Old-Fashioned Iced Oatmeal Cookies

Old-Fashioned Iced Oatmeal Cookies ~ Soft within the heart and crispy on the edges, sweet, but no longer overly so, and the cinnamon and nutmeg actually shine through.  A actually terrific cookie!

Ingredients For the cookie dough: 2 cups old skool rolled oats * 2 cups all-purpose flour 1 tablespoon baking powder ½ teaspoon baking soda ½ teaspoon salt 2 teaspoons cinnamon ½ teaspoon flooring nutmeg 1 cup unsalted butter, room temperature (2 sticks) 1 cup pale brown sugar, packed ½ cup granulated sugar 2 huge eggs, room temperature 1 teaspoon natural vanilla extract For the icing: 2 ½ tablespoons cream or milk (more or a lot less as wished for desired consistency) 2 cups powdered sugar Instructions Preheat oven to 350 tiers F. Prepare 2 baking sheets lined with parchment paper or a Silpat mat. Add the rolled oats to a meals processor and pulse 10 times. Don't over activity simply with the aid of the fact you desire a kind of textures no longer basically a flooring oat flour. In a huge blending bowl combine the oats, flour, baking powder, soda, salt, cinnamon and nutmeg. Whisk or stir to combine. Set aside. In the bowl of a stand mixer beat the butter on medium-high about 30 seconds. Add the brown and granulated sugars and blend on medium-high till the batter lightens and turns into fluffy. Add the eggs, one at a time, beating simply till the yolk disappears into the batter. Lightly beat within the vanilla. Add about ⅓ of the oat and flour combination to the butter and egg mixture, blending on a low velocity simply till blended. Continue including the flour combination till or no longer it's absolutely incorporated. Using a 2 tablespoon measurement ice cream or cookie scoop (not heaping - leveled directly throughout the ideal of the scoop), roll the dough into balls and area on the ready baking sheet at the least 2-inches apart. I was capable to suit 6 cookies at a time on every pan. Bake for 10-12 minutes or till the bottoms simply being to brown. Do no longer over bake. Remove the pan from the oven and allow the cookies relaxation for 5 minutes earlier than elimination to a rack to cool completely. To practice the icing combine the confectioners' sugar with the milk or cream and water. Whisk till the sugar is dissolved and the icing is fairly thick. Place the icing in a shallow dish or container, about 4x4 inches. Quickly dip the tops of the cooled cookies into the icing and allow the extra drip off. Set the dipped cookie on the rack till the icing has set. Store the cookies in an hermetic container or refrigerator. I saved mine within the fridge and so they have been perfect!

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We usually regale our grown toddlers with tales of what life used to be like with out microwaves, Internet, cable, email, Facetime or hands-free anything.  Technology is wonderful and the tempo with which it’s being built is nothing a lot lower than astonishing.

Do you depend Iced Oatmeal Cookies out of your childhood?
First of all, what does that ought to do with Iced Oatmeal Cookies?  So satisfied you asked!  I was considering about while I was a child and the method it was a different deal with to get a shop offered cookie, cake, or sweet bar.  We began getting Little Debbie’s in our lunches in later years, but being one in every of 5 kids, hand-me-downs have been the norm and we didn’t waste funds on issues we didn’t need.
Oh if our toddlers might reside with out issues they didn’t need – how the international might be very different.  I also depend Mother’s Iced Oatmeal Cookies that got here within the shiny blue and red bundle and every cookie was perfectly shaped, crispy and delicious.  I assume it’s thrilling that home-made is now the ‘special treat’ and shop offered one thing is the norm.  Let’s no longer even get began on restaurants!

These ‘homemade’ Iced Oatmeal Cookies are so a lot higher than store-bought.
They’re smooth with crispy edges, sweet, but no longer overly so, and the cinnamon and nutmeg actually shine. This is darn close to probably probably the foremost splendid cookie ever!

The evaluations are in – these are everybody’s favorite!
My husband stated they have the splendid texture and simply the proper quantity of icing.  I love the method the icing appears and was afraid I might no longer duplicate it.

For the quite craggy top, dip your cookies within the icing rather of spreading on top.
However, by means of way of dipping the cookies in icing rather of spreading it on top, the icing doesn’t seep to the cracks and crevasses.  That’s the way you get the real ‘old-fashioned iced oatmeal cookie’ signature look.

 I ought to apologize to my official style testers, I don’t assume these are going to make it to the office!



Recipe Notes
*NOTE: This recipe has basically been examined utilizing Old-Fashioned Rolled Oats processed in a meals processor for the combination of textures that seem above. Do no longer exchange speedy oats or oat bran for the rolled oats.

IMPORTANT: I've had many feedback that the cookies didn't unfold and create the cracks like these within the photos. Be cautious to no longer over-process the oats. Pulse quickly, don't make oat flour. The texture is created by means of way of having chunkier oats no longer powdery oats.

Tips for the icing: resulting from different humidity and seasonal changes, you would possibly need extra or a lot less milk or sugar. The icing ought to stick but no longer be runny while you dip the cookie. If or no longer it's too thick it's going to no longer adhere to the cookie at all. Hope that enables and thank you so a lot for the feedback!

Adapted from a recipe posted on Mother Thyme