These Loaded Oatmeal Cookies are one of my favorite cookie recipes ever. The oatmeal cookies on their own are delicious. They’re the perfect oatmeal cookie- great flavor and a slightly crisp texture. So that makes this oatmeal cookie dough awesome for taking on add-ins to create fabulous dressed-up oatmeal cookies!

How to make Loaded Oatmeal Cookies:

Be sure to scroll to the end of this post to print out the complete recipe. These oatmeal cookies are made with brown sugar only (no white) and a mix of butter and shortening. I haven’t tried using all butter for these cookies, but you can certainly do so if you don’t like to use shortening. Eggs and buttermilk are added to the wet ingredients too. The dry ingredients include flour, baking powder, baking soda and quite a few spices. The dry is mixed into the wet, along with oats and vanilla. This makes the base for the oatmeal cookie dough.

How to make your own buttermilk:

This recipe calls for 1/2 cup of buttermilk. If you don’t want to purchase a carton of buttermilk, you can make your own buttermilk using milk and lemon juice. Put 1/2 cups of regular milk in a bowl or measuring cup. Add 1/2 tablespoon of freshly squeezed lemon juice to the milk. Let it sit for 5 minutes, and it should become a little bit curdled looking. At this point, it has turned into buttermilk and is ready to use in your recipe.

Suggested Add-Ins for Oatmeal Cookies:

The fun thing about these Loaded Oatmeal Cookies is that you get to decide what you want to mix-in, according to your personal preference. It’s also a neat idea to separate the cookie dough into two or three bowls and try two or three different add-ins. Here are some delicious things to try:

Cinnamon Chips and Toffee Chips (my favorite!) Chocolate Chips with or without nuts Raisins with or without nuts Butterscotch Chips M&M’s Peanut Butter Chips or Chopped Peanut Butter Cups Dried Cranberries and White Chocolate Chips

About Cinnamon Chips:

Enjoy!

Here are a few more recipes using cinnamon chips that you might like to try:

Pumpkin Cinnamon Chip Muffins Cinnamon Chip Banana Bread Snickerdoodle Bread Golden Cinnamon Pumpkin Bars Cinnamon Fudge Brown Sugar Cinnamon Biscotti Cinnamon Eggnog Scones