Yummy Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies

Submitted by LifeIsGood

"A friend brought these to a picnic. After one taste of the warm-from-the-oven cookie, I knew I had to have the recipe. These are now the most requested cookie by my family. The recipe makes a HUGE batch of big cookies, but they do freeze very well. The 5 dozen amount is a guess, I've never counted! We love these and hope you will too!"

 

• Ready In: 45mins
• Ingredients: 12
• Yields: 5 dozen, approx.
• Serves: 30

ingredients

• 2 cups butter (I use unsalted for baking)
• 2 cups sugar
• 2 cups brown sugar, packed
• 4 eggs
• 2 teaspoons vanilla
• 4 cups flour
• 5 cups oatmeal, divided
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 2 teaspoons baking soda
• 32 ounces chocolate chips (semi-sweet)
• 3 cups chopped nuts (I don't use) (optional)

directions

1. Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F.
2. Cream together, using a stand mixer: butter, sugar and brown sugar.
3. Add the eggs, one at a time, and the vanilla. Blend well.
4. Blend 2 1/2 cups of the oatmeal in a food processor or blender.
5. In a separate large bowl, mix together: flour, all of the oatmeal (2 1/2 cups processed and 2 1/2 cups whole), salt, baking powder and baking soda.
6. Add the dry mixture, on low - a bit at a time, to the wet ingredients and blend together until fully incorporated.
7. Add the chocolate chips and blend in on low. (Add nuts here, too, if you want.).
8. Scoop balls onto cookie sheets, spaced a few inches apart. I like to make them about 1 inch balls.
9. Bake for about 10 minutes, depending on your oven.
10. Get the gallon of milk ready!

Reviews

[SSX]

I'm sooo glad I didn't cut the recipe in half when I made these for Christmas! This is the best and only oatmeal cookie recipe I'll use from now on!!! The ground up oatmeal in this recipe gave the cookie a better texture and helped hold the cookie together vs any regular chocolate chip cookie or oatmeal cookie. These cookies don't spread much at all (which I like because they result in a nice thickness!) so you have to shape/flatten them into rounds before you bake them or else the balls you bake will have a rounded top (unless that's what you're going for). Once I mixed up the batter I divided it into quarters and made chocolate chip oatmeal cookies, chocolate butterscotch chip pecan oatmeal cookies, red and green M&M oatmeal cookies, and cranberry white chocolate walnut oatmeal cookies. Everyone loved these but especially the cranberry version. I love this recipe!

 

[robandtrish]

Slightly salty decadent perfect amount of chew. We love this recipe!

 

[Canadian_in_the_Bay]

I have been searching for the perfect oatmeal chocolate chip cookie for a while now. I have tried many very good recipes--some were even exceptionally good. However, none have them has even come close to this recipe. I really think that the thing that makes this recipe so good is the fact that half the oats are ground in the food processor before being mixed in. It gives the cookies a perfectly chewy consistency yet allows them to be nice and thick at the same time. I will definitely be making this one again. I used Ghirardellli milk chocolate chips, but I will be sure to experiment with other fillers.

 

[Karen Elizabeth]

yummy indeed, I halved the recipe and still had approx 4 dozen cookies, it does make a lot :) Brian says they are very good, I was very pleased that they baked nicely and turned out looking like cookies, this doesnt always happen to me :) Thank you for sharing the recipe. NB I did add the nuts

 

[melyssamauter]

Just taste tested one as I'm baking the rest. These are the best cookies I've made at home. I halved the recipe and used less chocolate chips. I also rolled them into balls about 1.5" in diameter and pressed them with the bottom of a glass before baking to replicate bakery style cookies. Perfect and so good!