Browned butter makes these loaded oatmeal chocolate chip cookies UNBELIEVABLY soft and chewy, plus they’re packed with tangy dried cherries and tons of gooey chocolate chips.
Like your basic oatmeal cookie…only trashed up in about 3 total different ways.
Each way contributing to basically the oatmeal cookie of your dreams. ???
If there was ever a cookie to make for your S.O today…it would be these romantic little gems. It covers basically ALL your bases: dried cherries for the romantic part and chocolate for the obvious much-needed reason.
The only problem is…I really don’t wanna share these. You likely won’t want to either. Sooooo…this is a problem how?
These oatmeal chocolate chip cookies are a spin-off of my keeper classic recipe simply because those cookies are quite honestly the most perfect thing ever. Soft and chewy taken to a whooooole different level.
Is it possible for perfect to get perfect-er? Because it actually does when you a) brown the butter and b) let a pile of sweet dried cherries fall into the dough. ♥
I know it’s tempting to eat the dough straight outta the mixing bowl, but try to save some back for baking. It’ll be worth it.
Sidenote: you’re gonna eat tons of these, but that’s okay. Promise.
And if you can manage to get away with not sharing a single one…Pleaaaaaaase go for it!!
With no guilt. The cookie experience you get will be worth it.
Browned Butter Oatmeal Cherry Chocolate Chip Cookies
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup butter melted over medium heat until brown and fragrant
- 1 cup coconut sugar or brown sugar
- 1 large egg
- 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
- 1-1/2 cups old-fashioned rolled oats
- 1 cup white whole wheat flour
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1 cup semisweet chocolate chips
- 1 cup dried cherries chopped
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350F. Line two baking sheets with parchment paper and set aside.
- Place browned butter and sugar in the bowl of a large stand mixer, fitted with a paddle attachment. Mix on medium speed until smooth. Add egg and vanilla to bowl and mix until smooth.
- Add oats, flour, baking soda, cinnamon, and salt to mixer and mix on medium speed until dough comes together. (dough will be slightly sticky) Gently stir in chocolate chips and cherries.
- Using a cookie scoop, scoop dough into 1-in balls and place on prepared baking sheets 1-2 inches apart. Bake cookies at 350F 9-10 minutes or until edges are golden (cookies will appear underdone in the middle---this ok) Cool cookies 5 minutes on baking sheet, then transfer to a wire cooling rack. Enjoy cookies warm while the chocolate is gooey!
Nutrition
Make sure you try the original recipe next time!! It’s a keeper.
Gayle @ Pumpkin 'N Spice says
I’m always intrigued with browned butter because I know it gives everything SO much flavor! These cookies look SO good, Sarah. Love how soft and chewy they are! Do you deliver?! 🙂
Maria @ kitchenathoskins says
These cookies look incredibly delicious! Can’t go wrong with browned butter:)
Manali@CookWithManali says
brown butter makes everything better! 😉
Bethany @ Athletic Avocado says
Ugh now I wish I could eat these cookies for breakfast in place of oatmeal right now, they are literally calling my name! Brown butter is a game changer (insert heart eyes) 🙂
Leo Tat says
I love the color of the cherries and chocolate on the cookie, Sarah. Would like to make these with the kids but they’ll probably eat lots of it from the mixing bowl lol.
Ashley - The Recipe Rebel says
So I pretty much only JUST realized how amazing browned butter is. I can just imagine how awesome it makes these cookies! Oatmeal is my favorite 🙂
doublebatchblog says
These look so yummy! Definitely going to try them!
Rachel @ Bakerita says
Oh WOW I’m in love with these beauties!! Brown butter makes everything better, especially when cookies are involved 🙂 I want!
Sarah says
I am about to bake these cookies. The dough is so crumbly I can’t even roll it into a ball. I added another egg. The consistency seems better, we shall see how they turn out.
Jojo says
Same thing happened to me! I didnt add the extra egg you did and while theyre ok I wouldnt make them again. I bake often so I know I did everything right but these still arent as good as I was hoping they would be. 🙁 #whompwhomp
Renee says
I added milk to make the correct consistency.
Tina says
This recipe was easy to prepare and sooo delicious. Thanks so much!
Sarah says
Glad to hear that these cookies were a success, Tina! 🙂
za. rizik says
These look so yummy, Sarah. Thank you for sharing!! I needed something to make with the kids this weekend. These look perfect!
Jillian says
How can I make these work with fresh cherries. Any suggestions?
Sarah says
Hi Jillian! I’ve never tried making these cookies with fresh cherries, but if you wish to try it, I would suggest drying the pitted and chopped cherries on paper towels and then adding them to the dough as per the recipe.
EL Mehdi says
This is indeed delicious, I had a few doubts in the beginning since I have cinnamon allergy, but after a week I finally tried it yesterday without cinnamon and It turned out great even thou it wasn’t as great looking as yours <3 (i did add some caramel since I'm addicted to it xD)
Megan says
I found these cookies were quite crumbly before making them into balls and also would not spread at all. I followed the recipe and directions to a T. What went wrong?
Diane says
Not only was this batter not “slightly sticky” as the recipe suggests but it was so dry I could not form it into cookies AT ALL-I spread in on a pan and cooked it as a single mass for about 15 min.; then cooled it and broke it into pieces. It’s quite tasty but certainly not as expected
Cheryl says
I should have read the comments. I’m an experienced cookie baker and these just didn’t come out. The dough is way to dry!