Super Simple Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies
When most people have a craving for cookies, they want them within the hour. Not hours or even days later. And they don’t want to dirty a million dishes or drag out a (stand) mixer in pursuit of their cookie goal. Enter: this incredibly fast and easy oatmeal cookie recipe with few ingredients that produces cookies that turn out perfectly thick with soft centers and chewy edges. Just add everything to one bowl, stir by hand with one spoon, and you’re ready to bake. While I’m normally a huge advocate of chilling cookie dough to avoid cookies that spread or are thin, you don’t have to with these simple oatmeal cookies. Not having to chill the dough makes these 20-minute oatmeal chocolate chip cookies. From the time you’re struck with a cookie craving until the time you’re eating said cookies, it’s 20 minutes.
Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies Ingredients
For this simple oatmeal cookie recipe, you’ll need the following:
Egg Unsalted butter Light brown sugar Granulated sugar Vanilla extract Old-fashioned oats All-purpose flour Baking soda Salt Semi-sweet chocolate chips
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How to Make Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies
When I say easy oatmeal chocolate chip cookies, I mean EASY! Follow these basic recipe steps:
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