Easy Chocolate Chip Oatmeal Cookies

Easy chocolate chip oatmeal cookie recipe that can be made in one-bowl.

Course Dessert

Cuisine American

Prep Time 15

Cook Time 12

Total Time 27

Servings cookies

Calories 170kcal

Preheat oven to 375 F. Line baking sheets with parchment paper or silicone baking mat.
Melt butter in a microwave-safe bowl.
1 cup butter
Add brown sugar, and stir to combine.
1 ½ cups brown sugar
Let stand 5 minutes.
Add egg and egg yolk; stir to combine.
1 large egg + 1 egg yolk
Stir in vanilla extract.
1 tablespoon vanilla extract
Add flour, baking soda, and salt. Stir until just combined.
2 cups sifted all-purpose flour, 1 teaspoon baking soda, ¾ teaspoon kosher salt
Stir in oats until just combined.
2 cups old-fashioned rolled oats
Add chocolate chips and nuts, if using, and stir in.
10 ounce package chocolate chips, 1/2 cup chopped pecans or walnuts
Using a medium cookie scoop (1.5 tablespoon), drop scoops of dough 2 inches apart on prepared cookie sheet.
Bake for about 7-10 minutes, or until the edges of the cookies are golden brown.
Let cool on cookie sheet for 5 minutes. Remove to wire rack to finish cooling.

- Butter: I use salted butter in this recipe. If using unsalted butter, increase the salt by 1/2 teaspoon. Also, I melt the butter about 85% of the way and then whisk until completely melted. Butter that is too hot will give you greasy cookies.

- Brown sugar: Either light brown sugar or dark brown sugar will work in this recipe.

- Flour: It's important to properly measure the flour so that you don't end up with dry, crumbly dough. You can weight it (click on "metric" for the weights) or sift the flour, lightly spoon into a measuring cup, and level.

Chocolate chips: Feel free to use milk chocolate chips, dark chocolate chips, or even flavored chips in this recipe.
Nutrition values are estimates.