# Salted Caramel Oatmeal Cookies

These foolproof salted caramel oatmeal cookies are the best cookies I've ever made, featuring a soft, gooey, and chewy texture.

- Servings: 12 servings
- Total time: 53 min
- Category: Dessert
- Language: en

## Ingredients

- 1 cup salted butter
- 1 cup brown sugar
- 0.5 cup granulated sugar
- 2 eggs
- 2 teaspoons vanilla
- 1 tablespoon molasses
- 1.5 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1.5 teaspoons cinnamon
- 3 cups oats
- soft caramels
- sea salt

## Instructions

1. In an electric mixer, combine one cup of salted butter, one cup of brown sugar, and half a cup of granulated sugar.
2. Mix the sugars and butter.
3. Add 2 eggs and two teaspoons of vanilla.
4. Add one tablespoon of molasses and mix.
5. Add all dry ingredients: one and a half cups of all-purpose flour, one teaspoon of baking soda, one teaspoon of salt, one and a half teaspoons of cinnamon, and three cups of oats.
6. Mix the dry ingredients into the wet ingredients until combined.
7. Scrape down the sticky batter from the edges of the bowl.
8. Refrigerate the dough for about 40 minutes.
9. Fill the cookie tray, making cookies as big as desired. (The example yields 12 cookies per tray).
10. Add soft caramels to the top of each cookie.
11. Bake the cookies in the oven at 350 degrees Fahrenheit for approximately 13 minutes.
12. Immediately after removing them from the oven, sprinkle them with some sea salt.

## Equipment

- electric mixer
- cookie tray
- oven

## Tips

- Chilling the dough in the fridge for 40 minutes is a must to reduce stickiness.
- Do not overbake; cookies will seem underdone but will harden as they cool.
- Sprinkle with sea salt the moment they come out of the oven.

## Source

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- Extracted: 2025-12-18

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