Just when you thought cookie baking couldn’t get any easier, these Simple Oatmeal Cookies came along and rocked your world.
Have you tried making the Simple Butter Cookie recipe I shared a few weeks ago? If so, you’ll realize that these Simple Oatmeal Cookies look a bit familiar.
Here’s the thing about Simple Recipes: They all use similar, simple ingredients. Mix and match a few of the most basic, real food ingredients and you’ve got yourself a vast array of delicious meals and snacks to enjoy. (Download a free Simple Ingredients list here. We love this list!)
Real food cooking truly isn’t difficult! This new cookie recipe I’m sharing with you includes only 5 ingredients. So simple!
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Spoiler: All I did to create this cookie recipe was add oats to the Simple Butter Cookies. It’s too easy. And super delicious.
Simple Oatmeal Cookies
- 1½ cups melted butter
- ⅓-1/2 cup sugar (raw, white, brown, or sucanat)
- 1 tablespoons vanilla extract
- 1½ cups whole rolled oats
- 3 cups whole wheat flour (I use freshly ground soft white wheat)
- Cream butter and sugar together in a bowl.
- Stir in vanilla.
- Mix in flour and oats until well combined.
- Scoop Tablespoon-sized balls of dough onto cookie sheets.
- Press the dough down with your fingers or a fork.
- Bake in a 350 degree oven for 8-12 minutes or until cookies are golden brown.
So what’s the difference in this recipe compared to the Best Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies recipe I shared a couple weeks ago? You mean besides the chocolate chips?
Well, this recipe is much lower in sugar. This one is great for a snack or on-the-go breakfast, whereas the Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies are definitely a dessert. I make this Simple Oatmeal Cookie recipe as a low sugar treat for myself and my family. I make the Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies to serve guests.
So let’s hear it for Low Sugar Treats! And High Five Recipes! And Healthy Snacks! All with simple ingredients and easy recipes.
Making your real food kitchen simpler, one recipe at a time. :)
Does using hard in place of the soft whole wheat matter? I only have the hard that I grind.
Hard wheat will work just fine!
Mmm, just made these and tossed in some toasted chopped walnuts – they taste like a cookie my dad used to love: pecan sandies! Thanks Laura; I love your theme of keeping meals simple to keep your hands free to serve the Lord!
Thank u! Can’t wait to try these – one of my husband’s favorite treat is oatmeal cookies and I won’t feel bad this much sugar:)
I just want to double check the recipe before I make it. Is it really 1.5 cups of butter or 1.5 sticks of butter?
1 1/2 cups. Seems like a lot, but that’s what makes these cookies so good!! They are super buttery, so less sugar can be used and they still taste incredible!
Thanks for the quick response. I may still have time to get the cookies prepped before the kids get home. Also, thanks for your blog. I have been reading it for many years and always walk away encouraged. The verses sticking in my mind these days are Psalm 90:12 and Acts 17:26-28. I think the connect to the one you shared as well!
Do you purposely leave out eggs here? What’s the difference?
Thanks for this recipe!
I believe that leaving the eggs out of this recipe makes the cookies crispier and butterier!! :)
What happened? i mixed these up and they would not come together so i kept adding butter and i ended up adding 3 sticks and still would not stick together. i put it in casserole dish to try to save so hopefully i will end up with bars? what did i do wrong, i did recipe exactly except i used the hard whole wheat like i ask earlier in the week.
So strange, I don’t know! Do you mean you added 3 sticks in addition to the 3 sticks the recipe calls for?? I can’t imagine that using hard wheat would make that big of a difference!
Thanks for sharing this simple and tasty recipe. When I come home from the office I feel sometimes lazy to prepare some healthy snacks for me, But your recipe is very useful to me as now I can vanish my hunger. Keep sharing such useful recipe ideas.