Description
A quick and easy recipe for a giant oatmeal cookie made in the air fryer. This cookie is soft, gooey, and packed with oats and chocolate chips or raisins. Perfect for a single large treat or to share as a dessert or snack.
Ingredients
Scale
Main Ingredients
- 2 tablespoons butter
- 2 tablespoons brown sugar
- 1 tablespoon sugar
- 1 egg yolk
- ½ teaspoon vanilla extract
- ¼ cup all-purpose flour
- ⅛ teaspoon baking soda
- ⅛ teaspoon baking powder
- ⅛ teaspoon salt
- Dash of cinnamon (optional)
- ¼ cup quick oats
- ¼ cup chocolate chips or raisins
Instructions
- Preheat Air Fryer: Set your air fryer to 350 degrees Fahrenheit and allow it to preheat while you prepare the cookie dough.
- Melt Butter: Place the butter in a medium-sized mixing bowl and melt it in the microwave until fully liquefied.
- Mix Sugars and Egg: Add the brown sugar, sugar, egg yolk, and vanilla extract to the melted butter. Stir well using a fork until all ingredients are thoroughly combined.
- Add Dry Ingredients: Stir in the flour, baking soda, baking powder, salt, and cinnamon (if using). Once combined, fold in the quick oats and chocolate chips or raisins.
- Form Cookie Dough: Divide the dough into two equal balls and flatten them lightly to shape.
- Prepare for Air Frying: Place the cookie dough balls on a sheet of air fryer parchment paper inside the air fryer basket. Leave space between each cookie and from the basket edges for proper cooking.
- Air Fry Cookies: Cook the cookies in the preheated air fryer for 5 minutes. The exterior should be browned while the inside remains slightly underdone to achieve a gooey texture.
- Press Toppings: Immediately after cooking, remove the basket but keep the cookies inside. Press additional chocolate chips or raisins onto the top if desired for a bakery finish.
- Cool Cookies: Let the cookies cool for at least 20 minutes before handling to prevent them from falling apart. For a firmer cookie, allow cooling for a couple of hours.
Notes
- Cookies are designed to be underdone and gooey inside; for a less gooey center, add an extra minute of air frying time at the cost of a more browned exterior.
- If parchment paper curls and distorts the cookie shape during baking, immediately cover the cookie with a bowl slightly wider than the cookie while still warm and swirl gently to reshape into a perfect circle, then press extra chocolate chips into the top.
- Allow cookies to cool fully to firm up if you prefer a sturdier texture.
