your family is a fool sometimes with your delicious desserts.
I have a weakness for oatmeal cookies – but do NOT like raisins in them. Toffee… I love toffee… I think I just drooled enough to be embarrassing.
They look crunchy yet chewy and delicious!
Oats + toffee = total yumminess!
Your cookies look great Liz! Lovin’ those German Chocolate Brownies in the ‘you might also likes’ to:@)