My Great Auntie Eva was a phenomenal baker. She always made sure to bake us a fresh batch of cookies or mandelbrot when we visited her apartment or invited her over for dinner. I was never able to track down any of her recipes, and as time passed I was losing hope that I ever would!
Fortunately, my father brought up my quest to his cousin Barb (also an amazing baker) who happened to have a few of my Auntie Eva’s recipes and did not hesitate to send me over some of the ones I loved from my childhood.
These oatmeal chocolate chip cookies are originally from the book For the Love of Baking by Lillian Kaplun. A number of my family members even took a few baking classes with Lillian. The skills they learned in these classes surely contributed to the wonderful desserts I tasted devoured growing up.
I am thrilled to have a copy of this oatmeal chocolate chip cookie recipe, as it stands out as one of the best. I am also happy to share it with you! These cookies are wonderfully crispy but not at all dry. They are sweet, but not too sweet, and you could eat a dozen in one sitting. They are just that good. Thank you Barb for forwarding me the recipe!
Auntie Eva’s Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies
What You Need:
- 1 ¾ cups all purpose flour
- ½ tsp. salt
- 2 cups rolled oats
- ½ cup shredded coconut (optional but I say leave it in. I don’t even love coconut but it adds a lot to this cookie)
- 1 cup unsalted butter (left out of the fridge for about 20 minutes)
- 1 cup brown sugar, packed
- ½ tsp baking soda
- ¼ cup boiling water
- 1 tsp vanilla
- 1 – 6 oz. package chocolate chips or 1 heaping cup
What You Need:
- Sift together flour and salt. Mix in rolled oats and coconut.
- Dissolve baking soda in ¼ cup boiling water.
- Cream butter, add sugar gradually and cream thoroughly. The creaming of butter and sugar should take 15 to 20 minutes!
- Add vanilla, then water and soda.
- Add dry ingredients a little at a time, mixing well. Fold in chocolate chipits.
- Drop from teaspoon on a greased cookie sheet (or parchment paper lined cookie sheet) and flatten slightly with a fork.
- Bake at 350 for 15 – 20 mins until done. Cool on cookie sheet.
- Enjoy!
** You will be tempted to eat these right when they come out of the oven. I beg you to try and wait at least 25 – 30 minutes. Two hours would be better! These cookies need time to relax so they can get crispy. You won’t be sorry!
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mmm! Chocolate chip cookies are just wonderful!!!
Great recipe! I will try to make these myself!
great and easy! thanks for sharing this recipe
Thanks Cam – it is a wonderful recipe, more from Auntie Eva’s collection coming soon
Where did this blog go, Reb? We want more cherries!