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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
Wow! I know there are tons a great comments here, but I have to add another- best cookie recipe ever! I live in Thailand and use a crappy toaster oven that usually results in mediocre baking- but not this time. I also used whole wheat flour because that’s all I had and they were still so good. Everyone loved these cookies. My partner says- “your cookies were perfect”–(novice baker here, I try sometimes)! Thank you!
So happy you love these!! Thank you!:)
So I made these, but decreased the flour to 1 c and added 1/3 c flax seed, used the coconut oil and added shredded coconut, annnnnd had to fight my husband off them (and he is a cook!) They were supposed to be my lactation cookies. Needless to say, theyre amazing, hubby wants to bring the recipe to work. So so easy and so delicious. Next time I will add some brewers yeast and hide them very well.
Loving you swaps!! So happy you love these. Thanks!
canola oil is a vegetable oil.
Oatmeal chocolate chip cookies are my favorite, but I’ve never made them myself before. I just whipped up a batch of these, and they will definitely be my go-to from now on! Thank you!
So happy your love these, Becca!! Thank you!
made these cookies today and they turned out wonderfully!! very soft and chocolatey. kids absolutely LOVE them!!!!
i did however use wax paper accidentally instead of parchment paper, which left our kitchen smoky. switched with foil on the second batch. next time i will add some kind of chopped nut to it.
this will be my secret weapon at the next family function 🙂 thanks!!
YES!!! Thanks so much and I am so happy you loved these! 🙂
ABSOLUTE AMAZING!!! I bake a lot and have tired hundreds of different choc/oatmeal cookies and I saw yours and really liked how kid friendly it was. My daughter had a friend over and I decided on this recipe! My family and friends told me to never go back!!!! Thank you for sharing!!!! YUMMMMMMM!!
YES!! So excited you love this recipe. It is my families favorite!! THANK YOU!
Made these today and they were great! They were nice and hard on the outside and chewy in the inside. This was my first time making cookies from scratch too. I did use vegetable oil instead of canola oil simply cause I didn’t have any and I felt to lazy to drive to get some lol. Either way they came out great.
Just had to comment to say, these are truly absolutely fantastic! Never really know when you find something on Pinterest, but I think I hit the jackpot on this one… Thank you so much for sharing!
By the way, I only had instant oats and that worked out fine. I also did 50/50 chocolate chips and peanut butter chips. This recipe rocks! Crumbly but it works when you squeeze them together in your hand.
Made these for breakfast this morning (it’s Canada Day – a holiday here – and plus I’m a grownup so I can do what I want!) haha. They turned out amazing but I followed exactly to spec and got over 50 small cookies using a tablespoon to measure the batter as directed. Next time I’ll just eyeball spoonfuls for bigger cookies like yours in the picture!
So happy you loved these and happy Canada Day!! Sorry about the tiny cookies though!
Thanks again! 🙂
Made a batch-and-a-half of these last night. Less than 24 hours later, they are all GONE. Success!!!!
Haha! The same thing happens over here. So glad you loved these! Thanks!
Hey Tieghan! I’m hannah from Hannah’s Gluten Free Adventure! I tried out your cookies but made them gluten-free! They are absolutely delicious! Thank you so much for the great recipe! Please check out my version!
https://hannahsglutenfreeadventure.wordpress.com/2014/06/20/oatmeal-chocolate-chip-cookies/
These are fabulous! The dough was a bit tricky, but I trusted you and as always you came through for me! I just went with it and you were absolutely right, the cookies ends up turning out perfect even though I was nervous when they went in the oven since the dough didn’t clump together perfectly. These cookies are amazing out of the oven and just as delectable the next day. They stay soft and chewy which I love. Thanks for sharing your family recipe. This one is a keeper. I may try making this into bars as well, as some other people have suggested. Cheers!
Made these today. Followed recipe except used 2 tsp vanilla instead of 4. Instead of rolling into a ball, I just plopped blobs of dough with a spoon on cookie sheet. They turned out perfectly and are delicious! Thx!
Thank you, and your Mom for such a great recipe! These are officially my husbands favourite recipe. Everyone at his work is always asking for them :). Sometimes they crumble, but they are still adored.