Classic Oatmeal Cookies
Soft and chewy, these Classic Oatmeal Cookies are buttery and as tasty as your favorite bakery version. Perfect for a lunchbox treat, a tailgate sweet, or a sleepover indulgence!
Classic Oatmeal Cookies
We often trekked to North Dakota to visit my mom’s family in the summer. Packed in an un-airconditioned, radio-less station wagon, my three sisters and I did our best to entertain ourselves, though there was always some squabbling after our excitement waned. Upon our arrival, we’d make the rounds, stopping to see our grandparents, cousins, aunts and uncles. Once, my aunt Marsha had some freshly baked oatmeal cookies waiting for us when we dropped in for a visit.
Simple, chewy and delicious. My mom made sure to come home with the recipe. Since that time, I’ve had a weakness for both chewy oatmeal cookies and oatmeal cookie dough. I love including all sorts of add-ins like chocolate chips, dried fruit, nuts, and even toffee chunks. But sometimes a plain ol’ oatmeal cookie wins out.
How to Make Chewy Oatmeal Cookies
I don’t deny indulging in a box of crisp oatmeal cookies and loving every bite, but my heart is with a chewy oatmeal cookie. I have a few tips for ensuring a chewy, well shaped cookie to share with you.
- Once the baking soda is added, don not overmix. This will make a cakier cookie.
- I also make sure to under-bake instead of over-baking. Over-baking will make a firmer, crisper cookie.
- I’ve made these cookies a number of times and even rolling the dough into perfect balls doesn’t guarantee a round cookie.
- PRO-Tip – As soon as a pan of cookies comes out of the oven, carefully tap the edges of any misshapen cookies into shape using a spatula. Make sure to use a hot pad to hold the pan in place so you don’t burn yourself!
More Oatmeal Desserts You’ll Love:
Most of my oatmeal desserts are variety of cookies. From Loaded Cowboy Cookies to Oatmeal Cream Pies to Gingered Cranberry Oatmeal Cookies, I adore them all! Also worth noting from my blogger friends are these No-Bake Oatmeal Scotchies, Peanut Butter Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies, and this Old-fashioned Oatmeal Cake.
You Might Need:
Classic Oatmeal Cookies
Chewy oatmeal cookies adapted from Quaker Oats
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup plus 6 tablespoons butter, at room temperature
- 3/4 cup packed brown sugar
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 2 2ggs
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 1-1/2 cups flour
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 3 cups oatmeal (quick or old fashioned, uncooked)
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line baking sheets with parchment and set aside.
- In large bowl, mix the butter and sugar until creamy. Add eggs and vanilla and mix until combined.
- Add flour, baking soda, and salt and mix until combined. Add oats and stir until well combined.
- Scoop rounded tablespoonfuls of dough onto baking sheets.Cool a few minutes before removing to a cooling rack.
- Cool completely. Store tightly covered.
Crisp, yet chewy…these oatmeal cookies are perfect, Liz.
Oatmeal is one of my boys favorite cookies:@)
I wanna grab a piece of that too, dear! xoxo
As a child, my least favorite cookies were oatmeal but mostly because folks liked to put raisins in them. I would have loved your simple chewy oatmeal cookies, Liz!
Tough to beat these lovely oatmeal cookies!
There is nothing better than a classic oatmeal cookie, I love that these are chewy too.
I am constantly on the hunt for the perfect oatmeal cookie. My mom used to bring some home from work that were super buttery and not too oaty but I have never found any like it or been able to recreate them. I’ll have to check these out.
Yum, they look amazing, crinkly, crackly and chewy, just like I love them!
I love hearing of your warm-hearted family tales, Liz <3 And I'm a huge fan of soft oatmeal cookies plain or with add-ins!
I always struggle with oatmeal cookies – yours look so perfect!
I’ve not got a super sweet tooth but I do like oatmeal cookies and these look delicious.
What is it about oatmeal cookies that is so comforting? Just love them and this recipe looks like a winner! Maybe the secret to the chewy is to not over bake? Must try these.
I love oatmeal cookies too. These would be great with a cold glass of milk. They look delicious!!
Oatmeal cookies are a weakness of mine. All that texture in yours guarantees that they are chewy greatness!!
I do so love that these have no raisins- my favorite kind of oatmeal cookie! 🙂
I love oatmeal cookies too, and I’ve made them with all the add-ins you suggested. My grandmother used to make amazing oatmeal cookies and they’re the bar I measure myself against!
Those really look like perfect cookies. Every one the perfect crisp edges and the same size. They look better than most bakery oatmeal cookies!
What a nice story Liz! It makes this oatmeal cookies even more inviting, more worthy ! I just need two for my coffee righ now 😉 Have a lovely day !
I love oatmeal cookies and these look so nice and crisp. I would love to have 4-5 of these right away. Can’t wait to try them.
I love oatmeal cookies, these look fantastic Liz!
You just made my husband very happy!
I do enjoy a good oatmeal cookie – but I feel that finding a good one is sometimes difficult. These looks lovely, though!
aw I love that this is your aunt’s recipe! I can’t remember the last time I had just plain, classic oatmeal cookies and that is just WRONG-I seriously need to!
Chewy oatmeal cookies are the best!
I didn’t realize how badly I need an oatmeal cookie until I read your post. I need one now! And I don’t really have a favorite recipe, so I’m eager to try yours out. Thanks!
Oh yum! Those look amazing, I’ll take a stack!
These will forever remind me of my grandmother’s cookie jar.
A soft and chewy homemade oatmeal cookie will always have a special place in my heart. Your look wonderful!
Chewy cookies are our weakness. Might even want a couple of these for breakfast with a cuppa. After all it is a PJ party, right?
I’m with you on the plain and chewy oatmeal cookie. In fact I always just made them from the recipe off the back of the Quaker Oats container but it is not on the box anymore. What are they thinking??? I do have the original recipe in my files so it’s no emergency! But I think I’ll give this recipe a try. I was a Cook’s Illustrated fan and subscribed to their magazine. I lost interest when Christopher Kimball left.
Your timing is perfect, Liz! My stepdad love soft oatmeal cookies and I’m planning on making him a batch when they come to visit. Bookmarked this recipe – cookies look perfect!!
These cookies look absolutely perfect in texture, I would love a couple with my tea.
Slumber party or sweet treat on the fly these wouldn’t last long!