UPDATE: this was the first recipe on the blog and I couldn’t update it completely and lose the history. So enjoy 2016 Sam’s writing and photos. I’ve updated the recipe with how I make them today, including chilling the dough and the addition of cornstarch to help keep them soft. Enjoy! 

If there is one cookie I associate with my childhood, it’s this one. Every time we wanted to bake cookies my mom would pull out her stained recipe card for Mrs. Fields Chocolate Chip Cookies. While the original is still classically delicious, over the years I’ve made a couple of updates. One of the most noticeable updates was to cut the recipe in half.

My favorite part of these chocolate chip cookies is definitely the cinnamon. Cinnamon is one of those spices that I buy in bulk. I also like to mix it up and add multiple types of chocolate chips. I always use semi-sweet and dark, but for the third kind, I use either milk or white depending on what I’m in the mood for or probably more accurately, what’s in my pantry.

Because of the oatmeal in this recipe, it makes a very hearty cookie. So hearty in fact, that I might have broken a spatula trying to mix them!  I use my stand mixer for just about everything and it doesn’t have a problem mixing these, but if you’re using a hand mixer I would switch to a wooden spoon when you add the oatmeal and chocolate chips.

Try out this recipe and report back in the comments how you loved them!

Old Fashioned Chocolate Chip Oatmeal Cookies

Sam

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Prep Time 15 minutes mins

Cook Time 9 minutes mins

Chill 30 minutes mins

Course Dessert

Cuisine American

Servings 4 Dozen

Ingredients

  

• 1 cup brown sugar
• 1  cup white sugar
• 1 cup unsalted butter - room temperature
• 2 eggs - room temperature
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 2 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 2 teaspoons cornstarch
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1 1/2 cups old-fashioned oatmeal
• 1 1/2 cups chocolate chips - see note

Instructions

 

• Beat together the sugars and butter until combined, then add eggs and vanilla, and beat until fluffy.
• Mix in the flour, powder, soda, salt, and cinnamon until combined. Stir in oatmeal and chocolate chips until combined, the batter will be very stiff.
• Chill dough for 30 minutes before baking.
• Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Measure about 1 1/2 tablespoons of dough (I use a medium cookie scoop) and roll into a ball and place on a cookie sheet lined with parchment paper or a baking liner.
• Bake for 9 minutes, they will not look completely done but will be slightly brown around the edges. Move to a wire rack and cool completely.

Notes

For the chocolate chips in this recipe you can use any mix you want. Stick with semi-sweet for a classic flavor, or go with a combo of semi-sweet/milk/dark/white/butterscotch.

Keywords chocolate chips, cookies