These Oatmeal Cookies are soft and chewy making it undoubtedly one of the best oatmeal cookies. Use this oatmeal cookie base recipe to make perfect cookies every time. You can add other add ins such as raisins, chocolate chips, nuts etc. Learn to make the best oatmeal cookies with step by step pictures and video.
Oatmeal Cookies are healthy cookies made with kitchen staples. This recipe gives soft and chewy oatmeal cookies making it the best. These oatmeal cookies are perfect to have with a cup of milk.
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About Oatmeal Cookies
Oatmeal cookies are soft, chewy cookies made using oats, sugar, butter, flour, vanilla and egg. This oatmeal cookie recipe is one of the quickest and easiest to make, no instruments just mix together using a whisk and spatula – you are good to go!
These old fashioned classic oatmeal cookies has a perfect balance of sweetness and texture. This recipe can be easily changed according to your liking – add in raisins or chocolate chips or nuts, add cinnamon powder to make it cinnamon flavored cookies.
These oatmeal cookies are chewy, soft and bakery style cookies. I love how this recipe is simple, quick and comes together in under 30 minutes. No special equipments like hand mixer is needed.
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I love oats cookies especially the ones with texture. These cookies are soft and chewy in the center with slightly crunchy edges.These cookies use ingredients that is easily available in your pantry, also takes just few minutes to put together.
These oatmeal cookies have a perfect blend of flavor and texture which makes it the best oatmeal cookies ever. They are irresistibly delicious, easy and quick to make. The combination of white and brown sugar makes the cookies chewy.
Why you will love this recipe
- Perfect taste and texture
- Easy and quick to make
- Can be customized easily
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Oatmeal Cookies Ingredients
- Rolled Oats – Old fashioned oats or Rolled oats is best to be used for this recipe. However you can use quick cooking oats too but watch on the baking time.
- Flour – Regular white flour or maida is used. You can replace it with wheat flour for a healthy alternate.
- Butter – I used homemade butter. You can use store bought butter too but make sure butter used is at room temperature.
- Sugar – White sugar and brown sugar is used for this recipe.
- Egg – Egg enhances the flavor and texture of the cookies.
- Rising agent – Baking soda is used which makes the cookies soft.
- Salt – Salt lifts the sweetness of the cookies.
How to make Oatmeal Cookies Step by Step
1.To a bowl add 3/4 cup flour, 1/2 teaspoon baking soda, 1/4 teaspoon salt.
2.Whisk it well for even mixing. You can even sieve it alternatively.
3.Preheat oven at 180 deg C for 10 minutes. To a mixing bowl add 1/2 cup butter, 1/2 cup castor sugar, 1/2 cup brown sugar. Make sure butter is at room temperature.
4.Whisk well until creamy.
5.Add 1 egg, 1 teaspoon vanilla essence. Make sure egg is at room temperature.
6.Whisk well until creamy and smooth.
7.Add flour mix.
8.Add 1 and 1/2 cups rolled oats.
9.Mix it using a spatula until combined. The dough is sticky, you can chill the dough for 30 minutes to make the cookies spread less.
10.Using a cookie scooper scoop out, you can even use 1 tablespoon measure to scoop out if you don’t have cookie scoop.
11.Scoop out the dough on parchment paper laid on the baking tray.
12.Leave enough space as the cookies will spread. I baked in 2 batches.
13.Bake at 190 deg C for 8-10 minutes or until the edges start to turn golden brown.
Soft chewy oatmeal cookies are ready!
Expert Tips
- Adding a mix of white sugar and brown sugar gives perfect texture to the cookies.
- The cookie dough is sticky. If you don’t want the cookies to spread much then chill the dough for 30 minutes and then bake. I baked it immediately and it spread as you can see.
- Do not over bake, 8 -10 minutes when it starts to turn golden turn off.
- You may feel the sweetness a bit high the moment you taste it, give some testing time of minimum 2 hours and they are perfect.
- I got around 18 bite sized cookies.
- You can use either light brown sugar or dark brown sugar.
- Using castor sugar makes it easy to blend and dissolve. However you can use granulated sugar too.
Serving & Storage
Oats cookies keeps well in room temperature for 3 days if stored in an airtight container. However you can freeze the unbaked cookie dough for up to 3 months. When you need to bake, thaw the dough then proceed with the process.
FAQS
1.Can I use instant oats?
Yes you can use quick cooking oats or oat flakes which will work for this recipe but keep an eye on the baking time as it make take few minutes less.
2.What can I replace flour / maida with?
Maida can be replaced with wheat flour for a healthy alternate. I have tried this recipe with wheat flour and it works great.
3.What are the add ins can I add to this cookie?
You can add chocolate chips or chocolate chunks or raisins or nuts etc.
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Oatmeal Cookies Recipe
Ingredients
- 1 and 1/2 cups rolled oats
- 1/2 cup unsalted butter (room temperature)
- 1/2 cup light brown sugar
- 1/2 cup granulated sugar
- 1 medium sized egg (room temperature)
- 1 tsp vanilla essence
- 3/4 cup flour
- 1/2 tsp baking soda
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
Instructions
- To a bowl add 3/4 cup flour, 1/2 teaspoon baking soda, 1/4 teaspoon salt.
- Whisk it well for even mixing. You can even sieve it alternatively.
- Preheat oven at 180 deg C for 10 minutes. To a mixing bowl add 1/2 cup butter, 1/2 cup castor sugar, 1/2 cup brown sugar. Make sure butter is at room temperature.
- Whisk well until creamy.
- Add 1 egg, 1 teaspoon vanilla essence. Make sure egg is at room temperature.
- Whisk well until creamy and smooth.
- Add flour mix.
- Add 1 and 1/2 cups rolled oats.
- Mix it using a spatula until combined. The dough is sticky, you can chill the dough for 30 minutes to make the cookies spread less.
- Using a cookie scooper scoop out, you can even use 1 tablespoon measure to scoop out if you don’t have cookie scoop.
- Scoop out the dough on parchment paper laid on the baking tray.
- Leave enough space as the cookies will spread. I baked in 2 batches.
- Bake at 190 deg C for 8-10 minutes or until the edges start to turn golden brown.
- Soft chewy oatmeal cookies are ready!
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Notes
- Adding a mix of white sugar and brown sugar gives perfect texture to the cookies.
- The cookie dough is sticky. If you don’t want the cookies to spread much then chill the dough for 30 minutes and then bake. I baked it immediately and it spread as you can see.
- Do not over bake, 8 -10 minutes when it starts to turn golden turn off.
- You may feel the sweetness a bit high the moment you taste it, give some resting time of minimum 2 hours and they are perfect.
- I got around 18 bite sized cookies.
- You can use either light brown sugar or dark brown sugar.
- Using castor sugar makes it easy to blend and dissolve. However you can use granulated sugar too.
Lavi Raj
Stacked Up Cookies shot is so awesome sharmi! Love the texture of the cookies!!
Divya sharma
Hey I really liked your recipe aof oats cookie a lotI tried my hands on it but, didn’t get it right. I didn’t get the exact dough my mix was bit liquidy. I had to mix more or oats and had to keep it in refrigerator for half and hour or so. Can you suggest something..
Sharmilee J
You can sprinkle little more flour instead of oats to get the desired consistency.
Piyush
Tried it. Turned out to be awesome. Thanks for sharing.