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Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies are a favorite of mine. The combination of the hearty oats mixed with sweet milk chocolate leaves me a bit weak in the knees, I have to admit. I have been using my moms classic recipe for years (see it here). I love it to the moon and back, not just because the cookies are soft, moist and delightful but because my mom made them a lot when I was a kid…and what can I say other than she is super amazing and wonderful and they remind me of her. There you have it.
I have been on a search lately for a bar version of this recipe, because who doesn’t love the ease of making a whole pan of cookies without all the individual scooping and baking and tending, yes? This particular recipe I brought along to share with you today, is crazy good guys. CCRRRRRazy, truly. The bars are super moist, buttery, loaded with oats, chocolate and sweet wonderment.
They would be fabulous to pack in lunches, to take to a picnic, to make for a sunday night treat, as a gift for your neighbor or school teacher…or any other event you can possibly dream of.
They are dreamy, after all.
Hope some of you get a chance to make them! 
Let me show you how to make it happen…
1. Preheat your oven to 350 degrees.
2. Into your stand mixer or large mixing bowl place 2 C flour, 1 tsp baking soda, 1 tsp baking powder, 1 tsp salt and 1/2 tsp cinnamon. Toss them together with a fork to combine.
3. Grab 2 1/2 cups Old Fashioned Oats and add them to the mixing bowl.
4. Add 1 1/2 C brown sugar and toss everything together to mix.
5. Melt 1 1/4 C butter and pour it into the bowl. Mix for one minute.
6. Add 2 eggs and 1 Tb vanilla.
7. Mix until the dough has combined. It will be crumbly.
8. Add 2 1/2 C chocolate chips. I used milk chocolate, but semi sweet, butterscotch or cinnamon chips would also be fabulous.
Mix the chips in.
9. Spray a 9×13 pan with cooking spray and press the dough into it.
10. Bake for 20 minutes. Stick a butter knife or toothpick into the center. When it comes out clean the bars are done. Don’t worry if they look a little bit underdone. They should. 🙂 This will help them stay nice and moist.
10. Allow them to cool completely and then cut into bars, or eat them warm from the pan. Whatever suits your fancy.
Here’s the handy printable…
Ingredients
Instructions
Recipe adapted from Buns in My Oven
Today is national Chocolate Chip Day! To celebrate several of my food blogging friends and I have joined forces to bring you 17 Chocolate Chip recipes. They look fantastic, don’t they! Here are the links to the pictured recipes…
Gluten Free Cookie Dough Blizzard from Tried and Tasty
Chocolate Chip Bundt Cake from Creations by Kara
Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Cupcakes from Cupcake Diaries
Light Berry Dark Chocolate Cheesecake Bars from Happy Food Healthy Life
Vanishing Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies from Real Mom Kitchen
Chocolate Chip Bagels from Ashlee Marie Cakes
Butter Pecan Chocolate Chip Cookies from Butter with a Side of Bread
Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Ice Cream from Like Mother Like Daughter
A few more chocolate chip recipes from Jamie Cooks It Up!, to bring the grand total to 17.
Chocolate Chip Pancakes
Chewy Chocolate Chip Cookie Bars
Chili’s Chocolate Chip Paradise Pie
Chocolate Chip Cookie Smore Bars
Easy Caramel Smore Bars
Oreo Turtle Bars
Magic Seven Layer Bars
Mint and Chocolate Chip Cupcakes
Have a great day, all. Thanks so much for dropping by. 🙂
I love chocolate chip cookie recipes! All of these sound delicious!
Oatmeal and chocolate is a favorite combo of mine- these look great!
These sound great. Can you get the print button to work. I couldn’t print from my tablet or phone. Thx.
My oatmeal chocolate chip cookies are my favorite too! these bars look absolutely amazing
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I am actually making these right now because they look delicious. The dough was crumbly until I added the egg and vanilla. Now it is all wet and sticky. Any suggestions?
Hey Nicole,
I would imagine they still turned out great. Did you end up baking them, and how were they?
~Jamie
mime were wet and sticky too!!
These look amazing Jamie! SO making these soon!
I have the same question as Nicole. After adding the eggs and vanilla, the mixture is wet and sticky, not crumbly as the recipe says. Does it really need 1 1/4 cup melted butter?
Suzanne,
Yes, 1 1/4 C melted butter is needed. Not sure why your dough was sticky. I made these again yesterday and my dough was crumbly. Did you end up baking them, and how did they turn out?
~Jamie
I wanted to like these but way too salty. I think it should maybe read unsalted butter???
Mine was sticky too. Going to bake now.
Although my dough was sticky after adding the egg and vanilla, you’re right, that amount of melted butter is needed. Yes, I baked them and they were wonderful! I’ll cheerfully put up with sticky dough for this scrumptiousness!
Suzanne,
So glad! I made them again the other day and my dough was crumbly…so curious as to the reason some of you are getting sticky dough. Crazy. However, they seem to be turning out well for everyone, which is what matters in the end, yes?
Thanks for taking the time to report back.
All the best,
~Jamie
Hi Jamie- These bars turned out very yummy! My dough was also very wet and sticky after adding the eggs and vanilla. I also needed to bake them about 10 minutes longer until my toothpick came out clean in the middle. I tried one after they had cooled for an hour and I was worried they were too cakey, maybe I overcooked. However, by the next day after they completely cooled they were chewy and so yummy. Thank you!
Heidi,
Great to hear! Thanks for your feedback. 🙂
All the best,
~Jamie
Would love to make these today but I only have semi-sweet chips. Do you think they would be ok or not sweet enough? Thanks!
Nevermind… I see in the recipe it says other chips would be fine. =) New mom brain… exhaustion…