Very Simple Cookies
Oats and chocolate chips come together in this vegetarian — 55 minutes, 6 steps, and the kind of result worth repeating. Below: the ingredients split into pantry staples and a quick shopping list, a built-in serving scaler, and the method in 6 steps.
You'll mainly reach for oven and whisk. At medium difficulty across 6 steps, it's manageable with a little attention. As written, it's meat-free.
What you'll need
Shopping list (2)
Pantry staples (you likely have these)
Diet: vegetarian — no meat or fish, based on every ingredient listed below.
Contains: Gluten Dairy Egg
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How to make it
- Preheat the oven to 180 C and line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
- Cream the softened butter and white granulated sugar together with a wooden spoon or mixer until pale and fluffy, then beat in the egg and vanilla extract until smooth.
- In a separate bowl, whisk together the flour, baking soda and salt, then stir this into the butter mixture until just combined.
- Fold in the oats and chocolate chips until they are evenly distributed through the dough.
- Drop rounded tablespoons of dough onto the prepared sheet, spacing them about 5 cm apart to allow for spreading.
- Bake for 10 to 12 minutes until the edges are golden but the centres still look slightly soft, then cool on the sheet for 5 minutes before moving to a rack.
You'll use: Oven · Whisk · Mixer · Baking sheet
Ingredient substitutions
- Butter
- olive oil (¾ the amount) · coconut oil · margarine
Tips & common questions
How long does Very Simple Cookies take to make?
About 55 minutes from start to finish — an estimate based on the 6 steps and 9 ingredients. Times vary with your kitchen and how much prep you do ahead.
What can I use instead of butter?
Try olive oil (¾ the amount). See the substitutions section above for more swaps.
Can I scale this recipe up or down?
Yes — use the servings control above the ingredients and every quantity rescales automatically (fractions included). Cooking times stay roughly the same; very large batches may need a little longer.
Is Very Simple Cookies vegetarian?
Its ingredients contain no meat, fish or shellfish, so it is suitable for vegetarians. Check any cheese for animal rennet if that matters to you.
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Adapted recipe — rewritten in our own wording from an open-licensed community cookbook, not yet independently kitchen-tested by Consomee. How we source, test & correct recipes.
Very Simple Cookies is adapted by Consomee from the Wikibooks Cookbook, rewritten in our own wording and used under CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo: Amaretto cookies and Crostoli at the Tea Rooms of Yarck.jpg by Alpha, CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons. We add the serving scaler, ingredient tools, timing and structure — how we source recipes.