Iced Oatmeal Cookies
Filled with delicious fall flavors like cinnamon, brown sugar, and vanilla, with a complimentary sweet glaze on top, these chewy iced oatmeal cookies are easy to make and tasty to boot!
These old-fashioned iced oatmeal cookies will have you reaching for this recipe instead of reaching for the store-bought ones! Confession: iced oatmeal cookies are my weakness. I just love ’em. And although there are infinite types of cookies in the world, I think you can generally break cookie lovers down into two categories and you can determine which one people fit in by placing a plate of chocolate chip cookies and another of oatmeal cookies in front of them. My kids will reach for chocolate chips every time and I’m headed straight for the oatmeal.
Whichever direction you lean in, we are all likely situated right smack dab in the middle of fall baking season. I don’t do a ton of cookie baking in the summertime because we tend to fixate on fresh fruits of the season. But this time of year, when cooler temperatures draw us outside, we long for the smell of cinnamon and warm cookies when we return home. I also find great joy in giving cookies and other baked goods as gifts to friends, family, and neighbors, and these iced oatmeal cookies never disappoint.
They fit the brief as well, as they’re filled with those quintessential fall and holiday flavors, like old-fashioned and quick oats, cinnamon, vanilla, and brown sugar. With a sweet icing on top, these soft and chewy iced oatmeal cookies are sure to be a crowd-pleaser. Thankfully, they’re tasty and quick and easy to make, so let’s get baking!
Recipe Ingredients
- Old-fashioned and quick oats
- Self-rising flour
- Cinnamon
- Butter
- Brown sugar
- White
- Sugar
- Eggs
- Vanilla extract
In a large mixing bowl, with an electric mixer, beat together butter and sugars until well mixed.
Add eggs and beat again.
Add in oats, flour, vanilla extract, and cinnamon and beat again until fully incorporated.
Using a cookie dough scoop (they hold about two tablespoons), scoop out dough and place the cookies on the about two inches apart.
Bake for 10-12 minutes or until lightly browned.
Allow cookies to cool for about five minutes on the baking sheet after you remove them from the oven and then remove them from the cookie sheet.
In a small bowl, stir together the powdered sugar and milk until it forms a glue-like consistency.
Dip the top of each cooled oatmeal cookie into the icing and allow to dry before storing in an airtight container. The icing will harden once it dries.
Enjoy your delicious homemade cookies!
Storage
- Store cookies in an airtight container either at room temperature or in the fridge for up to one week. To ensure the cookies don’t stick together, layer them between parchment paper.
- To freeze, place unbaked dough in a gallon zipper seal bag. Flatten and remove as much air as you can and seal well. Freeze for up to six months. Thaw in refrigerator overnight and scoop out with cookie scoop onto a greased cookie sheet before baking according to instructions.
Recipe Notes
- If you prefer, you can double the old-fashioned oats and pulse them a few times in the food processor to break some up a bit instead of using two kinds. I always have old-fashioned and quick on hand so that’s just easier for me to do.
- Salted or unsalted butter works in this cookie recipe. Use what you’ve got.
- For extra spice, add 1/2 teaspoon of nutmeg or 1/4 teaspoon of ground cloves.
- If you can’t resist and want to indulge in some oatmeal raisin cookies instead, add 1/2 cup of raisins when you mix the rest of the ingredients together.
- Another great idea for your baking is to make a double batch of this iced oatmeal cookie dough. Or come to think of it, any and all cookie dough and freeze half. Once the holidays are in full swing and your life picks up to a faster pace than it already is, being able to thaw the dough a bit and do your holiday baking without all of the mess will be a huge sanity saver!
Recipe FAQs
Can you use oat flour instead?
No, oat flour won’t work in the recipe for oatmeal cookies, as it doesn’t have the same consistency and texture as old-fashioned and quick oats.
