Iced Oatmeal Cookies

5 from 2 votes

Old-fashioned oats with the perfect amount of maple syrup, add the pure white icing, and you have a cookie you can't stop eating.

Prep Time15

Total Bake Time33

Chill45

Total Time1 33

Course: Cookies

Cuisine: American

Difficulty: Easy

Servings: cookies

Calories: 159kcal

Add the oats to a food processer and pulse 10 times. The pulsing with a food processer will give you a range of sizes for your oats. Next, add the oats to a big bowl. In another bowl, weigh or measure the dark brown and white sugars and set this bowl aside. Finally, weigh or measure the flour, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, nutmeg, and then add the oats to this bowl. Whisk all of these together.
In a stand or handheld mixer, add the butter and mix for about a minute. Next, add the sugars and mix the sugars for about 3 minutes at a medium speed. At this point, I scrape down the sides and add the vanilla extract and the maple syrup. Next, add one egg at a time and mix until everything is blended. Finally, turn the mixer down to a low speed and gradually add the flour oats mixture. Try not to over mix. Cover and refrigerate for 45 minutes.
Add 12 scoops to a parchment-lined cookie sheet pan using a medium cookie scooper. Bake at 350°F (175°C or 180°C) for 10-12 minutes. They will be soft when they come out of the oven but leave them on the cookie sheet pan for a couple of minutes before moving them to a cooling rack. Cookies should be completely cooled before adding the icing.

Since I am not using a mixer to make the icing, I sift the powdered sugar. Add the sifted powdered sugar, the vanilla extract, and 2 tablespoons of milk and mix with a spoon or fork. If the icing is too thick, add another tablespoon of milk. You will have to be the judge on how thick you want your icing. But if you need to thin the consistency add a little more milk. Only add a little more at a time.
Take a cookie and dip the top into the bowl with the icing. You only want the icing to coat the top. Return the cookie to the cooling rack and repeat for all the cookies. It takes a couple of hours for the icing to set to where you can stack them into a container. Enjoy!