These Easy Spiced Oatmeal Cookies are packed with quick oats, warm spices, dried cranberries, chocolate chips, and toffee bits. Soft, chewy, and bursting with fall flavors, this recipe gives you cookies that are perfect to enjoy all year long!
It’s been foreverrrr since I’ve shared some cookies with you!
We can still be friends, right?
Truth be told, I adore cookies, I mean who doesn’t, right? But, I just forget about them sometimes! Plus, cookies are one of the hardest foods for me to photograph (along with sandwiches and wraps). So, I have lots of cookie ideas floating around, but I just get not-so-excited when I think about taking pictures of them.
But, these Easy Spiced Oatmeal Cookies were just too good to pass up!
What Makes These Easy Spiced Oatmeal Cookies So Fantastic:
- They’re full of warm fall flavors and tasty morsels – filling and delicious!
- These oatmeal cookies are so easy to put together. Combine the wet ingredients with the dry ones, fold in the add-ins, then drop them onto the sheet pan and bake!
- You can easily customize these cookies! Simply omit or add in your favorite chocolate chips or dried fruit!
If you checked out my Chocolate Chunk Oatmeal Cookies, you may remember that oatmeal cookies and I didn’t always use to be friends. In fact, I’m still pretty picky when it comes to this type of cookie.
And I blame that on raisins. See, I love raisins when I can eat them by the handful. But, throw them in a cookie, bread, cake, or muffin, and it’s a big turn-off for me. I just don’t like them! And most people put raisins in their oatmeal cookies, which is why I never usually eat them.
But, since I’m a food blogger, I call the shots, which means that you will find no raisins in this oatmeal cookie recipe! And I can’t take credit for the recipe. It came from the Fall Baking issue of Taste of South magazine. The recipe immediately caught my eye, and I made these cookies as soon as I bought the magazine.
If you like oatmeal cookies, then I guarantee you’ll fall in love with this spiced version. Cinnamon and nutmeg give this treat a punch of cozy spices, while the dried cranberries, chocolate chips, and toffee give them a nice texture and sweet flavor.
These easy oatmeal cookies bake up soft and chewy on the inside, while remaining crisp on the outside. And that’s my definition of a perfect cookie!
How To Make Easy Spiced Oatmeal Cookies
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Preheat your oven to 350F. Line two large baking pans with parchment paper. Set aside.
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In a large bowl, beat the butter, brown sugar, and white sugar until smooth and creamy, about 3-4 minutes. Add in the eggs, one at a time, and beat until everything is well-blended. Add the vanilla and blend until smooth. Set aside.
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In a medium bowl, combine the flour, baking soda, baking powder, salt, nutmeg, and cinnamon. Slowly add the flour mixture to the sugar mixture, beating until combined.
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Fold in the oats, dried cranberries, chocolate chips, and toffee bits.
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Use a spoon to scoop out 2 tablespoonfuls of dough and drop it on the prepared baking pan. Continue doing so, keeping the cookies about 1 inch apart. Bake the cookies for 12-14 minutes, or until lightly browned.
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Let the cookies cool on the pans for 5 minutes. Then, use a spatula to move the cookies to a wire rack to cool completely. Enjoy!
Cooking Tips:
- This recipe calls for quick-cooking oats, so be sure not to use the old-fashioned ones!
- Make sure not to over mix the dough as it can make your cookies tough or gummy. Mix just long enough until your dough is uniform.
- If you don’t have a large enough oven that distributed heat evenly, you may want to cook one sheet of cookies at a time.
Variations:
- Substitute 1 cup of whole wheat flour for the white flour to add a little extra fiber to these cookies!
- Get a little more crunch in these cookies by adding in some chopped nuts! 1/2 cup of pecans or walnut would work well.
- Really amp up the chocolate flavor by drizzling melted chocolate over the cookies or dunking the cookies halfway into melted chocolate.
One bite and you’ll embrace the warm, fall flavors that are hidden in each cookie. Pair this treat with a glass of milk or hot cup of coffee, and you’ve got the most delicious dessert or snack satisfy your sweet tooth!
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Spiced Oatmeal Cookies
Ingredients
- 1 cup unsalted butter softened
- 1½ cups packed light brown sugar
- ½ cup white sugar
- 3 large eggs
- 1½ teaspoons vanilla bean paste or vanilla extract
- 2¾ cups all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- ½ teaspoon baking powder
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ¼ teaspoon ground nutmeg
- ½ teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 3 cups quick-cooking oats
- 1 cup dried cranberries
- 1 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
- 1 cup toffee bits
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350F. Line two large baking pans with parchment paper. Set aside.
- In a large bowl, beat butter, brown sugar, and white sugar until smooth and creamy, about 3-4 minutes. Add in eggs, one at a time, and beat until well-blended. Add vanilla and blend until smooth. Set aside.
- In a medium bowl, combine flour, baking soda, baking powder, salt, nutmeg, and cinnamon. Slowly add flour mixture to sugar mixture, beating until combined.
- Fold in oats, dried cranberries, chocolate chips, and toffee bits.
- Drop dough by 2 tablespoonfuls about 1 inch apart on prepared pans. Bake for 12-14 minutes, or until lightly browned.
- Let cool on pans for 5 minutes. Then, move to a wire rack to cool completely.
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