Easy spiced oatmeal cookie recipe | the BEST chewy oatmeal cookies

Follow along with our easy step by step spiced oatmeal cookie video recipe and learn how to make the best easy oatmeal cookies! These oatmeal cookies are perfectly spiced with a soft and chewy center. The addition of molasses to these oatmeal cookies adds a great balance and depth of flavour. You could also add raisins, chocolate chips or nuts to this simple oatmeal cookie recipe, allowing for many variations from this easy cookie dough! This cookie recipe can also be doubled or tripled. The dough can be portioned and frozen for up to 3 months, making this an easy make ahead cookie recipe as well!

Chewy oatmeal cookies recipe

Ingredients:
3/4 cup all purpose flour 98g
1/2 teaspoon baking soda 2g
1/4 teaspoon fine sea salt 1.5g
1 teaspoon cinnamon 2.5g
1/2 teaspoon ground ginger 1.5g
1/2 teaspoon allspice 1.5g
1/4 teaspoon nutmeg .75g
1/2 cup softened salted butter 113g
1/2 cup packed brown sugar (light or dark) 90g
1 large room temperature egg 50-60g
1 teaspoon vanilla extract 4g
1 tablespoon molasses 17g
1 + 1/2 cup large flake oats (or old fashioned oats) 135g
* Add in 3/4 cup raisins, chocolate chips or nuts if you would like!*

Directions:
In a medium bowl combine flour, baking soda, salt and spices. Whisk until well combined and set aside. In a large bowl combine softened butter and sugar. Cream on medium low for 1-2 minutes or until smooth. Scrape down the bowl and add the egg, vanilla and molasses. Continue mixing on medium low for another 1-2 minutes or until everything is well combined and the mixture is light and airy. Add in the dry ingredients and mix until no streaks of flour remain. Add in the oats (raisins/nuts/chips if using) and using a spatula mix until evenly distributed. Cover and chill the dough for one hour.

Preheat your oven to 350F/175C. Line two cookie sheets with parchment paper. Using a 1.5 tablespoon cookie scoop drop your cookies onto the prepared pans ensuring that you leave room for spreading. Bake for 7-8 minutes, removing from the oven as soon as the bottoms are golden brown. Allow them to cool on the pan for a couple minutes and then move to a wire rack to finish cooling completely.

This recipe makes 16-18 oatmeal cookies. If you add raisins, nuts or chocolate chips you will have 18-22 cookies. These oatmeal cookies can be stored at room temperature for up to 4 days.

[Thea_MojaveOutliersWhipmakers]

MOLASSES!!! That's IT! I was trying to figure out how to get something into my oatmeal cookie to cut the sweetness, which can get kinda bland (not withstanding all the spices in this particular recipe) because there isn't any contrast. This should do it!

[Maikoh]

Oooh yum! Oatmeal cookies are so good, and these look amazing! They look so thick and chewy! 😍😋

[lindahernandez]

Loved the flavor ❤ My first batch came out flat, chewy, and too soft almost as if recipe needed more flour. I'll try again and chill for longer.