Oatmeal Lace Cookies

Name: Oatmeal Lace Cookies
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 8 min
Total time: 18 min
Yield: 40-60
Ingredients: 1 cup butter; 2 1/4 cups brown sugar, packed; 2 1/4 cups rolled oats; 3 tablespoons all-purpose flour; 1 teaspoon salt; 1 large egg; 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract

by Ala

40-60 Cookies

18 min

These Oatmeal Lace Cookies are the heavenly light delight you never knew you were missing–and take only 20 minutes to whip up! Overtones of brown sugar caramel blend perfectly with chewy oats and a crisp crunch.

What’s crispier than a newly-minted $10 bill, tastier than Chris Hemsworth lounging shirtless on the set of Thor: Ragnarok, and even sweeter than coming home to a hot shower & homemade quesadillas (courtesy of the one and only Wallflour Boy)?

100% these Oatmeal Lace Cookies. Friends, bookmark these now and thank me later–20 minutes later, to be exact!

Taste, texture, time. These cookies have it all. (And now you can, too!)

Now if you know me at all, you know that I love my cookies: Chocolate Truffle, DoubleTree Chocolate Chip, Scottish Shortbread, and the list goes on. But if you’re looking for a cookie that falls far from the (Double)tree, these Oatmeal Lace Cookies are absolutely born to impress.

They’re crispy, chewy-centered, and so light that winged cherubs probably enjoy them for breakfast every morning. The first time I tried this recipe, I admittedly broke quite a few while transferring them from baking sheet to cooling rack–they’re so delicate!–but then I’d toss the pieces into my mouth and they’d melt instantly, leaving behind no proof except the sweet caramel tones on my tongue.

If a cookie disappears while being transported from oven to serving dish, did it ever really exist? Only Cookie Monster knows.

Oatmeal Lace Cookies

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Recipe details

Yield 40-60 Cookies
Time spent: Prep time: 10 Minutes Cook time: 8 Minutes Total time: 18 min

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Instructions

Preheat oven to 375 degrees F. Line baking sheet with silicone baking mat or parchment paper and set aside.
In a large saucepan, melt butter and brown sugar together over medium heat, stirring frequently. Stir in remaining ingredients until combined, then remove from heat.
Drop cookie batter by the teaspoonful onto prepared baking sheet, taking care to leave at least 2 inches between each batter drop. (Batter will be quite thin/runny. This is okay!)
Bake in preheated oven for 5-7 minutes, until cookies are golden brown and just set. Be careful not to overcook!
Allow cookies to sit on cookie sheet for approximately one minute (so that they set slightly), then quickly and gently transfer them to a cooling rack. Allow to cool completely before serving and enjoying.

Comments

Mike on Aug 18, 2021

Won't the egg "cook" when it's dropped into the heated butter & brown sugar? Would it be better to mix all the ingredients except the egg into the heated butter & brown sugar then let this mixture cool before adding the egg?

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- Lori on Aug 18, 2021
  
  I was wondering the very same thing!
  
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- Jennifer on Aug 18, 2021
  
  If you continuously stir fairly fast, the egg won't curdle.
  
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- Rg428939258 on Aug 18, 2021
  
  I’ve been making these cookies for 30 years. I use all the same ingredients. I mix all but the butter. I melt the butter and add, stir and drop on the baking sheet. I use a sillpat, when done. Lift the sillpat to a cooling rack let sit 10 minutes
  and you won’t break as many cookies, when removing.
  These are delicious and “you can’t eat just one”!
  
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- Ter33321272 on Aug 19, 2021
  
  Same here
  
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- Jackie on Aug 19, 2021
  
  Are you saying you melt the butter by itself then add the rest of ingredients?
  
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- Pauline McCauley Giles on Aug 19, 2021
  
  Can you suggest something besides 3TBL of flour to make these cookies, my daughter is Gluten Free, I would love for her to try these.
  
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- Rabecca Lassek on Aug 19, 2021
  
  Add the oats first.
  
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- Billie on Aug 19, 2021
  
  Use gluten free flour. I have the best luck with the Pillsbury brand.
  
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- Renee Joyner on Aug 18, 2022
  
  Mine starred to do that, but when you add the other ingredients it all incorporates well. These are really tasty, even though they ate very thin. Pleasantly surprised
  
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Kim on Aug 18, 2021

Sounds delish! But what are ‘rolled’ oats?

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- Jennifer on Aug 18, 2021
  
  Just regular old fashioned oats
  
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- Lorna Latrace on Aug 18, 2021
  
  oatmeal
  
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- Judy on Aug 18, 2021
  
  It is a type of oatmeal. There are quick oats and rolled oats are often called old fashioned oats. Just read the box.
  
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- Fran Blankenbecler on Aug 19, 2021
  
  Ha! Ha! I’m getting old!🤗it’s whole oatmeal not the processed kind! Find in any grocery:-)
  
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