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Best Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies

Best Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies

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Submitted by tails

Classic oatmeal chocolate chip cookies with rolled oats and shortening for guaranteed soft, chewy texture. Simple ingredients make 36 golden cookies in under 40 minutes.

YIELD

36 servings

PREP

25 min

COOK

10 min

READY

40 min

Sometimes the best cookie is the simplest one, and these oatmeal chocolate chip classics prove it.

Shortening (not butter) keeps them reliably soft and chewy, while old-fashioned rolled oats add hearty texture and a hint of nuttiness. Chocolate chips melt into pockets of sweetness throughout, and the whole thing comes together in one bowl without any fuss.

Ten minutes in the oven and they emerge golden-brown with slightly crisp edges giving way to chewy centers that stay soft for days.

Pro Tips

  • Beat shortening and sugars until truly fluffy (3-4 minutes) for lighter cookies
  • Use old-fashioned rolled oats, not instant, for proper texture
  • Brush baking sheets lightly with oil instead of heavy greasing
  • Cool on sheets 2 minutes before moving to prevent breaking

Ingredients

1 ½ 355
1 5
TEASPOON ML SALT
1 5
TEASPOON ML BAKING SODA
1 237
CUP ML VEGETABLE SHORTENING
vegetable *
1 237
CUP ML SUGAR
brown, firmly packed
½ 118
CUP ML SUGAR
granulated
1 5
TEASPOON ML VANILLA EXTRACT
2 2
LARGE LARGE EGGS
2 473
CUPS ML ROLLED OAT
rolled, old fashioned
1 1
PACKAGE PACKAGE CHOCOLATE CHIP
semisweet

Directions

Preheat oven to 350℉ (180℃).

Brush baking sheets lightly with vegetable oil.

Combine flour, salt and baking soda on waxed paper.

Beat together shortening, sugars and vanilla in large bowl with electric mixer until creamy.

Add eggs and beat until light and fluffy. Gradually beat in flour mixture.

Stir in rolled oats and then chocolate chips. Drop batter by rounded teaspoonsfuls onto baking sheets.

Bake in 350℉ (180℃) oven for 8 to 10 minutes or until golden.

Cool cookies on sheets for 2 minutes.

Remove to wire racks to cool completely.

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Nutrition Facts

Serving Size 30g (1.1 oz)
Amount per Serving
Calories 1003 19% from fat
 % Daily Value *
Total Fat 21g 32%
Saturated Fat 9g 46%
Trans Fat 0g
Cholesterol 106mg 35%
Sodium 768mg 32%
Total Carbohydrate 63g 63%
Dietary Fiber 12g 48%
Sugars g
Protein 46g
Vitamin A 2% Vitamin C 0%
Calcium 8% Iron 43%
* based on a 2,000 calorie diet How is this calculated?
Trans-fat Free, High Fiber
 

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