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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. 🙂
Hi! My dough was really sticky too but I’m relieved to read others had the same thing happen. I kept re reading the ingredients to make sure it really was 2 1/2 sticks of butter (1 1/4 cup)! Can’t wait to try them! Thanks!
I just made these bars and my dough was very sticky too. Also would 1/2 the salt next time
I just made these today bc I ws in need of a sweet fix. OMG delicious. Really a hit with the whole family. My batter was sticky as well, but who cares. These will be made again! Yumm!
Can you use instant oats or must it be old fashioned?
I was just coming to check the comments about that issue! My dough was also wet and sticky, not even a little crumbly. The cookies were delicious though! My guess is it’s the type of oats people are using. Did you use old-fashioned or quick oats in your recipe? Quick oats absorb the liquid immediately and get softer. FYI I used quick oats and got wet, sticky dough. I’ll have to try it again with the old-fashioned and see if I get a different result.
I made these today, and my dough was definitely wet and sticky, not crumbly at all. Followed the recipe exactly. I used old fashioned oats, not instant. I baked them and they seem a bit greasy after cooling like there’s too much butter. Not very cakey. I think next time I would either cut the butter (2 1/2 sticks is a lot!) or up the oatmeal to 3 cups.
I didn’t read the comments before I started the recipe. I was relieved to find out that others had sticky wet dough when they were finished too and it still turned out okay. I couldn’t wait to try it, although it’s not complete cool yet, and it tastes delicious! My finished product definitely doesn’t look like the picture through…. it’s much more smooth on top and probably is a little cake-ier.