Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookie Recipe (With M&M Alternative)
This oatmeal chocolate chip cookie recipe is an easy option with tea or coffee, with its slightly crunchy outside and soft inside texture. The ingredients are classic; You prepare the dough in a short time and bake it in the oven in 10 minutes. If you want, you can also use colored sugar-coated chocolate dragees instead of chocolate chips. Below is a step by step explanation of how to do it.
Ingredients
For the dough
Step-by-Step Method
Prepare the oven and tray
Preheat the oven to 180°C. Cover the tray with wax paper or lightly oil it; so the cookies come out easily.
Beat butter and sugars
Beat room temperature butter with granulated sugar and brown sugar for 2-3 minutes. The mixture is done when it is light colored and creamy.
Add eggs and vanilla
Add the eggs one by one and beat briefly after each addition. Add vanilla and make homogeneous.
Prepare and combine the dry mixture
Mix flour, baking soda, baking powder and salt in a separate bowl. Add the dry mixture to the wet mixture in 2-3 additions; Gather it without beating too much.
Mix oats and chocolate
Add oatmeal and mix with spatula. Finally, add chocolate chips (dragées if you want); Make sure it spreads everywhere.
Shape and bake
Take walnut-sized pieces from the dough and place them on the tray, spaced apart. Cook for 10 minutes; It comes off when the edges become slightly colored. Let it rest on the tray for 5 minutes and put it on a wire rack.