Oatmeal Cookies Recipe
This is the best oatmeal cookie recipe ever. They are buttery and perfectly sweet with crispy edges & soft and chewy centers. They're easy to make - no chilling necessary.
Servings: 18 cookies
Cost: $6
Ingredients
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
- ½ teaspoon baking soda
- ¼ teaspoon baking powder
- ½ teaspoon fine sea salt
- ½ teaspoon ground cinnamon
- ½ cup salted butter (softened)
- ½ cup granulated sugar
- ½ cup light brown sugar (packed)
- 1 egg
- 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
- 1 ½ cup old-fashioned oatmeal
- 1 cup mix-ins (chocolate chips, raisins, cinnamon chips, etc.)
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees Fahrenheit (190 degrees Celsius).
- Line two large baking sheets with silicone baking mats or parchment paper. Set aside.
- Combine the flour, baking soda, baking powder, salt and cinnamon in a small bowl. Set aside.
- Put softened butter, granulated sugar and brown sugar in the bowl of a standing mixer and beat for 1 minute, or until light and fluffy.
- Add egg and vanilla and beat on medium-high speed for 1 minute.
- Add the dry ingredient mixture and beat on medium speed until combined.
- Then, beat in the oatmeal on low speed.
- If desired, beat in mix ins until evenly distributed in the dough.
- Use a 1 ½ to 2 Tablespoon cookie scoop to measure out portions of dough.
- Roll the dough into balls and place evenly spaced on the prepared cookie sheet - about 1 ½ inches apart.
- Gently press down the tops of the oatmeal cookies until they are slightly flattened.
- Bake in preheated oven for 8-10 minutes until the top is just set and the edges are lightly browned.
- Let the oatmeal cookies sit on the baking pan for 5 minutes before transferring to a wire rack to cool.
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Notes
Ingredient Substitutions
Note, this recipe is best when made as written, but here are some common substitutions that work well for the ingredients listed in bold:
- Salted Butter. Unsalted butter or coconut oil.
- All-purpose flour. gluten-free flour (all purpose, baking flour)
- Old-fashioned oatmeal: Quick oats.
- Light brown sugar. dark brown sugar or coconut sugar.
- Granulated sugar. organic cane sugar.
- Baking chips: chocolate chips, white chocolate chips, peanut butter chips, and cinnamon chips, butterscotch chips (scotchies)
- Dried fruit: raisins (oatmeal raisin cookies), cranberries, raspberries, blueberries, etc.
- Nuts: walnuts, pecans, sliced almonds, etc.
Nutrition
Serving: 1cookie | Calories: 133kcal | Carbohydrates: 19g | Protein: 2g | Fat: 6g | Saturated Fat: 3g | Cholesterol: 23mg | Sodium: 151mg | Potassium: 40mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 12g | Vitamin A: 171IU | Calcium: 14mg | Iron: 1mg