Martha Stewart’s Oatmeal Toffee Cookies are my family’s favorite cookie. It was Martha’s cookie of the year a while back. I’m posting it now for my daughter, who called me recently and got me out of bed so she could have the recipe. I’m sure I’ve given it to her dozens of times, so I put it online, so she’ll always have it.
I usually make a couple of modifications. I increase the flour to 1 3/4 cups and don’t chill the dough. I also add 1 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips instead of chopped bittersweet chocolate.
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 cup (2 sticks) unsalted butter, room temperature
- 3/4 cup granulated sugar
- 3/4 cup light-brown sugar
- 1 egg
- 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
- 1 1/2 cups oatmeal
- 1 cup dried cherries
- 1 cup bittersweet chocolate, coarsely chopped
- 1 cup toffee pieces, (5 1/2 ounces)
Directions
- Heat oven to 350 degrees. Sift together flour and baking soda, and set aside. In the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, cream butter and sugars on medium-high speed until light and fluffy, 2 to 3 minutes. Scrape down the sides of the bowl once or twice during mixing. Add egg, and mix on high speed to combine. Add vanilla extract; mix to combine. Scrape down the sides of the bowl.
- Add the sifted flour a bit at a time on a low speed until well combined. Add oatmeal, cherries, chocolate, and toffee pieces; mix to combine.
- Divide dough into three equal portions, and roll into logs using plastic wrap, approximately 1 1/2 inches in diameter. To bake, cut logs into 3/4-inch pieces. Bake on parchment-lined baking sheets, until golden brown, 8 to 10 minutes. Remove from oven, and transfer to a baking rack to cool.
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I love to bake, especially cookies, cakes, and pies. I’ll post my adventures in the kitchen, my favorite new recipes, as well as our family favorites.
Thanks, Mom. Now all you’ll have to do when I call is remind me that it’s online.
i love toffee!!!! will have to try it w/oatmeal soon
sounds delicious!
i just joined the DB this month too, just checking out everyone else’s blogs, wanted to say hello
Barbara,
These cookies look and sound delicious! I’m fairly new at the DB’ers too! Nice Blog!
Hey sis,
Way to go! What a great idea to use all of your expertise together. Do you want to make me some of these yummy cookies? I remember they were wonderful.
Karen – thanks for checking out my blog. Remind me next time your in town.
Hi, were you fine by increasing the flour just to the 1 3/4 cups? Just seems like a lot of butter… though I read the reviews on Martha's site and everyone raves about these too. Going to try them tomorrow to bring to a friend's house this weekend. Thanks for sharing the recipe.
Hey…just posted this recipe on my site with a link to you. It was so well received at work. I was worried thinking there was a heck of a lot of ingredients going into this one little recipe but it really and truly worked!
Made these cookies recently using mixed dried berries, after also googling them on Martha's site and the site of their originator. I tried both the drop method and the rolled, chilled method (preferred the former, I think), but either way, they were absolutely delicious! Thank you so much for sharing this recipe, Barbara…Cheryl in NC