Bakery Style Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies

1/16/2026

I recently learned that raisins are an incredibly divisive fruit.🙃 I was fully aware that there's a significant percentage of the population who don't like eating raisins but apparently there's a separate society of people who actually like raisins but don't believe that they belong in baked goods.🤷🏻‍♀️ A group of people who aren't completely anti-raisin - only when the dried fruit is added to cookies, cakes, breads, tarts, bagels or puddings.🍪

Both of my kids were outspoken members of the no raisins in baked goods camp when they were growing up.😅 There was no misinterpreting the look of disappointment and betrayal on their faces when I served them a raisin studded cookie when they were clearly expecting their dark morsels to be chocolate.🙃 Anyone else have a child who would pick every single raisin out of their oatmeal raisin cookie and leave it on their napkin in silent protest?😅

Over the last 15 years, I've posted over 20 different kinds of cookies with oatmeal. Even I didn't realize how big fan of an oatmeal cookie fan I was before I counted up how many different oatmeal cookies recipes I had made.🤣 If you're curious you should check them out. As for me, I love ALL types of oatmeal cookies. Ones with peanut butter, raisins, cherries, coconut, butterscotch, nuts and of course chocolate. 🍒🥜🥥🍫

Give me all the fruit, nuts, chocolate and fillings that you can cram into an oatmeal cookie. But for those of you who are oatmeal-chocolate cookie purists - this recipe is for YOU!! The perfect delicious, buttery, crispy, chewy cookie with loads of dark chocolate chips.

Bakery Style Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies
1 cup butter, room temperature
1 1/4 cups brown sugar
1/2 cup sugar
2 large eggs
2 teaspoons vanilla
2 1/4 cups flour
1 1/2 cups rolled oats
1 teaspoon cornstarch
3/4 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
2 cups chocolate chips