Light Chocolate Chip Oatmeal Cookies Recipes

CHEWY CHOCOLATE CHIP OATMEAL COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C).
• In a large bowl, cream together the butter, brown sugar, and white sugar until smooth. Beat in eggs one at a time, then stir in vanilla. Combine the flour, baking soda, and salt; stir into the creamed mixture until just blended. Mix in the quick oats, walnuts, and chocolate chips. Drop by heaping spoonfuls onto ungreased baking sheets.
• Bake for 12 minutes in the preheated oven. Allow cookies to cool on baking sheet for 5 minutes before transferring to a wire rack to cool completely.

CHOCOLATE CHIP OATMEAL COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).
• Beat together margarine and sugars until creamy. Add eggs, milk and vanilla; beat well. Add combined flour, baking soda and salt; mix well. Stir in oats, chocolate chips and nuts; mix well.
• Drop by rounded tablespoonfuls onto ungreased cookie sheet. Bake 9-10 minutes. Cool for 1 minute on cookie sheet; remove to wire rack.

LOW FAT CHEWY CHOCOLATE CHIP OATMEAL COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F; line two baking sheets with parchment paper or use a silpat.
• In a medium bowl, whisk together flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt and cinnamon.
• In a large bowl, with a mixer, cream together the butter and the sugars on medium speed.
• Add the egg, followed by the applesauce and vanilla extract.
• Working by hand, stir in the flour mixture and the oats until just combined and no streaks of flour remain; stir in the chocolate chips.
• Drop heaping tablespoonfuls (approx 1 tbsp each) of the dough onto prepared baking sheets, flattening each cookie slightly (I forgot to do this).
• Bake for about 10-12 minutes, or until cookies become light brown at the edges.
• Let cool on baking sheet for 3 or 4 minutes, then transfer to a wire rack to cool completely.
• Store in an airtight container so you don't eat them all in one sitting!

CHOCOLATE CHIP OATMEAL COOKIES

Steps:

• In a large bowl, cream butter and sugars until light and fluffy. Beat in eggs and vanilla. Combine the oats, flour, dry pudding mix, baking soda and salt; gradually add to creamed mixture and mix well. Stir in chocolate chips and nuts. , Drop by level tablespoonfuls 2 in. apart onto ungreased baking sheets. Bake at 375° for 10-12 minutes or until lightly browned. Remove to wire racks.

OATMEAL-CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIES

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350°F. In large bowl, stir brown sugar and butter until blended. Stir in vanilla and egg until light and fluffy. Stir in oats, flour, baking soda and salt; stir in chocolate chips and nuts.
• Onto ungreased cookie sheet, drop dough by rounded tablespoonfuls about 2 inches apart.
• Bake 10 to 12 minutes or until golden brown. Cool slightly; remove from cookie sheet to wire rack.

CHEWY CHOCOLATE CHIP OATMEAL COOKIES

Steps:

• In a large bowl, cream butter and sugars until light and fluffy. Beat in egg and vanilla. Sift together flour, cocoa and baking soda; add to creamed mixture along with oats, stirring until well blended. Fold in chocolate chips and walnuts. Drop by teaspoonfuls onto greased baking sheets. Bake at 350° for 10-12 minutes. Cool 3 minutes before removing to wire racks.

SOFT CHOCOLATE CHIP OATMEAL COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°; position rack in the center of oven.
• In a bowl, whisk the flour, cinnamon, baking soda, and salt together until ingredients are evenly distributed; set aside.
• Soften the butter in a large bowl, using an electric mixer on medium speed, about 1 minute.
• Add both sugars, and corn syrup; continue beating on medium speed about 2 more minutes until soft, light, and pale brown.
• Beat in the egg, then the egg white, milk, and vanilla until smooth.
• Turn off beaters; add the prepared flour mixture (in stages, if necessary) and beat on low speed just until incorporated.
• Stir in the oats and chocolate chips with a wooden spoon until the chips are evenly distributed.
• Drop by rounded tablespoons onto a large ungreased baking sheet, preferably nonstick, spacing cookies 2 inches apart.
• Bake 6 minutes, rotate the baking sheet from front to back, continue baking for about 7 minutes, or until the cookies are lightly browned, somewhat soft, but definitely set.
• Cool on the baking sheet for 1 minute; transfer to a wire rack to cool completely.
• Cool the baking sheet for 5 minutes before baking another batch or use a second baking sheet that hasn't been in the oven.
• Storage: 5 days at room temperature; not recommended for freezing.
• *Note: reduce the chocolate chips to 1 ½ cups and add 1 ½ cups of any of the following or a combination of the following-butterscotch chips, chopped pecans, chopped walnuts, dried cranberries, M&Ms, milk chocolate chips, peanut butter chips, raisins, Reese's Pieces, roasted unsalted peanuts, sweetened shredded coconut, or white chocolate chips.

"LIGHT" CHOCOLATE CHIP OATMEAL COOKIES

Steps:

• Combine margarine, sugar, egg, vanilla and cinnamon. Stir until creamy and smooth. I microwave the margarine for about 30 seconds to soften.
• Add flour and baking powder and stir until completely combined.
• Add oats and then chocolate chips.
• Spoon onto greased cookie sheets with a soup spoon with about an inch between each cookie.
• Bake at 350 F for 11 minutes. I used two sheets in the oven at once, and if you do that, switch the bottom sheet with the top sheet after about 5 minutes and then continue cookie.
• Let cool.