Grammy's Kitchen · Oatmeal Cookies · Oatmeal Cookie
One of 37 oatmeal cookies recipes we measured
It ranks #5 of 37 for center texture among the oatmeal cookies recipes we compared. 14 cooks on prettysimplesweet.com rate it 5.0★.
Every ingredient resolved to grams, expressed against the recipe's own base — next to the median of all 37.
| this recipe | typical | |
|---|---|---|
| fat | 76% | 95% |
| total sugar | 140% | 172% |
| brown sugar share of total sugar | 76% | 68% |
| egg | 33% | 42% |
| leavener | 2% | 3% |
| salt | 2% | 2% |
| mix-ins | 80% | 240% |
| flour strength | 1.0 | 1.0 |
Adapts cleanly: dairy-free, egg-free, gluten-free, nut-free (documented swaps, applied on the dish page)
Weights computed by us.
| 100 g | 7/8 cup (100g) all-purpose flour |
| 2 g | 1/2 teaspoon baking soda |
| 1 g | 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon |
| 0 g | 1/8 teaspoon ground nutmeg, optional |
| 2 g | 1/4 teaspoon salt |
| 115 g | 1/2 cup (115g) unsalted butter, at room temperature |
| 100 g | 1/2 cup (100g) light brown sugar (dark is fine, too) |
| 50 g | 1/4 cup (50g) granulated sugar |
| 50 g | 1 large egg, at room temperature |
| 4 g | 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract |
| 120 g | 1 1/4 cups (120g) old-fashioned rolled oats |
| 1-2 cups add-ins ((see note for options)) |
Method: 5 steps, published by prettysimplesweet.com — open the original ↗ or use bake mode for a follow-along with a screen that stays on.
“thank u i love oats and looked for a recipe that had more oats or portioned to flour . i tweaked it to make it well because u can . but the bace amounts work really well . i doubled amounts ,added ginger and all spice .soaked ,cran berry . no salt . used sa” — a cook, 5.0★
“Wow! I’m not a baker but decided to try these. I don’t have a stand mixer so used an electric mixer for the butter, sugars, egg & vanilla and then mixed by hand. For add-ins I used toasted pistachios, dried cranberries & dark chocolate chips. My bf abs” — a cook, 5.0★