Giant Salted Oatmeal Cookies | The Best Recipe

These oatmeal cookies are full of oats, nuts, and dried fruit with a sprinkle of salt on top. They are a hearty sweet and salty treat!

Usually, if I have my choice between a chocolate chip cookie and an oatmeal cookie, I reach for the chocolate chip cookie every time.  Let’s be honest, if I’m eating something sweet it’s probably something chocolate.  Life can be challenging and chocolate makes it a little more fun!

In my twenties, I used to go to a tea shop that had the best oatmeal cookies and it completely changed my view of what an oatmeal cookie could be!  The chewy oatmeal cookies were huge, filled with oats, and had a hint of salt.  They were so delicious and I knew I had to figure out how to make my own version.

Ingredients Needed For Giant Oatmeal Cookies with Sea Salt

• 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/4 teaspoon grated or ground nutmeg
• 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1/2 pound room temperature unsalted butter (2 sticks of butter)
• 1 cup light brown sugar
• 1 cup granulated sugar
• 2 large eggs
• 4 cups old-fashioned oats
• 1/2 cup golden raisins
• 1/2 cup dried cranberries
• 1/2 cup chopped pecans
• 1 Tablespoons flaked sea salt or fleur de sel

You’ll need a mixer with a paddle attachment for this recipe.  Once you add the oatmeal and all of the mix-ins, it can get really difficult to mix this dough by hand!  A mixer on low speed makes it much easier to combine the dough.

This recipe is very popular in my family.  Possibly my most requested cookie recipe.  I think it might be my dad’s favorite cookies that I make, and he’s a bit of an oatmeal cookie connoisseur.  Even if oatmeal cookies aren’t your favorite, I encourage you to try this recipe!  These cookies are truly DELICIOUS!

This classic cookie recipe is PACKED with old-fashioned oats, dried fruit, and nuts.  Adding a pinch of salt to the cookie dough AND flaky salt on top really makes these cookies special.  Don’t skip this step, it makes all the difference.

How to make our oatmeal cookie recipe

Instructions

• Adjust oven racks to the low and middle positions and preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
• Line 2 cookie sheets with silicone mats or parchment paper.
• Whisk flour, salt, baking powder, nutmeg, and cinnamon in a medium bowl.
• In a mixer, beat the butter until it’s creamy. Add the white sugar and the brown sugar and beat until fluffy. This should take about 3 minutes. Then beat in eggs, one at a time.
• Stir the dry ingredients into the wet ingredients with the hand mixer or in the bowl of a stand mixer. Then stir in the oats. Once that is mixed in, stir in the raisins, cranberries, and nuts until just combined.
• Using a large cookie scoop or two tablespoons, roll the dough into 2-inch dough balls. Place on your cookie sheets spaced about 2 inches apart and flatten the cookies a little with your fingers or the back of a spatula.
• Sprinkle each cookie with a small pinch of the flaked sea salt.
• Bake for 22-25 minutes, until the edges begin to turn brown. Once baked move the cookies to a cooling rack to let them cool.

Mmmm!  These are some of the best cookies, and I hope you enjoy every tasty bite!

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Here’s another cookie recipe you might enjoy:

Soft Chocolate Chip Cookies

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