These Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies are chewy on the inside while crunchy on the outer edges...just the right amount of sweetness to curb any sweet tooth with chunks of chocolate chips, of course!
1 ½cupsrolled oatsold-fashioned, quick-cooking rolled oats used here
¼teaspoonsalt
½teaspoonbaking soda
½teaspoonbaking powder
½cupsalted buttersoftened
½cuppacked light brown sugar
½cupgranulated sugar
2large eggs
1teaspoonvanilla extract
½cupmini chocolate chips
½cupsemi-sweet chocolate chips
Instructions
Preheat the oven to 350°F. Line two cookie sheets with parchment paper and set aside.
In a mixing bowl or the bowl of a standing mixer, beat together butter, brown sugar, and granulated sugar until creamy.
Add the eggs and vanilla extract into butter/sugar mixture and beat until mixture is fluffy.
In a separate bowl, combine the flour, rolled oats, salt, baking soda, and baking powder.
Add the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients and beat until mixed completely.
Fold or beat in the chocolate chips.
Cover the bowl with plastic wrap and refrigerate for at least 30 minutes.
Scoop chilled cookie dough with a medium cookie scoop, spacing the balls 1 ½” apart on prepared cookie sheets.
Press the dough down just slightly on the top. The cookies will not spread or change shape too much during cooking, but pressing them down a bit will help them cook evenly and form a nice shape.
Bake for about 10 minutes until cookies are set in the center.
Cool for 2-3 minutes on cookie sheet and then remove to a cooling rack to cool.
Serve warm or cool.
Storage: Store in an airtight container for 2-3 days or freeze for up to 3 months.
Notes
These are soft and a bit chewy in the middle, but also pretty thick and solid from the oatmeal. You could add additional chocolate or swap out different types of chocolate chips.
Lovely dough base for a variety of oatmeal cookie flavors - you could add raisins or cranberries, white chocolate chips, walnuts, etc.
Chilling the dough helps the cookies hold their shape while baking.
Use room temperature butter and eggs to help ingredients incorporate together.