Chewy Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies

These cookies basically take two favorite childhood cookies and mashes them up into one super cookie. Does that sound like the absolute best, or what?

Let's talk cookie base. For this recipe, I'm using the same basic dough recipe that I start a lot of my cookie recipes with. So, we have the standard players: flour, sugars, vanilla, butter, and eggs. But for me, I need my cookies to be soft and chewy. That melt in your mouth bite is the best part of the cookie in my opinion. And, my secret ingredient to make cookies nice and soft is cornstarch.

After we have our base dough mixed and ready to go, it's time to stir in the oats and chocolate chips. Now, it's worth noting that there are different kinds of oats and they do yield different results in this cookie. So, it's important that you get the right type of oats, which is old fashioned or rolled oats. We don't want our cookies to be dry or crumbly, so this really is an important note.

Once we have our oats and chocolate chips just mixed into the dough, we have to let the dough chill for only about 30 minutes. If we let it chill any longer, the dough will be really difficult to scoop into balls. If we let it chill any less time, our cookies are going to spread a little too far which will sway them more to the crispy side than the chewy side.

Still delish, but not what I want out of a cookie!

Once the cookies are rolled into balls, into the oven they go for only about 10 minutes. They'll still look just slightly underdone in the center, but that's exactly what we want. As soon as the cookies come out of the oven, give the whole tray a good smack on the countertop (because that's what the professionals do), and transfer them to a wired rack to cool. Honestly, waiting for these cookies to be cool enough to not burn the roof of your mouth is the hardest part of this recipe.

These cookies are really the best of both childhood favorite cookies. The chocolate chip part of the cookie is sweet and gooey. The oatmeal part of the cookie is buttery with nice texture. And sometimes when I'm feeling even more extra, I add some peanut butter chips to the dough too. Talk about the best of all worlds!

If you need some nostalgic comfort in your life, these cookies are just the way to do it. They can make even the biggest grump happy on an icky snow day.

Ok, everyone. Coming up next we have a SUPER CUTE Valentine's Day treat that you are not going to want to miss. Stay tuned!

For now, enjoy! And, let's eat!