One Bowl Chocolate Chip Cherry Oatmeal Cookies
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.
Servings 30 cookies
Calories 200kcal
Ingredients
- 8 oz (2 sticks, 16 tbsp) unsalted butter
- 2 tsp vanilla extract
- 2 large eggs
- 1 cup packed brown sugar
- 1/4 cup granulated sugar
- 1 tsp table salt
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 2 cups old fashioned oats
- 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 cup (5 oz) dried cherries, or cranberries or cranberries
- 2 cups bittersweet 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.
- Chocolate: The chocolate chips I like are the Ghirardelli Bittersweet Chocolate Chips, though any bittersweet chip will be fine.
Nutrition
Calories: 200kcal