This recipe for one bowl gooey, chocolatey, cherry studded oatmeal cookies is so easy to make that you'll want to bake them right now. And you should because they are as tasty as they are easy.
Course Dessert
Cuisine American
Prep Time 15 minutesminutes
Cook Time 12 minutesminutes
Resting Time 30 minutesminutes
Total Time 57 minutesminutes
Servings 30cookies
Calories 200kcal
Author justalittlebitofbacon
Ingredients
8oz(2 sticks, 16 tbsp) unsalted butter
2tspvanilla extract
2large eggs
1cuppacked brown sugar
1/4cupgranulated sugar
1tsptable salt
1tspbaking soda
2cupsold fashioned oats
1 1/2cupsall-purpose flour
1cup(5 oz) dried cherries, or cranberriesor cranberries
2cupsbittersweet chocolate chips
Instructions
Melt the Butter: Melt the butter over low heat until it's almost all melted. Take it off the heat and let it the residual heat finish melting it. Check the temperature. The butter needs to be between 100-110F for it to combine with the rest of the ingredients properly.
Make the Cookie Dough: Once the butter is at the right temperature, transfer it to a bowl and add the vanilla, egg, brown sugar, white sugar, salt, and baking soda. Whisk to combine thoroughly.
Then add the oats, flour, cherries, and chocolate chips directly into the bowl. Use a large spoon or silicone spatula to mix the dry ingredients into the batter.
Rest the Dough: Let the cookie dough rest for 30 minutes.
Bake the Cookies: Preheat the oven to 350F.
Scoop out the dough in 2 tbsp portions onto a baking sheet. Bake for 12-15 minutes.
When done, allow them to cool for 1-2 minutes and then transfer them to a cooling rack. Cookies will keep for 3-4 days in a sealed container.
Notes
Resting the Cookie Dough: Allowing the cookie dough to rest hydrates the oats and makes softer, more even cookies. Warning: While you do have a little wiggle room on the timing, don't let them rest for much more than an hour! The baking soda will lose its oomph over time.
Scooping the Cookies: I use a Zeroll #30 2-tbsp disher to make the cookies. The disher is just the right size and has a quick release which makes scooping out the cookies very quick.