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Oatmeal Cookies Recipe
This is the best oatmeal cookie recipe ever. They are buttery and perfectly sweet with crispy edges & soft and chewy centers. They're easy to make - no chilling necessary.
Original recipe: joyfoodsunshine.com
- Yield:
- 18 servings
- Prep:
- 5 min
- Cook:
- 10 min
- Total:
- 25 min
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Ingredients
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
- ½ teaspoon baking soda
- ¼ teaspoon baking powder
- ½ teaspoon fine sea salt
- ½ teaspoon ground cinnamon
- ½ cup salted butter ((softened))
- ½ cup granulated sugar
- ½ cup light brown sugar ((packed))
- 1 egg
- 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
- 1 ½ cup old-fashioned oatmeal
- 1 cup mix-ins ((chocolate chips, raisins, cinnamon chips, etc.))
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees Fahrenheit (190 degrees Celsius).
- Line two large baking sheets with silicone baking mats or parchment paper. Set aside.
- Combine the flour, baking soda, baking powder, salt and cinnamon in a small bowl. Set aside.
- Put softened butter, granulated sugar and brown sugar in the bowl of a standing mixer and beat on medium-high speed for 1 minute, or until light and fluffy.
- Add egg and vanilla and beat on medium-high speed for 1 minute.
- Add the dry ingredient mixture and beat on medium speed until combined.
- Then, beat in the oatmeal on low speed.
- If desired, beat in mix ins until evenly distributed in the dough.
- Use a 1 ½ to 2 Tablespoon cookie scoop to measure out portions of dough.
- Roll the dough into balls and place evenly spaced on the prepared cookie sheet - about 1 ½ inches apart.
- Gently press down the tops of the oatmeal cookies until they are slightly flattened.
- Bake in preheated oven for 8-10 minutes until the top is just set and the edges are lightly browned.
- Let the oatmeal cookies sit on the baking pan for 5 minutes before transferring to a wire rack to cool.