Turtle Oatmeal Cookies are chock full of chocolate, caramel, and pecans! They are simple to make and taste AMAZING!
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I’ve always found oatmeal raisin cookies to be the most irritating raisin-containing dessert. Mostly because they’re so deceiving! Even up close, sometimes you can’t tell if it’s oatmeal raisin or oatmeal chocolate chip. And since I’m always looking for a cookie to put in my mouth, I’ve been duped too many times into believing I’ve got a chocolate chipper, when it’s really a raisin cookie instead.
Luckily for all the anti-raisin cookie lovers out there – there is no mistaking these turtle oatmeal cookies for their raisin relatives! You can actually see the chocolate, caramel, and pecans. And you’ll thank me for this recipe before you finish your first bite. It is that good.
How to Make Turtle Oatmeal Cookies
These cookies are not only delicious, they couldn’t be any easier to make! Here is how –
- In a stand mixer, beat together butter, brown sugar, and granulated sugar for about 30 seconds.
- Add baking powder, baking soda, and cinnamon. Beat until combined.
- Add eggs and vanilla, beating until combined and scraping down the sides.
- Beat in as much flour as you can with the mixer, using a wooden spoon to mix in the rest.
- Stir in the oats, rolos, chocolate chips, and pecans.
- Drop by rounded tablespoons onto a parchment lined baking sheet.
- Bake at 375° for 8-10 minutes, until edges are golden.
- Let cool on baking sheet for a few minutes before transferring to wire rack.
How good do these look???
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Turtle Oatmeal Cookies
Ingredients
- 3/4 c. butter
- 1 c. packed brown sugar
- 1/2 c. granulated sugar
- 1 tsp. baking powder
- 1/4 tsp. baking soda
- 1/2 tsp. ground cinnamon
- 2 eggs
- 1 tsp. vanilla
- 1 3/4 c. all purpose flour
- 2 c. rolled oats
- 1 c. rolos, unwrapped and halved
- 1/2 c. semi-sweet chocolate chips
- 1/2 c. chopped pecans
Instructions
- In a stand mixer, beat together the butter, the brown sugar, and the granulated sugar for about 30 seconds. Add baking powder, baking soda, and cinnamon. Beat until combined.
- Add eggs and vanilla, beating until combined and scraping down the sides.
- Beat in as much flour as you can with the mixer, using a wooden spoon to mix in the rest.
- Stir in the oats, rolos, chocolate chips, and pecans.
- Drop by rounded tablespoons onto a parchment lined baking sheet. Bake at 375° for 8-10 minutes, until edges are golden. Let cool on baking sheet for a few minutes before transferring to wire rack.
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ENJOY!
ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Ashton is a stay-at-home mom, amateur baker, and full time blogger from Something Swanky. She was a Somewhat Simple Creative Team member in 2012.
I do a lot of baking for salons in my area, and am interested in making the turtle oatmeal cookies. Generally, I steer away from making cookies, because I get paid monthly, not by the batch, and people tend to blaze through individual cookies very quickly, limiting my profits. My question is, can I bake this recipe as a bar cookie, and if so, what size pan should I use, do I need to adjust the bake time, and should I adjust the recipe (i.e. double it, or make 1 1/2 batches, etc.). Thanks for your time!
Hi Chris,
I’ve never made these cookies into bars before, so I am not sure if this recipe would be good for that or not. We have a recipe for Rolo Cookie Bars that is delicious and very similar – here is a link: https://www.somewhatsimple.com/rolo-cookie-bars/
If you do try making bars with this recipe, let me know how it turns out! 🙂
OH MY GOODNESS!!!!!!!!! You are the QUEEN of Oatmeal Cookies… no… the EMPRESS!!!!!!!
My husband and I love a good oatmeal cookie, but we abhor raisins, too. I am going to make these for my husband this week end.
I agree with you about Carrot Cake as well… it is kryptonite!
I bow before your awesome self!
Just like shopping hungry…I shouldn’t look at cookie recipes on an empty stomach…but who could resist a cookie with Rolos. I hope I can find them. So many of our old favorites aren’t on the shelves anymore. Thanks for making me drool on my keyboard. 🙂
Just finish making them for a baby shower tomorrow! They turned out so good. I think they will be a hit tomorrow! Thanks for the recipe!
Those look incredible!