Chewy Marmalade Oatmeal Cookies
Updated March 1, 2026
Joseph De Leo for The New York Times. Food Stylist: Rebecca Jurkevich.
- Total Time
- 25 minutes, plus cooling
- Prep Time
- 5 minutes
- Cook Time
- 20 minutes
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Ingredients
⅓ cup/95 grams marmalade, any large pieces of peel chopped
½ cup (1 stick)/113 grams unsalted butter, melted
½ packed cup/110 grams light or dark brown sugar
1 ½ teaspoons baking powder
½ teaspoon baking soda
½ teaspoon fine sea or table salt
1 cup/125 grams all-purpose flour
1 ½ cups/120 grams rolled oats
Nutritional analysis per serving (24 servings)
15 grams carbs; 10 milligrams cholesterol; 99 calories; 1 gram monosaturated fat; 2 grams saturated fat; 4 grams fat; 1 gram fiber; 55 milligrams sodium; 1 gram protein; 7 grams sugar
Note: The information shown is Edamam’s estimate based on available ingredients and preparation. It should not be considered a substitute for a professional nutritionist’s advice.
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Preparation
- Step 1
Heat oven to 350 degrees. Line two baking sheets with parchment paper.
- Step 2
In a large bowl, whisk together marmalade, butter, sugar, baking powder, baking soda and salt until the marmalade is smooth.
- Step 3
Using a flexible spatula, stir in the flour and oats, mixing until the flour is well incorporated and there are no more streaks of white. It will be a thick batter.
- Step 4
Place heaping tablespoonfuls of the batter onto the baking sheets, spacing them evenly apart. Bake until the cookies are golden at the edges but still soft in the center, 9 to 13 minutes. Transfer pans to wire racks to cool.
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Saw this recipe and had to make immediately because I’m a marmalade fanatic (just wait till your forties, haters). Enough Robertson’s Seville Orange in the fridge for one batch. So fast, so easy, so chewy. Perfect cookie for a quick! 5 stars.
I made as written. I used good orange marmalade but did not get much citrus flavor. I like the idea of adding citrus to oatmeal cookies so I will try again. I think white sugar would allow more orange flavor to come through - the molasses in the brown sugar overwhelms. I also will add orange zest and/or chopped up candied orange peel.
I really like this recipe! I used homemade Meyer lemon marmalade and added some chopped candied ginger to the batter. I also put little dab of marmalade on top of each ball before baking. I think this helped give a more distinctive marmalade flavor.
These are amazing! If you want a quick sweet treat, these are bomb you can use any kind of jam jelly whatever… But I use protein oatmeal so that at least it has a little something something healthy, besides a stick of butter and brown sugar, lol but this is really really good and I highly recommend. Could probably switch out brown sugar for food processed dates and or maybe coconut sugar, even if you wanted to use a plant base, but I’m not sure how well it melts but these are amazing and I highly recommend
Mixed 1T breakfast earl grey loose tea into melted butter, let cool 10 mins. Used 75 grams brown sugar, added zest of 1/2 Meyer lemon to wet mix. Subbed Small Batch Jam Co Earl Grey Bergamot Marmalade (Pacifica, CA) instead of orange. Added 1/4 cup shredded coconut to 100 g flour-125 g oat mix. Used 1.5 oz scoop for 18 cookies, and very slightly flattened. Baked 12 mins, turning sheets 1/2 way through bake. These cookies are SO good; just sweet enough! Held together perfectly. Will make again!
These were so delicious! I used homemade orange marmalade which I bet made them even better. I also added a little dollop of marmalade on top for some extra marmalade flavor. Perhaps a new go-to cookie recipe for me!