Hands down the BEST Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookie recipe out there! I guarantee soft, chewy, and flavorful cookies every time! 

Adding oatmeal to chocolate chip cookies is a fun way to add new dimension and texture to the traditional cookie. I’m also a huge fan of brown butter chocolate chip cookies! There are lots of ways you can add bold flavors to the traditional cookie recipe.

I’m sharing my tips and tricks for making the perfect oatmeal chocolate chip cookies.

But first, you need to go pull out some butter from your fridge so that by the time you’ve finished reading this, you’ll be ready to make these delicious oatmeal cookies!

How to make Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies

Like most cookie recipes, begin by whisking the dry ingredients together, (pictured above).

Then cream the butter and sugars together, (pictured below). For these oatmeal chocolate chip cookies I use more brown sugar than white sugar. I love the flavor brown sugar brings to a cookie! Using a higher ratio of brown sugar guarentees a softer, chewier, and moist cookie. The recipe calls for light brown sugar, however, you can use dark brown sugar so that the cookies have a richer molasses flavor to them.

Add the eggs, vanilla, and molasses and mix. (I talk about why I add molasses a few paragraphs down).

After the dry ingredients have been added to the wet ingredients mix in the Old-Fashioned Rolled Oats and chocolate chips. The dough will be sticky and thick.

Do you need to chill oatmeal chocolate chip cookie dough?

Because we use a cup of butter, we need to chill the cookie dough before baking. If you skip this step, your cookies will overspread! We don’t want that!

Chilling cookie dough will also help the flavor develop more so than if you don’t chill the dough.

After you scoop the cookie dough onto the baking sheets, make sure the dough is still partly chilled. If the dough has come to room temperature and appears to be sticky, place the cookie sheet with the cookie dough balls in the fridge to chill for 15-20 minutes or until they are slightly firm.

Tips to getting the PERFECT Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookie

• For the perfect oatmeal cookie, use Old-Fashioned rolled oats! Not quick oats. The thicker oats allows for a much chewier and all around better cookie. The quick oats are very thin and powdery, refrain from using those in this recipe.
• Don’t overbake your cookies. If you like SOFT cookies, you can pull the cookies out of the oven when they look slightly underbaked. I found that around 9 minutes they were done. To some 9 minutes may not be long enough. You judge the doneness based on your oven. (All ovens are different!)
• They’re done when the edges are lightly browned and the center still looks unset.
• Just remember, cookies will continue to set and bake while on the cookie sheet. After they’ve sat on the cookie sheet for 5 minutes, transfer the cookies to a wire rack to cool completely.

How to get more flavor

• Add a teaspoon of molasses. You’re welcome to add more, but I’ve found that 1 teaspoon does the trick for us! The addition of molasses adds a richer flavor to these oatmeal chocolate chip cookies.
• Cinnamon. I LOVE cinnamon in my oatmeal cookies! Don’t go overboard. But a few teaspoons of cinnamon elevate the flavor in this cookie ten fold! It’s amazing the difference it makes.

Oatmeal cookie variations

• If you love raisins, swap out the chocolate chips for 1 1/2 cup of raisins. You can adjust the amount of raisins according to your liking.
• Add chopped nuts! This is a perfect way to add some nice crunch and flavor to an already delicious cookie. Chopped pecans or walnuts would pair perfectly with this oatmeal cookie recipe.

If you like these Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies check out these:

• White Chocolate Cranberry Oatmeal Cookies
• Chocolate Peanut Butter No-Bake Cookies
• Chocolate Crinkle Cookies

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