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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. ๐ 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. ๐
These bars are amazing, I’ve had so many great comments on these. I have made them several times. This recipe is a keeper for sure.
I too have questioned the Butter amount also, and do you let it cool before mixing it in. The batter really isn’t crumbly it’s more thick and solid i’d say than crumbly. Thought maybe you used one and a forth sticks of butter instead of 1 and a forth cups to make it more crumbly?
Not going to lie…My family LOVES these chocolate chip cookie bars!! I have made them 4 weeks in a row! They are moist and delicious (even as the week goes on). We eat them by them selves and with some vanilla ice cream. Yum! Thanks for the recipe!
Nicole,
So happy to hear it! Thanks for letting me know.
Best,
~Jamie
These bars are delicious and so easy to make. I followed the recipe exactly and it was perfect.
I have made these several times and they’re always a hit. I use half butter and half coconut oil.
This time i did that, but used 1C allpurpose flour and 1C almond flour. I had to use a slightly smaller pan, so they’re thicker than normal… which means they’re taking longer to bake through. They’ve been in the oven for a total of 35 minutes so far. The top is golden brown and crunchy, but the middle is still very much under done. It must be the pan size. Either way, they’re gonna be good.
But can I please tell you how DELICIOUS this dough is?
I just put a batch in the oven! Canโt waitโit will be nice to have something new (to us!) and different. Thanks for so many fun recipes over the yearsโIโve been following you for such a long time and I love your fun recipes!
I made these the other night. Unfortunately I overbaked them. At 20 minutes they looked raw and at 26 minutes, they were overdone. The flavour was good though so I will definitely try them again.