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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
I’m convinced, I’m making them tomorrow! These are my husbands favorite and I love the fact that it’s a one bowl method. Glad to have found you!
Would the cookie dough chill or freeze well? I’m thinking of making the dough the night before, chilling them over night then baking them the next day.
Hi, I have never put the dough in the fridge, but I think it will be fine. Hope you love the cookies! Oh and same goes for freezing, just make sure to keep the dough covered.
New go-to oatmeal cookie recipe! We made these vegan by subbing the eggs for 1/2c applesauce. They came out perfectly! Soft, chewy, & just the right amount of sweetness. Instead of the regular chocolate chips, we mixed in 1 cup craisins into the whole batch and 1/2 cup white chocolate chips into half the batch. The cookies are delicious both warm or cooled. Thanks!
SO happy you love the cookies! THANKS!
I’m so happy I found your recipe again! It’s been my favorite for the last year, and suddenly it dropped out of the search results due to a spate of coconut oil cookie recipes. They don’t hold a candle to this one.
hehe! Thank you so much! SO happy these cookies are a hit!
tried this recipe and it’s freakin” good! moist, and delicious and even my mom love it! 🙂
So happy you loved this! Thanks Jenna!!
Hi, Tieghan! It’s raining over here in NJ right now and my boys know exactly what they want to make, so here I am again! 😉
Seriously… Thank you SOOO much for sharing this most wonderful, truly amazing recipe! I’ve shared your cookies with so many of my family and friends as well as my kids’ teachers over the last year, and every single one of them absolutely loved the cookies. They really are a total winner! (And you know teachers always know what’s super good, given the amount+variety of cookies they’re given throughout their careers! :o)
I can’t thank you enough, Tieghan!!!
AWE!!! Thank you so much! I am thrilled you love the cookies! 🙂
Hi! I just want to ask if this recipe will work without the chocolate chips? I love them as it is but a friend of mine requested for a plain oatmeal cookie. I don’t want to try other recipes because I already love the texture and chewiness of these cookies.
Hi Margie! Yes, they will be great! Easier to roll too!
These are great cookies. I had some dark chocolate chips to use up,made only half batch which is good for us, serves the sweet tooth and yet fresh and hot. Oh ya nice melted chocolate over oatmeal. I’m in heaven right now. Do I dare to have another before dinner?
So happy you like them! Thank you!
I sent a batch of these with my daughter to take back to university a few weekends ago. When she called to tell me how amazing they were I knew that the recipe was a keeper. I used the coconut oil (which my daughter really liked and commented on) and followed the recipe exactly – except for the fact that I had quick oats. I wish I had cut back on the chocolate chips – as recommended by others – as we both found there to be too many chocolate chips for the batter. It made more than expected using the tablespoon measure – so I froze some of the batter. Just used it today to make up another 16 cookies. I did have a little bit of a problem with a few of them them crumbling and falling apart while baking, but for the most part, they were fine. I think had there been fewer chocolate chips, I wouldn’t have had that problems. Excellent recipe…thanks so much.
SO Happy the cookies are a hit! THANK YOU!!!
These cookies are amazing! How long do they last in the refrigerator?
HI! I never keep mine in the fridge, but maybe 3-4 days. THANKS!
Absolutely the best oatmeal chocolate chip cookies I’ve ever had! And my family had a bakery! I’m going to make these on a regular basis now! Thank you so much for the recipe!
Hi! Just wanted to let you know how much I love this recipe! I have been making them since you posted them and they have always been a hit!!! Thank you for sharing!!! 🙂
I have made chocolate chip cookies a zillion times and this was the best chocolate chip cookie I have ever made, hands down.
For a minute, I couldn’t find this website again and I was gonna flip out because I didn’t save the recipe! Thankfully, here I am. I doubt I will try another choc chip recipe ever again! Yummmmmm!!!
I found this recipe on Pinterest and I just made these cookies. They are so simple and so delicious! Thank you for sharing!
I made these today and they are fantastic. I think my next batch I will substitute the chocolate chips for raisins. Do you happen to have the calorie count per serving?
Hey Emily,
So happy you liked these, thanks!! I am sorry, but I don’t know the calories.