The Tastiest & Softest Sourdough Discard Oatmeal Cookies
These are hands down the best soft & chewy oatmeal cookies EVER. They’re loaded with oatmeal, raisins, chocolate chips, a hint of cinnamon and the secret ingredient that makes them extra soft and chewy, coconut! That one little ingredient changes the cookies from good to AMAZING. Get your biggest mixing bowl out because this recipe makes a BIG batch. Enough cookies to feed a crowd, or freeze some to bake later. The cooking class video talks you through how we freeze our cookie dough balls and bake fresh trays whenever we want. We adjusted this recipe so you can use your fresh sourdough discard to give them a little extra sparkle!
Aaron and I started making these cookies together when we were just dating and they’ve been a favorite every since. When we were in college one of my professors came into class one day talking non-stop about Cowboy Cookies. He was so smitten with this recipe that he gave it to all of us. So that weekend Aaron and I, with all of our limited college cooking skills, whipped up a batch. And yep - 25 years later they’re still one of our favorite oatmeal cookies to make!
Here’s what we learned as college kids …
This makes a HUGE batch of cookies that you should definitely share, seriously - SO MANY COOKIES
It’s pretty hard to mix it by hand so get your biggest bowl and a hand mixer ready. I LOVE my stand mixer but honestly the mixing bowl isn’t big enough!
Don’t try and halve the batch, it messes with the texture so just go ahead and get crazy and make the entire thing and freeze some of the dough if necessary.
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Our Best Ever Oatmeal Cookies with Sourdough Discard Recipe
1 1/4 cups (288 grams) salted butter at room temperature or sub dairy free butter!
1 1/2 cups (301 grams) granulated sugar
1 1/2 cups (292 grams) brown sugar
3 eggs 1/2 cup
(57 grams) of cold sourdough discard
1 Tablespoon (13 grams) Vanilla
1 Tablespoon (9 grams) Cinnamon
1 teaspoon (8 grams) Salt
1 Tablespoon (12 grams) baking powder
1 Tablespoon (20 grams) baking soda
2 3/4 cups flour (340 grams)
3 cups (240 grams) rolled oats
2 cups (160 grams) sweetened coconut flakes (this is the secret ingredient!!)
3 cups raisins (435 grams) or chocolate chips (511 grams)
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
In a medium sized bowl sift together the flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt and cinnamon and set aside. In your largest mixing bowl (it needs to be big ;) beat the butter on medium speed until smooth and creamy, then add in the brown sugar, granulated sugar, and vanilla - beat until fluffy. Add the eggs one a a time mixing after each one. Mix in your sourdough discard. Now you can add in the flour mixture and stir until combined. Then throw in the oats, coconut and chocolate chips and give it one last good mixing!
Bake for 12-15 minutes depending on the size of the cookies. You want them to look puffy, with the edges slightly browned and just a bit of glistening in the cracks through the middle. This will make them crispy on the edges and soft and chewy in the middle!
This recipe makes about 6 dozen regular sized cookies …. but they’re super fun if you make BIG cookies. So give it a try.
Happy Baking friends! These will fill your Red Tins for a couple weeks if you cook the dough in batches ;)
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