These Salty Ritz Cracker Oatmeal Cookies are a fun variation on chewy oatmeal cookies! They’re wonderfully sweet & salty and filled with white chocolate chips!
So these little cookies look unassuming, right?
Just another boring cookie.
Welp. Yes and no.
I certainly won’t call it boring…nevah! But yes, it’s an oatmeal cookie…
BUT there is a secret ingredient inside.
Ok, it’s not so secret considering I put it IN THE TITLE!
But yeah, it’s crushed up Ritz crackers. It gives the underbelly of these guys a salty/buttery hint that only comes from that addictive cracker.
AND I added some white chocolate chips, because I can’t just let things alone.
I was actually trying to make another kind of cookie today to share, but my KIDS ate all the ingredients, so while that was annoying, I put my thinking cap on and created these. I suppose I’d call that a success.
Let’s talk a sec about these Salty Ritz Cracker Oatmeal Cookies.
Just grab some Ritz.
It’ll take about 11 or 12 to get a 1/2 cup of crushed crackers.
Make sure to add a little extra salt in your dough. I prefer a COARSE sea salt. That way you get little salty nuggets throughout the cookie…not so much an all-over saltiness, which I don’t like as much.
When you have all your other ingredients mixed in chill the dough for about an hour and then bake!
They will look a little something like this when they’re done.
The white chocolate chips cut the saltiness and add a nice texture!
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- Prep Time: 1 hour 5 minutes
- Cook Time: 8 minutes
- Total Time: 1 hour 13 minutes
- Yield: 24 cookies 1x
- Category: Dessert
- Method: Oven
- Cuisine: American
Description
These Salty Ritz Cracker Oatmeal Cookies are a fun variation on chewy oatmeal cookies! They’re wonderfully sweet & salty and filled with white chocolate chips!
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup butter, room temperature
- 1/2 cup light brown sugar
- 1/4 cup granulated sugar
- 1 egg
- 1 tsp vanilla
- 2 Tbsp milk
- 3/4 tsp coarse sea salt
- 1/2 tsp baking powder
- 1/2 tsp baking soda
- 1 1/2 cup rolled oats
- 1 cup flour
- 1/2 cup crushed Ritz (about 11–12 crackers)
- 1 cup white chocolate chips
Instructions
- In bowl of stand mixer beat butter and both sugars together for about 2 minutes until fluffy.
- Add in egg, vanilla and milk and beat until mixed well.
- Mix in salt, baking powder and baking soda until incorporated, scraping sides as needed.
- Mix in oats,flour and Ritz until combined. Finally stir in white chocolate chips.
- Refrigerate dough for 1-2 hours.
- Preheat oven to 375°
- Line a baking sheet with parchment paper and drop rounded tablespoon scoops of dough onto prepared baking sheet about 2 inches apart. Bake for 8 minutes.
- Allow cookies to cool.
Nutrition
- Serving Size:
- Calories: 144
- Sugar: 10.9 g
- Sodium: 118.2 mg
- Fat: 6.6 g
- Carbohydrates: 18.8 g
- Protein: 2 g
- Cholesterol: 19.4 mg
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This cookies might look boring in the outside, but they are everything but, in the outside. Just goes to show, don’t judge a cookie by its cover.
Oatmeal cookies with ritz crackers mixed in?? Yes! Love this idea!!
These look amazing! Buttery, salty, oaty – mmmmm! Pinned. 🙂
I think you forgot the ritz in the cookies, but I am sure you used chunk load to make these taste so good. Who can rogue with the buttery, salty sweet goodness?
Oh yes I did! Recipe fixed! Can’t believe I did that!
I didn’t see the ritz crackers listed as others have mentioned. But read in your directions w/pictures you mentioned 11 to 12 crackers were needed to make 1/2 cup ritz crackers into crumbs. So I guess that’s what is to be added. I printed off the recipe, but added 1/2 cup ritz cracker crumbs on it.
SUch a silly mistake of me! I left out an important ingredient!! Added it in, and yes you did it correctly!
Where are the ritz in the recipe please?
Am I blind or are there no actual ritz crackers in the recipe? It’s not listed w the ingredients. These cookies sound like something I’d like.
Recipe fixed! Sorry about that!
Oatmeal cookies are my favorite!! I know it’s not cool but my plan is to find a way to make boring looking, beige food take over the world. It always tastes the best. These cookies are at the top of my list 🙂
Shelly, what a brilliant idea! I love Ritz crackers so much. They must give the oatmeal cookies such an incredible buttery, salty flavour. Your photos are gorgeous! I wish I could reach into my screen and grab a cookie (or three).