28 January 2018

Soft Iced Oatmeal Cookies (with video link)

This is another one of those "stop what you are doing now and make these!" recipes--if you like oatmeal cookies, anyway.  Seriously.  Do it.  Now!  Ok, fine, wait until you are in the kitchen.  Get there already and start up the oven, it's yummy time!  These are just wonderful.  10+.


Link to my YouTube "making of the recipe" video: https://youtu.be/a5BqD9084s4

Link to original recipe: http://www.motherthyme.com/2013/11/iced-oatmeal-cookies.html

Recipe below contains my modifications.

Ingredients:

2 c. old-fashioned rolled oats
2 c. all-purpose flour
1 T. baking powder
1/2 tsp. baking soda
1/2 tsp. salt
2 tsp. ground cinnamon
1/2 tsp. ground nutmeg
1 c. (2 sticks) unsalted butter, softened
1 c. light brown sugar
1/2 c. sugar
2 eggs
1 tsp. vanilla extract

for the icing--
2 c. powdered sugar
3 T. milk

Directions:

1. Heat oven to 350°F.  Line baking sheets with parchment (or spray with non-stick cooking spray).

2. Pulse rolled oats a few times in a food processor, just enough to break into coarse chunks/crumbs.

3. In a large bowl, combine processed oats, flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, and nutmeg.


4. Cream butter, brown sugar, and sugar in the bowl of a stand/electric mixer.


5. Mix in eggs one at a time, followed by the vanilla extract.


6. Gradually add in flour mixture, mixing just until combined (**I will use dough hook next time for this step).


7. Form dough balls size of around 2 T. and place on prepared baking sheet, 2" apart. (**I used my cookie scoop, which I think is actually 1.5 T and it worked great.)


8. Bake for 10-12 min, or until golden brown at edges (was 11 min. for mine).

9. Let cool on baking sheet for 5 minutes, then transfer cookies to wire rack to cool completely.


10. Prepare icing:  Whisk the powdered sugar and milk together in a bowl that is wider than the cookies (I used my 4 c. Pyrex glass measure and it worked perfectly).


11. Dip top of each cookie in the icing and then set on wire rack to let icing set (and any excess drip off).


12. Grab a glass of milk and try not to eat the whole batch at once :)


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