You might also enjoy these delicious cookie recipes:
World’s Best Chewy Sugar Cookies
White Chocolate Candy Corn Cookies
Thumbprint Cookies with Jam or Preserves
Chocolate Cookies with Marshmallow
Ingredients
- 1 cup old fashioned oats
- 1 cup quick oats
- 2 cups self-rising flour
- 2 tsp cinnamon
- 2 sticks unsalted butter
- 1 cup brown sugar light or dark
- ½ cup granulated sugar
- 2 eggs
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Icing
- 2 cups powdered sugar
- 2-5 tbsp milk start with 2 and add more if needed
Instructions
- Spray one or two baking sheets with cooking spray and set aside. Preheat oven to 350.
- In a large mixing bowl, with an electric mixer, beat together the butter and sugars until well mixed. Add eggs and beat again. Add in oats, flour, vanilla, and cinnamon and beat again until fully incorporated.1 cup old fashioned oats, 1 cup quick oats, 2 cups self-rising flour, 2 tsp cinnamon, 2 sticks unsalted butter, 1 cup brown sugar, ½ cup granulated sugar, 2 eggs, 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- Using a cookie dough scoop (they hold about two tablespoons), scoop out dough and place on baking sheets about two inches apart. Bake for 10-12 minutes or until lightly browned. Allow cookies to cool for about five minutes on the baking sheets after you remove them from the oven and then remove them from the baking sheet.
- In a small bowl, stir together the powdered sugar and milk until it forms a glue-like consistency. Dip the top of each cooled cookie into the icing and allow to dry before storing in an airtight container (the icing will harden once it dries).2 cups powdered sugar, 2-5 tbsp milk
Notes
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Are these a soft oatmeal cookie? I make cookies for my college grandkids and one really likes soft oatmeal cookies. Thx
You never mentioned the temperature you bake the cookies at ! I am assuming it would be 350° is that correct?
in the recipe card part, she did say “preheat oven to 350”
Thanks, Anne! I just realized that I didn’t put it in the place I normally do in the recipe card so I moved it. 🙂
Oatmeal raisin cookies for me! The old fashion bottle of milk made me sad, a little bit sigh. my Mother always gave me the cream off the top of the bottle, for my cereal, I was a tiny baby and tiny child. She tried to fatten me up! 1950’s seem so long ago. I just love your family, and your recipes. Hope your diet is going well, I always thought it’s not what you eat, It’s how much!
I know what you mean. I was born in England and remember the milkman coming in electric carts the size of a minivan. And this was back in the late 1950’s-1960’s, They would leave them on your porch and you paid with tokens you bought. I love milk in a glass bottle, but my hands have become so weak from arthùritis its hard to hold on to them ssafly. My mom always had some ready for me when I came home from school. I like them best with cranberries, and/or rasines.
Have you ever added raisins to this recipe an how did it turn out? I am on a hunt for a good oatmeal raisin cookie. A dear woman in our church made the best and I never got her recipe before she passed. I wasn’t the only one regretting not asking her for that recipe either as no one seems to have it.
I would have to add a third plate to your lineup of “Which plate of cookies would you reach for?” I’m a cut out sugar cookie girl! Thanks for your recipes and most of all, thanks for your uplifting words of faith and encouragement.
They have to be good for us too, they have “eggs and oatmeal” in them.
Hey now – let’s not forget oatmeal chocolate chip!
Oh yes! I have an oatmeal-chocolate chip-peanut butter recipe that is my all time favorite. Perfection in a cookie!
Your recipe please
Can’t wait to dunk these in milk!!!
Thank you so much, Lisa! I wish I could hand you one right now.
Well, I’ve made these three weekends in a row. My people can’t get enough. This is a simple, awesome recipe. Thank you!!!
I am so glad they are such a hit!!! We love them too!!
Greetings – how many cookies does this recipe make? It helps to know, as I sometimes want to double a recipe to be able to share. . . please include this information in your standard recipes, even as just a guide.