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If there is one thing my mom can make, and make really good, it’s cookies. Today I have Mom’s Simple Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies for you… They are the Best Oatmeal Chocolate Cookies Around!
She makes them one hundred times better than I could ever make them. I am positive it is because of the love she puts into every single individual cookie. Cheesy? Yes, but it is true. She takes the time to hand place the chocolate chips just to make sure every cookie has an acceptable amount. And while she can burn a loaf of bread like nothing, she never burns her cookies. Ok well, almost never. This is my mom we are talking about.
I am pretty sure that all six of my siblings would agree that mom is the very best cookie maker. And yeah, I am aware of the fact that a lot of kids probably feel this way about their moms. I get it, mom’s food just always tastes better.
BUT these cookies ARE better. I have never seen an oatmeal cookie recipe like it.
I actually was not planning on talking about these cookies today, but ever since this post I have had a ton of requests for the recipe. So when I when I woke up to a good foot and half of snow yesterday morning (no seriously that is no exaggeration and now it is over two feet with another foot expected!), I knew it was a cookie baking kind of day.
I mean, I even had these really crazy milkshakes all ready to go for today, but cookies just seemed like a better idea. For one, they are warm and that right there just sounds way better to me right now.
In full disclosure this is not really mom’s recipe. Her high school friend Lora gave her the recipe a long while back and she has been making them for us since she was nineteen. <– Yup, my mom was one of those teenage moms, but I am happy to say that my parents beat the statics and have been together since my mom was fifteen. That is so crazy.
Oh, and by the time my mom was twenty she had two kids, a husband and was still going to school full-time. Can not even imagine how she did it, but she did and she still managed to make a new batch of cookies every other day. And I do mean every other day. Chocolate freaks over here.
If you know my parents than you know they have a system when it comes to getting food on the table. Dad does dinner, mom does dessert. It worked for them and for us kids, thankfully (if mom had her way we would have been eating angel hair pasta with butter and salt every single night).
So that is how it worked, but ever since I started the blog there has been endless amounts of desserts around at pretty much all times. Oatmeal cookies have sadly become a thing of the past. This is the down fall of always having to try new desserts, you never get to make the ones you love twice.
Except for yesterday of course.
I gotta say, it felt good just to make an old and trusty recipe. One that I knew was going to turn out and not explode in my oven leaving me with a mess that I would probably have just left there and let burn away instead of actually cleaning the oven. Yeah, I do that all the time which is probably why all ovens hate me.
This is a recipe that never fails. Never, ever, ever fails. No matter where I am or at what elevation (trust me, elevation can be a pain in the butt) and no mater what oven I use, it always works. You can make them into cookie bars and even make them a tinsy bit healthier like I did here. Either way they will turn out delicious. The bars tend to be a little more crumbly than the cookies, but it does not matter. The texture is always spot on. Ok, well I mean, you shouldn’t over bake them. Under bake them? Sure, that is good (love an under baked cookie). But just do not over bake them. Any over baked cookie is not good and while I do think these are magic, they do not have super powers that can make an over baked cookie taste good.
That would pretty cool if they did though, right?
I know that it is Friday and baking may be the last thing on your mind. Trust me, I know the feeling and the couch is so calling my name, but these cookies need to be made today. Especially if it is cold and snowing like it is here. Every time I glance outside, the snow just gets higher and higher. All the more reason to stay inside and bake cookies if you ask me.
Plus, these are the most no-fuss, homemade, from scratch cookies you will ever encounter. Dump all the ingredients (minus the chocolate chips) into one bowl all at once. Beat them together and then stir in the chocolate chips. Use your hands to squeeze the dough into balls, bake and ten minutes later you will have the most amazing oatmeal chocolate chip cookies ever. No chilling, not weird ingredients and barely any time spent to make them.
Honestly, you could not pick a better thing to make today other than my Mom’s Simple Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies.
Ok, well you could make them for Super Bowl Sunday too. Or better yet just do both. Yes, do both!
The Best Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies Around.
Servings: 27 OF THE BEST OATMEAL CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIES
Calories Per Serving: 260 kcal
Nutritional information is only an estimate. The accuracy of the nutritional information for any recipe on this site is not guaranteed.
