Description
Aunt Lolly’s Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies are classic, chewy cookies featuring the hearty texture of rolled oats combined with sweet chocolate chips. These cookies have a rich buttery base, perfectly balanced with brown and granulated sugars, and a hint of vanilla, baked to golden perfection. Ideal as a comforting homemade treat for any occasion.
Ingredients
Scale
Cookie Dough
- 1/4 pound butter (one stick), at room temperature
- 1/2 cup granulated sugar
- 1/2 cup brown sugar
- 1 egg
- 3/4 cup all-purpose flour
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1/2 cup rolled oats
- 1/2 cup chocolate chips
Instructions
- Preheat Oven: Heat your oven to 375°F (190°C) to prepare for baking your cookies.
- Cream Butter and Sugars: Using an electric mixer, cream together the butter, granulated sugar, and brown sugar until the mixture is light and fluffy. Add the egg and continue mixing until fully incorporated.
- Add Dry Ingredients: Combine the flour, baking soda, kosher salt, and vanilla extract into the butter mixture, mixing until just blended.
- Incorporate Oats: Stir in the rolled oats gently using a wooden spoon, ensuring an even distribution without overmixing.
- Add Chocolate Chips: Fold the chocolate chips evenly throughout the dough.
- Shape Cookies: Since these cookies spread significantly during baking, scoop about a tablespoon of dough per cookie and place them well spaced on parchment-lined cookie sheets.
- Bake Cookies: Bake in the preheated oven for 9 to 11 minutes until the edges are golden and the centers are set.
Notes
- Make sure the butter is at room temperature to ensure proper creaming with the sugars.
- Use parchment paper on cookie sheets to prevent sticking and for easy cleanup.
- Spacing cookies well apart allows for even spreading and prevents them from merging during baking.
- Cool cookies on the baking sheet for a few minutes before transferring to a wire rack to avoid breakage.
- For chewier cookies, slightly underbake by a minute or two; for crispier cookies, bake closer to 11 minutes.
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 cookie
- Calories: 110
- Sugar: 7g
- Sodium: 90mg
- Fat: 6g
- Saturated Fat: 3.5g
- Unsaturated Fat: 2g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 14g
- Fiber: 1g
- Protein: 1.5g
- Cholesterol: 20mg
