Quick & Easy Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies — An incredibly FAST and EASY recipe that produces perfectly thick chocolate chip oatmeal cookies with chewy edges and soft centers!! One bowl to wash, no mixer to drag out, and no waiting around!!
Table of Contents
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
Note: Scroll down to the recipe card section of the post for the ingredients with amounts included and for more complete directions.
How to Make Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies
When I say easy oatmeal chocolate chip cookies, I mean EASY! Follow these basic recipe steps:
- Add the egg, butter, sugars, and vanilla to a large bowl and stir vigorously to combine (your bicep should be burning).
- Mix in the dry ingredients, then gently fold in the chocolate chips.
- Scoop the cookie dough onto a parchment paper-lined baking sheet (a Silpat works, too!) and bake until done.
- Let your cookies cool for a few minutes before transferring them to a wire rack. They need a little time to cool and set up before you can dunk them into milk!
Recipe Tips
Since you’re beating the dough together with elbow grease, I highly recommend having the butter and egg at room temperature. The softer the butter is, the easier your job will be. Of course you can use an electric mixer, but that defeats the purpose of as few dishes and as easy as possible.
Didn’t plan ahead for room temp ingredients? No problem. Pop your butter in the microwave for 10 seconds or until it’s just barely showing signs of melting. Add the egg to a bowl of very hot water for a couple minutes. A warm egg emulsifies easier than a cold one.
I highly recommend using a cookie scoop as well. The dough is soft, warm, and the domed shape a scoop produces is essential to preventing excess spreading. Same goes for a Silpat, use one.
Recipe FAQs
I scooped the cookie dough into 2-tablespoon sized balls and bake them at 350ºF for 10 to 13 minutes depending on how done I want them. If you prefer softer cookies, bake for 10 minutes, and if you prefer more well-done cookies, bake for a little more time.
Use rolled (old-fashioned) oats whenever you make oatmeal chocolate chip cookies. Rolled oats are sturdier and chewier in texture and make for a better cookie.
No, quick oats have a much different texture than rolled oats and would act more like a flour in these cookies. Your homemade oatmeal cookies would wind up being too dry.
Of course! I added chocolate chips to keep these super simple oatmeal cookies, but you can add raisins, walnuts, chocolate chunks, or whatever you love in oatmeal cookies.
Yes, you can freeze both the cookie dough balls or the baked oat cookies. Frozen cookie dough doesn’t need to be thawed before being baked, but it’ll need an extra minute or two in the oven to cook through. And if you freeze the baked cookies, you can reheat them in the oven or the microwave when you’re ready to enjoy them.
Pin This Recipe
Enjoy AverieCooks.com Without Ads! 🆕
Go Ad Free
No-Chill Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies
Ingredients
- 1 large egg
- ½ cup unsalted butter, 1 stick, very soft
- ½ cup light brown sugar, packed
- ¼ cup granulated sugar
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 1 ½ cups old-fashioned whole rolled oats, not instant or quick cook
- ¾ cup all-purpose flour
- ½ teaspoon baking soda
- ½ teaspoon salt, or to taste
- 1 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips, plus more for after baking (or substitute with raisins, walnuts, etc.)
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350F, line a baking sheet with a Silpat or spray with cooking spray; set aside.
- To a large bowl, add the egg, butter, sugars, vanilla, and mix with a spoon aggressively for about 90 seconds, or until smooth and slightly fluffed, i.e. your bicep and shoulder should be burning if you’ve mixed well enough.
- Add the oats, flour, baking soda, salt, and stir to combine.
- Add the chocolate chips and stir to combine.
- Using a 2-tablespoon cookie scoop, form mounds and place on prepared baking sheet spaced about 2 inches apart (I baked 12 cookies on the first sheet)
- Bake for about 10 to 13 minutes (short for super soft cookies, longer for more well-done cookies), or until edges have set and tops are just set, even if slightly undercooked, pale, and glossy in the center; don’t overbake. Cookies firm up as they cool.
- Immediately upon taking the baking sheet out of the oven, add about 5 additional chocolate chips per cookie. Allow cookies to cool on baking sheet for about 10 minutes before serving. I let them cool on the baking sheet and don’t use a rack.
Notes
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
©averiecooks.com. Content and photographs are copyright protected. Sharing of this recipe is both encouraged and appreciated. Copying and/or pasting full recipes to any social media is strictly prohibited.
More Easy Oatmeal Cookies:
ALL OF MY OATMEAL COOKIE RECIPES!
Extra-Large Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookie — A FAST and EASY recipe for ONE XL soft and chewy very THICK cookie loaded with chocolate!! No mixer needed and so DELISH!!
The Best Oatmeal M&M’s Chocolate Chip Cookies — Soft, chewy, and loaded with M&Ms and chocolate chips in every bite! The cookies are so good they got me a marriage proposal!
Loaded Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies – Soft, chewy, and loaded with chocolate! Sinking your teeth into a thick, hearty cookie is the best!
Cowboy Cookies – Chewy oats, sweet coconut, crunchy pecans, and plenty of chocolate! Hearty with tons of texture and they stay soft and chewy! Everyone (not just cowboys) loves these cookies!
Peanut Butter Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies – 3 favorite cookies combined into 1 so you don’t have to choose!! Easy, no-mixer recipe, and always a hit!
Soft and Chewy Oatmeal Coconut Chocolate Chip Cookies – No butter and no mixer used in these easy cookies dripping with chocolate!
