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These Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Sea Salt Cookies are next-level delicious! This recipe will give any other oatmeal cookie recipe a run for their money.
I made a batch of these Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Sea Salt Cookies for some friends who came over for lunch and one of them said to me, “you better put this recipe up on weelicious soon because I HAVE to have it!” So, here it is! My go-to delicious oatmeal cookie recipe that you will make all the time!
If I’m known amongst my friends and family for one specific recipe, it’s my Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Sea Salt Cookies. Yes, the controversial word “salt” is in the name of the recipe, but it’s only a teeny tiny bit and trust me when I say that it makes all the difference. Whenever I have my girlfriends over for dinner or need to bring something to a party, these cookies are the number one most requested recipe of mine.
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I know there’s an age old debate when it comes to oatmeal cookes — raisins or chocolate chips? While I have both raisin lovers and chocolate chip lovers in my house, my favorite is definitely chocolate chip. There’s just something about a bite of chocolate with a few flakes of sea salt that’s down right mouthwatering. Of course if you’re more of a oatmeal raisin person, you can head on over to my Oatmeal Raisin Cookies recipe and I won’t judge 😉
These cookies come out of the oven so warm, soft and chocolatey you’ll be hard pressed to eat just one. If you are looking to enjoy just one delicious fresh cookie, you can freeze this dough and have it ready to go when you’re craving a small sweet treat! In fact, you can do that with lots of cookie recipes like these Chocolate Chip Cookies or if you didn’t freeze any dough, you can make this Microwave Chocolate Chip Sea Salt Cookie for ONE which is a game changer.
If these Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Sea Salt cookies rock your world let me know on social media or in the comments below!
Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Sea Salt Cookies
Ingredients
- 1 cup unsalted butter, softened
- 1 cup brown sugar (light or dark)
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 2 large eggs
- 2 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 1/2 cup all purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
- 3 cups old fashioned oats
- 1 12 oz bag semi sweet chocolate chips
- sea salt flakes
Instructions
- Heat oven to 350 degrees.
- Using a standing or hand mixer, beat together the butter and sugar until creamy and fluffy, about 4 minutes ( I know 4 minutes seems like a long time, but it makes all the difference).
- Add the eggs, one at a time, and vanilla until thoroughly combined.
- Stir the flour, baking soda and salt in a separate mixing bowl.
- Slowly add the flour to the butter/sugar mixture until combined.
- Stir in oats and chocolate chips mixing well until combined.
- Use an regular ice cream scooper or tablespoon to place cookie dough onto parchment or silpat lined cookie sheet.*
- Press down each cookie and top with a few flakes of sea salt.
- Bake 18 minutes for large cookies, 10 to 12 minutes for smaller cookies or until golden brown.
- Cool and serve.
Notes
- You can also bake them in silicone individual muffin tins for 18-20 minutes.
- After step #8, place sheet tray in the freezer for several hours, remove cookies to labeled zipper bags and freeze for up to 3 months. Bake according to directions in step #9.
I buy them at Williams Sonoma 🙂
Where do you buy sea salt flakes? I looked a couple places and couldn’t find them. Your picture makes me want to go buy heart shaped muffin cups! So cute!
Delicious! I’ve been searching for years for the perfect, from scratch, oatmeal chocolate chip cookie. These are really great. So soft, moist, and chewy. They’re hearty and yummy. I’ll be excited to try them with whole wheat flour as some others have done. Great recipe!
Could you have over mixed after adding the flour mixture to the butter? When I first started baking cookies I didn’t know that once you add the flour you have to mix it just until it is combined and then stop. The gluten in the flour will develop like your making bread if you mix the flour too long. I had some choc chip cookies taste like hockey pucks!
Hmm, I have made this tons of times but never got this problem. how long did you bake them for?
I made these yesterday and they turned out so tough – not sure what went wrong but they are like hard biscuits..any suggestions?
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These are amazing…I made them last night and haven’t stopped picking at them. My boys who are 2 and 4 love them as well. Great recipe.
Dont forget to space them 3-4 inches apart if you are aiming for cookies! Otherwise you will end up with one giant rectangle cookie like me!
(I let them cool and cut small bars with a pizza cutter – still delicious)
Pls forgive my dumb question, but if I only wanted to make half a batch (this is a lot of cookies!) would I just do exactly 1/2 of each ingredient??
Thanks! 🙂
Thanks,
these were a hit with the hubby!!!! everyone needs a good sweetening from time to time….no one said to eat them everyday!!!!
WOW. Really, just wow. My new favorite 🙂 Thanks Catherine!
I just made these and can’t stop eating them. I couldn’t find sea salt flakes so I just used fine grain sea salt. I used 1 cup white whole wheat flour and 1/2 cup all purpose and everything else the same. Thanks for another wonderful recipe, Catherine!
These are very good! My husband was so disappointed when he walked into the kitchen and saw them after I told him the cookies were ready. He actually said “oh, these weren’t the kind of cookies I was hoping for”. He wanted regular chocolate chip cookies, and I guess thought these looked too healthy. Well, he tried one anyway and now he can’t stop eating them! 🙂 I did use whole wheat pastry flour just to see how it worked (I’ve never tried it for cookies before), and I also reduced the brown sugar to 3/4 cup (packed and dark brown) and the white sugar to just over 1/3 cup. They seemed plenty sweet with that much sugar, and they’re very oaty so I don’t think it hurt the cookies at all to use the ww pastry flour. Oh, I also couldn’t find any sea salt flakes so I used Morton Coarse Kosher Salt and just sprinkled it on top (maybe 6 or so grains a cookie). Thanks for the great recipe – so yummy!
My 2 1/2 year old son helped me make these and felt so proud when he took his first bite. My husband said they were the best cookies he’s ever had (and he’s tough to please!) I made a dozen and froze the rest for another time…what a treat! And who cares that there’s sugar and butter and REGULAR white flour…they’re cookies people! Live a little…our children also need to learn that special treats are fine in moderation! Thanks for the great recipe…and for making me look like a baking star in my husbands eyes. 😉
I am known for my chocolate chip cookies at my house but I would have to say these stole the show! I made them for my boys yesterday and everyone loved them. There is something about that sea salt that just adds a special twist. A great treat for the family. Don’t worry about the sugar people. They are meant to be a treat!