Ingredients
- 2 1/2 cups old fashioned oats
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1/2 cup granulated sugar
- 1 cup brown sugar
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 cup canola oil use a little more if dough seems is too dry
- 2 large eggs
- 4 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 2 cups semi-sweet chocolate chips or chocolate chunks + more if desired
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Line a baking sheet with a silpat or parchment paper.
- In a large mixing bowl or bowl of a stand mixer add the oatmeal, flour, sugar, brown sugar, baking soda, salt, canola oil, eggs and vanilla, beat until the dough is moist and all the ingredients are combined. The dough will be crumbly. Mix in the chocolate chips.
- Using your hands clump together a tablespoon of dough. Use you hands to really squeeze the dough into a ball. If the mixture is not holding add 1 tablespoon more of oil. Place on prepared baking sheet. If your balls are a little crumbly do not worry, they will come together while baking. Repeat with remaining dough.
- Bake for 10 -12 minutes or until set and golden. These are best right out of the oven, so eat up!
Oh, and a lot of times I swap the chocolate chips for chocolate chunks… just because I can… and they rule.
This post was originally published on January 31, 2014
One more thing! If you subbed half of the oil for butter – I assume you would use melted butter?
Yes, use melted butter! 🙂
I bet I’ve made these 25x and I get sooooo many compliments and people asking for the recipe! First HBH recipe I ever made! It was passed on to me years ago! ❤️
Hey Sara,
Thanks a bunch for trying out this recipe, I am delighted to hear that it was enjoyed! Have the best day:) xTieghan
Hello! Have you tried doubling this recipe? I’m always nervous to double a baked goods recipe. Thank you!
Double works great! Let me know if you have questions. Hope you love these!
Looks yummy!! Can I use quick cooking steel cut oats instead of old fashioned oats?
Hi! I don’t recommend using steel cuts outs. I am not sure what the outcome would be. Let me know if you have questions. Thanks!
I make these. Omg! Delicious
Thank you!
I just found this recipe and made them….Sooooo good!!!! Can’t wait for my fam to come over and try them!! 🙂
Yay! I am so glad you loved these & I hope your family loves them just as much! Thank you Jess!
Yum! I made them vegan by substituting a flax egg (1 tbsp ground flax seeds + 3 tbsp water, stir and let sit in fridge for 15 mins) for each regular egg. They turned out so good! I split the batter and baked half with chocolate chips and half with raisins. I may eat them all before deciding on a favourite version! Thank you!
Sounds amazing Marisa! So happy they turned out great! Thank you!!
I just found finish baking and it is easy and delicious.
Any idea for a good easy bread?!
Thank you
Lilac
Thank you! I love this bread: https://fett-weg.today/5-ingredient-beer-bread/%3C/a%3E%3C/p%3E
First off, I am not a good baker or maker of sweet things. However, I had the worst sweet tooth and I didn’t want to go to the store so I looked up recipes according to what ingredients I had in the pantry and your recipe popped up. They were not only the easiest, but tastiest cookie recipe I have ever tried. Thank you so much for sharing your mom’s recipe. This is a keeper for me!
So glad you found this one!! Thank you so much Samantha!
I tried this recipe and these instantly became my favorite cookies ever! Made them a few times already and my sister-in-law went crazy over them as well and asked for a recipe and she made them as well and her family loves them! Simply the best EVER!
SOO happy you like them!! Thanks So much Sara!!
These are great, they turned out perfect when we made them. Thanks for posting.
Simon
Awesome!! Thanks for making Simon!
So happy you loved them! Thanks!
Been on a baking binge but my cookies keep coming out flat. I just mixed these up and have 3 testers in the oven now. I love how you just dump everything in the bowl an mix it up. No creaming sugar & butter… no sifting. Perfect.
I wish I knew how to fix the flat! Baking can be a mystery! I’m glad you liked them though, Thank you!!
This recipe is so easy and DELICIOUS! Second recipe of yours I’ve made and both are amazing!
Hey Amy!
THANK YOU! I am thrilled you loved the cookies, thank makes me so happy! Hope you are having a great Memorial Day weekend! 🙂
Thats awesome! Thank you so much!! I’m so happy you like it Amy!
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Omg…superb. Such a good standby chocolate chip oatmeal recipe!!! I used Bob’s Red-mill gluten free baking flour and 12 minutes was the perfect baking time.
Thank you! <3
Hi Sasha! So happy you like them!! Thanks!!