These Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies are the absolute best bake sale cookies recipe!
It’s a great time of year (spring… summer) to start thinking about having a fundraising bake sale for your child’s school, your church, your library, a charity group, etc. To have a successful fund-raiser, you will need a supply of awesome baked goods that are going to draw in a crowd and rake in the cash. These Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies are a universal favorite with just about everyone. They are dense and buttery and delicious!
The recipe comes from The Best Bake Sale Cookbook by Gretchen Holt-Witt (Copyright 2011, John Wiley & Sons). This is not a brand new cookbook, but it’s one I reach for again and again when I’m baking goodies! What I love most about this book: all of the author’s proceeds benefit CookiesForKidsCancer.org- a charity raising millions of dollars to help fund new pediatric cancer treatments. Here are my favorite “bake sale” recipes from the book: Classic Sugar Cookies, Prince Liam’s Peanut Butter Cookies, Cinnamon- Sugared Snickerdoodles, Classic Chewy Brownies, Blondies, Coconut Cupcakes with Seven-Minute Frosting, Paige’s Famous Banana Bread, Applesauce Bread and Morning Glory Muffins. I want to make them all, host a bake sale in my front yard and give all the proceeds to charity!
It’s important to make your bake sale treats as visually appealing as possible. I always dot extra chocolate chips on top of each rolled ball of dough before baking so they bake right into the top and plainly show that chips are plentiful in every cookie.
Packs of three to five Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies in a seasonal or festive bag with ribbons tend to sell very well. Presentation is key. You want your tables of baked goods to be well-organized and pretty… with signs indicating what is for sale with clear pricing. It’s also helpful to have a poster displayed sharing details on what the money raised will be used for. One more tip: have kids around your bake sale as they add fun and joy to the event!
P.S. My son loves to use this book as a resource for recipes for his neighborhood lemonade stands too!
The Best Bake Sale Recipes:
- Cowboy Cookies
- Six Layer Bars
- Gooey Chocolate Chip Sandwich Bars
- Snickerdoodle Bread
- Perfect M&M Cookies
Best Bake Sale Cookies: Oatmeal Chocolate Chip
Ingredients
- 1 cup (2 sticks) unsalted butter, at room temperature
- 1 cup packed light brown sugar
- ½ cup granulated white sugar
- 1 large egg
- 1 large egg yolk
- 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
- 2 cups all purpose flour
- 1 cup oats
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon kosher salt
- 3 cups semi-sweet or milk chocolate chips
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 325°F. Line baking sheets with parchment paper or silpat mats.
- In a large bowl, use an electric mixer to combine the butter and sugars. Add the egg, egg yolk and vanilla, beating until well combined.
- In a separate bowl, whisk together the flour, oats, baking powder, baking soda and salt. Add to the wet mixture and beat until everything is well incorporated, scraping down the sides of the bowl as needed. Stir in the chocolate chips.
- Form the dough into heaping teaspoon sized balls and place them about 2 inches apart on the prepared baking sheets. Using your palm, gently press down.
- Bake for 12 to 15 minutes, or until the cookies begin to brown at the edges. Cool on the cookie sheet for 10 minutes, then transfer to a wire rack to cool completely.
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
I don’t know why I keep forgetting that I love oatmeal cookies SO much more when they have chocolate chips in them – thanks for the delicious reminder, Lori! Pinning so I remember. 🙂
what a great cookbook and I love these cookies, Lori!!
What a fun cookbook! These cookies look delicious!
These do look like the perfect cookie for a bake sale!
Hi Lori. These cookies look delicious! Are they chewy, or crispy?
They are a firm cookie, but they’ll be a little softer if you underbake them.
Can the chocolate chips be substituted with raisins? I can’t have chocolate and I love oatmeal raisin cookies.
Sure!
Lori,
These cookies look delicious. I bet my hubby would love these. Hope you had a lovely Easter.
Annamaria
These really do look like the best bake sale oatmeal chocolate chip cookies. I love that she donates the proceeds. Thanks for featuring my snickerdoodle bread!
These look delicious. Schools around our area don’t let you bring homemade stuff for bake sales anymore. Party poopers! They have to be store bought and in the packaging. Poor kids are missing out on wonderful cookies like these.
I LOVE this concept for a cookbook, and I’d definitely pick this stack off the bake sale table. Oatmeal chocolate chip is a favorite around here!