Chewy Brown Butter Oatmeal Chocolate Chunk Cookies

These brown butter oatmeal chocolate chip cookies are a gourmet combination of two popular cookies. A sprinkle of sea salt on top is a must!

Ingredients
1 cup unsalted butter (226g)
1 cup brown sugar, firmly packed (may use light brown sugar or a blend of light and dark brown sugar) (200g)
½ cup granulated sugar (100g)
2 large eggs, room temperature
1 ½ teaspoons vanilla extract
2 ⅓ cups all-purpose flour (292g)
¾ teaspoon baking soda
½ teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon table salt
2 cups old-fashioned oats (160g)
6 oz semisweet chocolate bar, chopped (170g) see note to substitute chips
Sea salt for sprinkling

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Instructions
00:00 Introduction
00:20 Brown the butter. Place butter in a medium-sized skillet or saucepan over medium-low heat and cook until melted. Increase heat to medium and cook, stirring frequently as the butter sizzles and pops. Stir constantly, scraping the bottom of the pan with a spatula to prevent burning, and continue to stir until butter has browned (there will be lots of deep brown specks and the butter will have a toasty, nutty aroma). Immediately remove from heat and pour into a large heat-proof bowl. Allow to cool completely (until no longer warm to the touch) at room temperature before proceeding.
01:25 While butter cools, preheat oven to 350F (175C) and line baking sheets with parchment paper. Set aside.
01:35 Once the browned butter is no longer warm, add the sugars and stir well.
02:35 Add eggs and vanilla extract and stir well.
03:49 In a separate, medium-sized mixing bowl, whisk together flour, baking soda, baking powder and salt.
04:20 Gradually add the dry ingredients to the wet, stirring until completely combined.
04:35 Add oats and chocolate and stir until well distributed through the dough.
07:07 Scoop dough by rounded 1 ½ Tablespoon-sized scoops and drop onto prepared baking sheet (for more uniform, round cookies, roll between your palms to make a smooth ball before placing on baking sheet). Space cookies at least 2” apart on baking sheet.
08:08 Transfer to center rack of 350F (175C) oven and bake 9-11 minutes.
08:25 While cookies are still warm, sprinkle with flaky sea salt. Allow cookies to cool 5-10 minutes on baking sheet before carefully removing to cooling rack to cool completely.

Notes
Chocolate
You may substitute 1 ½ cups (255g) of semisweet chocolate chips instead.
Chilling cookie dough
This is one dough I actually don’t recommend chilling, as if it sits for too long the cookies don’t spread properly. For this reason I also don’t really recommend freezing the dough. You certainly can, just be aware the cookies stay in balls and don’t really spread. Still delicious, though!
Storing
Store in an airtight container at room temperature for up to 3 days.

[Mistertbones]

Sam always has the best cookie recipes, and you knocked it out of the park with this one!

[ekful]

I tried these today. Halved the recipe as a trial. It turned out amazing, flavourful and decadent. Thanks Sam. Btw this was my first attempt at baking cookies.

[carolO]

I made these today and my father-in-law said they are the best chocolate chip cookies I have ever made!!!
I actually don't like chocolate chip cookies but this recipe is so good even I had to eat a couple 😋 super delicious!!

[justjennifer]

Your “Worst Chocolate Chip Cookies” are the absolute best chocolate chip cookies I have ever had! I can’t wait to try these!

[TyquanArtis]

I love her and her little bakery video ❤️😍😘💕🧁🥯💖💗😄.

[celobelo]

I made them yesterday, they’re delicious. I just didn’t sprinkle them with salt at the end, since there’s quite a lot of salt in the batter already, and they’re perfect. It’s going to be one of my regular, thanks a lot for the receipe !

[FactsMogul]

This looks absolutely delicious! I love baking with brown butter. I can’t wait to try it!

[patriciacristal]

I just made them and came out delicious! Thank you, from Brazil!

[LoriPierce-zp]

I made these yesterday and they were wonderful. Also, the dough is so easy to work with. Thanks

[raquelalmestica]

These cookies are DELICIOUS!!! Made them for work and everyone loved them❤

[clairebear]

I just made these and they were gorgeous!!!

[MoonFlower]

Ooh, I can't wait to try this one!!

[dyingforpie]

Sam my son and i just made these they turned out awesome- thanks 😊

[mmakomanyatja]

Spectacular Sam thank you so much God bless your family

[kimhogan]

Sam I want to thank you! This weekend I had to make cookies for a party. I made your worst chocolate chip cookies. They were amazing. I also made another cookie recipe from a different channel. I couldn’t even bring them with me. They were awful. I quickly made your oatmeal raisin recipe which were also amazing! I should have just done that to begin with 😂 I can’t wait to try these!

[Lettuce-and-Tomatoes]

Please consider making a recipe video on dog treats and share a few of them at the end with your beautiful dog. I made my beagle a birthday cake once using oats, flour, peanut butter, shredded carrots and some other stuff. She loved it and I thought it was pretty good too! Nice video! I’m going to make your “worst” CC cookies soon with candied walnuts (using your phenomenal recipe) instead of the CCs. 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[heidid]

Mmmm, perfection…..Does it get any better than that?!

[bethechange]

Hi Sam! I can't wait to try these cookies. They look soooo good😍😋 Can I freeze the dough to use Incase of a cookie emergency? 😄

[maricelreyes]

From the Philippines: Can I add some walnuts and raisins to this?

[gerrimcgrath]

To be perfectly honest .., any recipe that calls for butter needs to have it browned first. 🤤🤤🤤🤤
Also, I think I’m the only person on the planet who doesn’t like chocolate chips in cookies, etc. much prefer raisins in cookies.