Small batch oatmeal cookies.
If you feel like things have been a little off around here lately, you're right.
This is the best time of year for fall baking, and I'm really not cranking out that many recipes for you. The truth is, I think my kitchen has a hex. I have had more recipe failures this past month than ever before.
First, it was the pumpkin muffins that were so dry, even the dog wouldn't go for one. Then, after years of making ganache, it fails me so many times in one day, it uses up my entire supply of chocolate. And trust me, I keep A LOT of chocolate on hand.
I've also been working on these peanut butter cookies with maple syrup. The first time I made them, I didn't measure and they were amazing. I can't duplicate it to save my life.
And I'm not sure I'm ready to talk about how I spent an entire week perfecting a small batch of croissants, only to have them turn out like crescent rolls every time. No flaky layers. Lots of buttery goodness, but no layers.
Something has to give! Luckily, it's these perfectly chewy small batch oatmeal cookies. These cookies have the soft chewy texture like the cookies in an oatmeal cream pie. I absolutely cannot resist them. Small batch oatmeal cookies for life. Life!
Also: sweet cinnamon glaze for life, too.
There are a few factors at play here that keep these small batch oatmeal cookies ultra-chewy. Can I bore you with them? One is the honey. The sugar crystals do their magic in the batter. The second magical component is the egg yolk.
I apologize for making you 'waste' an egg white, but don't forget, I have an entire section on my site devoted to using up extra egg whites. Or, extra egg yolks. I know, I'm so resourceful. Kudos to me.
Most of the time I rely on shortening for extra chewy cookies, but you guys really seem to hate when any of my recipes call for shortening. Sorry about that! I did test this recipe with 2 tablespoons of shortening + 3 tablespoons of butter, and yes, they are ever-so-slightly chewier. But, I think the honey and egg yolk have things covered.
Now, cover me in cinnamon glaze, wrap me up in a flannel scarf, and I'm set for fall.
The most delicious chewy cookies finished with a cinnamon glaze.Oatmeal Chewies
Ingredients
For the glaze:
Instructions
Nutrition Information:
Yield:
10
Serving Size:
1
Amount Per Serving:
Calories: 199Total Fat: 7gSaturated Fat: 4gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 2gCholesterol: 34mgSodium: 68mgCarbohydrates: 34gFiber: 1gSugar: 23gProtein: 2g
Averie @ Averie Cooks says
Glazed oatmeal cookies...oh wow, I need these!
I didn’t measure and they were amazing. I can’t duplicate it to save my life <--- ummm I've done that way too many times or try to remake something a 2nd time and I did actually measure, but it's never quite as amazing as that first time when it was just blind luck.
Sarah | The Sugar Hit says
I'm loving your photos at the moment, girl! You're absolutely kicking ass on that front, even if the recipes are giving you a hard time at the moment! I have no doubt you're gonna bounce back ASAP. Bring on the scarves/muffins/pies/cinnamon!
Katrina @ Warm Vanilla Sugar says
YES! Sweet cinnamon glaze for life, indeed! I am dying for these cookies. So chewy looking.
Julie says
I don't hate shortening. Shortening is my friend. I haven't died from eating shortening, and I wish people would get over that. Sorry for my shortening rant. Can't beat oatmeal cookies, and since they are one of Papa Swope's favorite cookies, I'm betting we will be making them soon. Even if there isn't shortening in them. ;)
Christina Lane says
I feel the same way. My grandparents ate shortening and lived to be almost 90. They fried chicken in it, used it in cakes, pies, and cookies. It's the reason bakery goods are so soft and chewy and light! It can be our little secret :)
Ashley says
Ohhhh that first photo. Oatmeal cookies are my faaaavorite. I had to look up what "hex" meant, haha. ;) I figured that's what you meant, just never heard that word!
Abby @ The Frosted Vegan says
I totalllly feel you on the hex thing. Sometimes I make amazing things without measuring and then I'm like 'Ugh how can I recreate these?!'. I'll take a dozen (ok 2 dozen) of these please and thank you!
Sarah | Broma Bakery says
I mean... what's not to love? Perfectly huge and circular cookies, chewy goodness, and a cinnamon glaze? Want!!
Sues says
I've had a lot of kitchen fails lately, too. I wish I could blame it on a hex, but I think it's because I've been rushing so much :( I hope your hex leaves with Halloween... though it looks like it's already on its way out as these cookies look fantastic!!
Kelli @ The Corner Kitchen says
I can't tell you how many times I've made something without measuring, that turns out to be perfect....only to never replicate it again. You'd think it would teach me a lesson to measure more often, but no.
Can we please top everything with cinnamon glaze?!
laurengrier says
Your photos are beautiful, my friend! And I have no don't in my mind that the "hex" will be gone by Halloween:)