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
How to Make Chewy Oatmeal CookiesI 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, do not overmix. Overmixing 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!
- The original Quaker Oats recipe called for a cup of raisins, so if you’re a fan of oatmeal raisin cookies, mix those in last. You can also add chocolate chips.
More Oatmeal Desserts You’ll Love:
Most of my oatmeal desserts are a 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
- 14 tablespoons butter, at room temperature
- 3/4 cup packed brown sugar
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 2 eggs
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 11/2 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.
- Bake for 10-12 minutes or until slightly browned.
- Cool a few minutes before removing to a cooling rack.
- Cool completely. Store tightly covered.
Nutrition Information:
Yield:
24Serving Size:
2 cookiesAmount Per Serving: Calories: 229Total Fat: 8gSaturated Fat: 5gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 3gCholesterol: 33mgSodium: 137mgCarbohydrates: 35gFiber: 1gSugar: 10gProtein: 4g
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35 Comments on “Classic Oatmeal Cookies”
Slumber party or sweet treat on the fly these wouldn’t last long!
These cookies look absolutely perfect in texture, I would love a couple with my tea.
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!!
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.
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?
A soft and chewy homemade oatmeal cookie will always have a special place in my heart. Your look wonderful!
These will forever remind me of my grandmother’s cookie jar.
Oh yum! Those look amazing, I’ll take a stack!
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!
Chewy oatmeal cookies are the best!
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!
I do enjoy a good oatmeal cookie – but I feel that finding a good one is sometimes difficult. These looks lovely, though!
You just made my husband very happy!