Chocolate Oatmeal Cookies
Big, soft, delicious toasted oatmeal cookies with big chunks of chocolate and pecans. This cookie recipe is perfect for adding your favorite ingredients like raisins, dried fruits, chocolate chips or chunks, baking chips, nuts, and more.
Ingredients
- 150 grams old-fashioned oats (2 cups)
- 150 grams all-purpose flour (1 cup + 1 tablespoon)
- 8 grams ground cinnamon (1 tablespoon)
- 7 grams baking soda (1-1/2 teaspoons)
- 3 grams fine sea salt (1/2 teaspoon)
- 155 grams unsalted butter (11 tablespoons), room temperature
- 135 grams light brown sugar (2/3 cup lightly packed)
- 70 grams granulated sugar (1/3 cup)
- 50 grams egg (1 large)
- 7 grams vanilla bean paste or vanilla extract (1-1/2 teaspoons)
- 150 grams chopped chocolate (1 cup)
- 50 grams chopped nuts (1/2 cup), optional
Instructions
- If toasting oats, preheat oven to 325 degrees F. Arrange old-fashioned oats on cookie sheet in single layer. Bake in hot oven for 5 to 7 minutes. Remove cookie sheet and cool oats completely.
- Add all-purpose flour, ground cinnamon, baking soda, and fine sea salt to small mixing bowl. Whisk to combine. Set aside.
- Add unsalted butter to stand mixer bowl. Beat on medium 2 minutes.
- Add light brown sugar and granulated sugar to stand mixer bowl. Beat on medium for 2 minutes.
- Add egg and vanilla bean paste to stand mixer bowl. Beat on low just until incorporated.
- Remove bowl from stand mixer. Add reserved flour mixture and fold in with large spatula until no flour streaks are visible.
- Add old fashioned oats to cookie dough and fold in using large spatula.
- Fold in chopped chocolate. Cover bowl and refrigerate 30 minutes.
- Bring cookie dough to room temperature.
- Preheat oven to 325 degrees F. Line two cookie sheets with parchment paper.
- Make cookie dough balls using large cookie scoop and place on prepared cookie sheets. Do not press down cookies.
- Bake cookie 18 minutes in preheated oven.
- Place cookie sheets on wire racks and cool completely. Store in an airtight container for several days, or freeze for up to a month.