Iced Oatmeal Cut Out Cookies
Imagine biting into the most delicious oatmeal cookie! Now you can make them in any shape you like with this great cut out oatmeal cookie recipe and top them with icing too. These are a great addition to a holiday cookie platter, for sharing with friends over a cup of coffee and a nice long chat or to snack on at midnight, you choose!
Oatmeal Cookies get a NEW LOOK!
I worked on an oatmeal cookie recipe that would end up chewy and delicious, but not dry. I wasn’t sure I would be able to roll out and cut oatmeal with a cookie cutter, but as you can see the edges of the cookie aren’t that jagged.
They have that nice unpolished homemade look and I love them, almost as much as I love my new blog design.
I couldn’t decide if I wanted the icing bright white or cinnamon, so I made both. It reminded me of deciding on a new blog look, decisions, decisions.
I was so happy to make an oatmeal cookie that I could cut out. I thought the oats would be hard to work with a cookie cutter.
I decided to chop the oats with a knife, I didn’t want to put them in a food processor and lose all texture. I ran the knife over them about ten times. The chopped oats are on the left. I put regular oats on the right for you to see the difference. Sometimes it’s the little things that make projects easier, this is one of those times.
This dough is sticky so be sure to flour your surface well, along with your rolling pin and cookie cutter.
I outlined some cookies for the crazy people who don’t like a lot of icing.
There are two printable recipes below, one for the Oatmeal Cut Out Cookie and Another for the icing recipes.
Iced Oatmeal Cut Out Cookies
Ingredients
- 1 cup butter
- 1 cup brown sugar
- 1 egg
- 1 1/2 cups flour
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1 1/2 cups Old Fashioned Quaker Oats cut up with knife
Instructions
- Beat butter and sugar.
- Add in the egg and mix thoroughly.
- Add flour, vanilla, cinnamon, baking powder, and oats to the mixture.
- Mix well.
- Roll out dough on a well-floured surface with a floured rolling pin.
- Cut with a floured cookie cutter.
- Place on parchment-lined cookie sheet and bake at 350 degrees.
- For 7-9 minutes until just golden.
- Makes 4 dozen cookies
- White Icing
- 1 cup powdered sugar
- 1 teaspoon corn syrup
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 2 teaspoons water
- add a drop of white food coloring for extra white opague icing
- Cinnamon Icing
- 1 cup powdered sugar
- 1 teaspoon corn syrup
- ½ teaspoon cinnamon
- 5 drops cinnamon extract
- 2 teaspoons water
- Mix sugar, syrup, flavorings and water along with food coloring until creamy. Add a drop at a time more water if needed until you get a smooth consistency.
- Pipe icing on cookies with a piping bag with a #4 Tip and fill in the icing so the cookies look smooth.
- cookie tips guide https://www.createdby-diane.com/cookie-tips
how to bake perfect cookies https://www.createdby-diane.com/2017/09/how-to-bake-perfect-cut-out-cookies.html - Easy Cut Out Cookies https://www.createdby-diane.com/2011/07/sugar-cookie-recipe.html
- Cookie Dough Recipe that holds it’s shape https://www.createdby-diane.com/2011/07/sugar-cookie-recipe.html
- Soft Sugar Cookies and Frosting https://www.createdby-diane.com/2017/05/soft-sugar-cookies.html
- How to ice cookies with a piping bag https://www.createdby-diane.com/2017/07/how-to-ice-cookies-with-a-piping-bag.html
- Brush on glaze icing https://www.createdby-diane.com/2014/08/lemon-italian-cookies-with-lemon-icing.html
- resources, recipes, items, and instructions for baking perfect cookies https://www.createdby-diane.com/2017/09/how-to-bake-perfect-cut-out-cookies.html
- royal icing recipe https://www.createdby-diane.com/2013/10/royal-icing-googly-eyes.html
We just love oatmeal cookies around here and I just love that I can cut these into fun shapes. The icing is great too. I love that I can color the icing and make these for holidays too.
I love oatmeal cookies and these are so great. I never knew I could make cut out cookies without using a super sweet sugar cookie recipe. Thanks!!
I have maple extract instead of cinnamon… How much do you think I should use?
If you’re using it in the icing, just add a couple drops, it’s not a huge batch. If you are replacing cinnamon in the recipe use a smaller amount that the cinnamon called for as maple extract is strong.
Hi, just another question. How long will these cookies last in room temp? Should I put them in the refrigerator? Thank you so much for answering! 🙂
These cookies can be baked one day, ices the next, then allow the icing to dry for 12 hours, they can then stay at room temperature for a week in a container or wrapped individually, you can refrigerate or freeze them as well. You can bake and ice on the same day but be sure they are completely cooled. Once the cookies are iced they hold the moisture in the cookie and don’t get dry or harden as they would if not iced. They will last in a cookie jar as well for a week. As you can see a great cookie, and storing them is very flexible to what you need.
Hi can I use quick cooking oats?
Yes you can, regular oats will just have more texture and firmness to the cookie.
Hi! We made it using quick cooking oats. It was wet probably because it’s hot here in the Philippines. We added 1/2cup flour and 1/2 cup oats and it was rollable and cutable. 🙂 Came out great! Thanks for sharing your great recipe!