Our Very Favorite Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies

Step 1

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Line a baking sheet with a silpat or parchment paper.

Step 2

In a large mixing bowl or bowl of a stand mixer add the oatmeal, flour, sugar, brown sugar, baking soda, salt, oil, eggs and vanilla, beat until the dough is moist and all of the ingredients are combined. The dough will be crumbly. Mix in the chocolate chips.

Step 3

Using your hands to clump together approximately a tablespoon of dough. Use you hands to tightly squeeze the dough into a ball. (If the mixture is not holding, you can add an additional 1 tablespoon of oil, though I never find I need that.) Place dough balls on a prepared baking sheet. If your balls are a little crumbly, don't worry, they will come together while baking. Repeat until all dough is shaped into cookie balls.

Step 4

Bake for 10 - 12 minutes until set and golden. (I don't typically go over 11 minutes.) PRO TIP: These taste amazing right out of the oven!