Delicious homemade oatmeal cookies with dark chocolate chips and walnuts. These dark chocolate chip oat cookies are crispy on the outside with just a bit of bite from the oatmeal.
These are a great cookie for packing into a lunch box or serving for an after school snack.
You are going to love these cookies, because they have dark chocolate, walnuts, and old fashioned oatmeal. These cookies are crips on the outside and nice and soft and chocolaty on the inside.
These cookies are easy to make and a batch can be whipped up in no time at all.
Key ingredients
- Dark chocolate chips - you can also use milk chocolate chips
- Walnuts - or pecans
- Oatmeal - old fashioned oats or rolled oats
- Butter - softened butter at room temperature
Step by step directions
- Place softened butter in a mixing bowl and beat for 1-2 minutes until light
- Add sugar and brown sugar. Mix well stopping to scrape down side at least once
- Mix in eggs and vanilla
- Add flour, baking soda and salt. Mix well.
- Add oats, walnuts and chocolate. Mix with mixer and then finish stirring with a wooden spoon or a spatula.
- Use a cookie scoop to form balls of dough and place on an ungreased cookie sheet
- Bake in a preheated 375° oven for 10-12 minutes
- Remove cookies from cookie sheet while cookies are still warm and place on a baking rack. Allow cookies to fully cool before storing.
Recipe tips
- Butter should be softened, but not melted
- Be certain to stop and scrape down the sides of the mixing bowl while mixing each ingredient
- Make certain oven is fully preheated
- Use a cookie scoop to get evenly sized cookies
- Only cook one cookie sheet at a time
Recipe Faqs
Once the cookies are fully cooled, place in an airtight container and store at room temperature.
Yes, these cookies freeze well. Once cookies are fully cooled, place in a freezer safe container or freezer bag. Freeze for up to one month.
To thaw, simply remove from freezer and let sit at room temperature until thawed.
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Dark Chocolate Oat Cookies
Ingredients
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375°
- Mix butter for about 2 minutes until light and fluffy. Add sugar and brown sugar and mix for 3-4 minutes, stopping at least once to scrape down sides of bowl.1 Cup Butter, 1 Cup Granulated Sugar, ½ Cup Brown Sugar
- Add eggs and vanilla and mix well2 whole Eggs, 1 teaspoon Vanilla
- Mix in flour, baking soda and salt2 Cups Flour, 1 teaspoon Baking Soda, ½ teaspoon Salt
- Add oats, walnuts and chocolate. Mix with mixer and then finish folding in with a spoon or spatula.1 Cup Old Fashioned Oatmeal, 1 Cup Chopped Walnuts, 10 ounces Dark Chocolate Morsels
- Place small scoops on an ungreased baking sheets.
- Bake in preheated 375° oven for 10-12 minutes
Notes
- Butter should be softened, but not melted
- Be certain to stop and scrape down the sides of the mixing bowl while mixing each ingredient
- Make certain oven is fully preheated
- Use a cookie scoop to get evenly sized cookies
- Only cook one cookie sheet at a time
FRED G says
Interesting combo for a great taste
Fran @ G'day Souffle' says
I know what you mean about all the different kinds of chocolates being offered at supermarkets. I recently bought some chocolate morsels with mint flavouring inside. Your cookies look delicious- I think I'll skip lunch now and go straight or your biscuits (I mean 'cookies')!
Kathy says
Chocolate mint chips sound delicious...I need to give those a try!
A Taste Of Madness says
These cookies look so good! I am all about oat cookies, but with chocolate in them? I am sold!
Kathy says
The chocolate makes these extra delicious!