Banana Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies – Only 1/4 cup butter used! Like oatmeal cookies but with banana to keep them healthier! So soft, chewy, and you’ll never miss the butter!
Soft and Chewy Pumpkin Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies — Between the molasses and pumpkin pie spice, the cookies are bursting with fall flavors.
Originally posted September 1, 2017 and reposted on April 16, 2021 with updated text.
Made these because I love your snickerdoodle recipe and I’m obsessed. I add a dash of cinnamon and they are heavenly! I make these almost every week and they’ll stay fresh in an airtight container for a long time. Love your blog and can’t wait to try more recipes!!
Thanks for the 5 star review and glad these are a weekly favorite! Thanks for being a supporter of my site and actually making the recipes, too!
Can I use coconut oil instead of butter?
Probably although I have not tried to see what happens. I have some cookies specially designed with coconut oil in mind here https://www.averiecooks.com/soft-and-chewy-oatmeal-coconut-chocolate-chip-cookies/
These cookies are so amazing – great flavour and perfect texture! The best part is that it is so easy to make and everything is done in one bowl (well, two because I did microwave the butter to soften it). I will definitely be making them again.
These cookies are so amazing – great flavour and perfect texture! The best part is that it is so easy to make and everything is done in one bowl (well, two because I did microwave the butter to soften it). I will definitely be making them again.
Thanks for the 5 star review and glad they were amazing and easy for you!
This is THE best oatmeal cookie recipe, hands-down. I’ve tried multiple, other top-rated recipes — all of them require the annoying “mandatory refrigerator chill-time” and not one of them compares to the softness and flavor of these cookies. This recipe yields the perfect-size batch for a small family (approximately 10-12 medium cookies) – sometimes I even half it (use only one egg yolk) when I’m trying to be extra-good, because honestly these cookies are delicious and comforting I could eat all of them in 1-2 days. I like to add approx. 3/4 cup chopped walnuts — and if I’m feeling really decadent, I substitute the chocolate chips for 1/2 cup mini chocolate chips and a full cup of peanut butter M&Ms.
Thank you, thank you for such a *perfect* recipe.
This is THE best oatmeal cookie recipe, hands-down. I’ve tried multiple, other top-rated recipes — all of them require the annoying “mandatory refrigerator chill-time” and not one of them compares to the softness and flavor of these cookies. This recipe yields the perfect-size batch for a small family (approximately 10-12 medium cookies) – sometimes I even half it (use only one egg yolk) when I’m trying to be extra-good, because honestly these cookies are delicious and comforting I could eat all of them in 1-2 days. I like to add approx. 3/4 cup chopped walnuts — and if I’m feeling really decadent, I substitute the chocolate chips for 1/2 cup mini chocolate chips and a full cup of peanut butter M&Ms.
Thank you, thank you for such a *perfect* recipe.
Thanks for the 5 star review and I am glad you love all the aspects of this recipe from the no chill time to small batch and you think they’re perfect!
I read all the other comments and apparently I am the only one for whom these cookies did not turn out!🙁 I did everything according to the recipe except I used a handheld mixer for the wet ingredients because I just couldn’t get it incorporated properly by hand. They seemed a bit wet when I put them on the sheet, and sure enough they completely flattened out in the oven and now look like a huge soggy rectangle! I don’t know what happened…any thoughts?
I read all the other comments and apparently I am the only one for whom these cookies did not turn out!🙁 I did everything according to the recipe except I used a handheld mixer for the wet ingredients because I just couldn’t get it incorporated properly by hand. They seemed a bit wet when I put them on the sheet, and sure enough they completely flattened out in the oven and now look like a huge soggy rectangle! I don’t know what happened…any thoughts?
It sounds like yes, the dough was too wet. Sounds like you perhaps used too much butter, too little dry ingredients, an XL egg, there are quite a few things that could have gone wrong but it’s hard to tell from afar. Thanks for trying the recipe.
Hi Averie. I know you said to use rolles oats, but I don’t have ‘em at the moment. I used quick cooking oats, but reduced the flour by 1-2 tbsp. and they turned out great. Will definitely make them again. :)
Hi Averie. I know you said to use rolles oats, but I don’t have ‘em at the moment. I used quick cooking oats, but reduced the flour by 1-2 tbsp. and they turned out great. Will definitely make them again. :)
Thanks for the 5 star review and glad that rolled oats with reduced flour worked just fine and they turned out great!
Hey Averie! I love your website and I love the simple yummy recipes you make. I wasn’t sure if it would take only 20 minutes from prep to taste to make this recipe, but it was awfully close. They came out soft and chewy and just the perfect sweetness. My little one gives it a thumbs up!
Hey Averie! I love your website and I love the simple yummy recipes you make. I wasn’t sure if it would take only 20 minutes from prep to taste to make this recipe, but it was awfully close. They came out soft and chewy and just the perfect sweetness. My little one gives it a thumbs up!
Glad you enjoyed them!
This was great! Added a few dashes of cinnamon as well as walnuts and chocolate chips. The whole family loved them!
This was great! Added a few dashes of cinnamon as well as walnuts and chocolate chips. The whole family loved them!
Thanks for the 5 star review and glad they were a hit!
Tried these out for my boyfriend & brothers! Extremely yummy!
Tried these out for my boyfriend & brothers! Extremely yummy!
Thanks for the 5 star review and glad they were a hit with the guys!
Made this today… left out the 1/4 cup of white sugar and added 1/4 tsp of cinnamon. So good! Love that this recipe can be used as a base recipe too.