When I was a kid, my Dad used to buy iced oatmeal cookies. They were never my favorite and they still aren’t. The iced oatmeal cookies he bought were the packaged ones that would break your tooth unless you soaked them in milk for five minutes. They tasted great, but the hard as a brick texture turned me off.
Well a couple of years ago, my mom made iced oatmeal cookies for Thanksgiving. Since then they have become our favorite and I make them frequently. I’m sure you’ve seen them pop on my blog. They are so good that I can’t eat just one, two, or three! One bite and I’m eating at least five cookies. The cookies are so soft, chewy, and the flavors are just perfect. If you’re looking for a great oatmeal cookie, these are it. You could skip the icing and throw in raisins, chocolate chips, or whatever you wish.
If you’re looking for a holiday treat to please the friends this year, ditch the sugar cookies, and go for these!
Ingredients: Â 1 cup shortening, 1 cup sugar, 1 cup brown sugar, 2 eggs, 1 tsp vanilla, 1 1/4 cups flour, 1 tsp baking soda, 1/2 tsp crushed sea salt, 1/2 tsp ground cinnamon, 3 cups old fashioned oats. (I used quick oats)
Icing Ingrediens: 2 egg whites, 2 cups powdered sugar, 1 1/2 teaspoon vanilla (or lemon juice)
Recipe originated from Bake-AholicÂ
-Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
-In an electric mixture, combine shortening, eggs, vanilla, brown sugar, and sugar.
-Use a spatula to wipe down the crisco from the sides of the mixer.
-In a separate bowl, combine the baking soda, cinnamon, salt, and flour.
-Add the flour bowl to the mixture and combine well.
-After the flour is combined, slowly mix in the oats.
-Let the dough sit for five minutes and then mix again.
-The cookies spread out quite a bit, so give them about 3 inches. I cooked eight cookies on the sheet at once.
-Drop heaping tablespoons of the dough onto a greased baking sheet. Bake 10-13 minutes.
-The edges will be slightly golden and the insides will be a tad undercooked. Don’t worry because they’ll continue to cook once they are out of the oven.
-Place them on a rack or tin foil to cool.
-Don’t flatten them, they will flatten on their own.
While the cookies are cooling, make your icing. You can make it any flavor you want by replacing the vanilla or adding extracts to it.
In an electric mixture, combine eggs, powdered sugar, and vanilla
Combine until the icing is thick. If it’s too runny, add more powdered sugar.
Once the cookies are cooled down, you can begin your icing!
You can either dip them in and cover the tops with icing, or you can drizzle it over the top.
I used a spoon to drizzle the icing on top.
What I love about this icing is that it drys in about fifteen minutes.
Start icing all of the cookies and let them sit on the foil for fifteen minutes or so before putting them in a container.
I stored mine in a closed container with a lid. You can keep them in the fridge, freezer, or out on the counter. My parents for some reason think frozen cookies taste the best.
Overall, these cookies are extremely easy to make and you’ll have your guest asking you to make them over and over again!
Enjoy & Have a great weekend!
Lauren says
Iced oatmeal cookies are my favorite! There used to be this brand that had them but they were not soft….now there is this recipe! I am so excited to try them 🙂
Taralynn McNitt says
Oh then you’ll LOVE LOVE LOVE these!
Natasha says
These look delicious! And how cute is that “love” spatula? Love it!!
Taralynn McNitt says
Aww thanks! I got that several years ago for Valentines day at Target! They have adorable stuff.
Jenna says
🙂
Linda @ The Fitty says
May I ask what you do with your excess yolks?
Taralynn McNitt says
Usually use them in recipes or cook them up for Grumples
gabs says
this would be awesome cookies to eat while traveling through france!
Taralynn McNitt says
Agree!
Livi @ Eat, Pray, Work It Out says
These are so christmas!! Yum!
Taralynn McNitt says
Thanks!!
Jessica says
These look delicious! I’ll have to add them to my list of Christmas treats to make! 🙂
Taralynn McNitt says
They’re a must!!!
Alissa says
I am all about the frozen cookies, too! It also helps me eat them slower and eat fewer (sometimes!)
Taralynn McNitt says
Hey that’s a good idea! 🙂
Morgan says
Do you worry about the raw egg whites in the icing? Also, should they be kept in the fridge because of this?
Taralynn McNitt says
Nope. Maybe I should be though! A lot of icing recipes have raw eggs.
Taralynn McNitt says
You don’t have to refrigerate. Did you know in France they don’t refrigerate their eggs at all?