Oatmeal Sandwich Cookies 

These Oatmeal Sandwich Cookies are soft, chewy, infused with warm spices, and filled with a creamy brown butter frosting.

About These Oatmeal Sandwich Cookies

• This cookie recipe requires simple ingredients and comes together easily and quickly.
• The prominent unique flavour comes from the brown butter. Browning butter is a simple process, yet it adds a ton of nutty caramel flavour to these cookies.
• The ingredient list is as follows: Butter, Brown Sugar, Egg, Vanilla Extract, All-purpose Flour, Salt, Baking Soda, Cinnamon, Ginger, Rolled Oats, and Molasses.
• The ingredients are straightforward, as you can see; however, I may want to discuss a couple of them. Molasses adds moisture and flavour to these cookies, making them chewy and soft. Rolled Oats add texture and pack the cookies with a unique earthy and nutty flavour. I like to use old-fashioned rolled oats.
• The rest of the ingredients are simple and ordinary.

How To Make These Cookies

• Start by Browning the butter. Browning butter is a process in which butter is cooked to the point that all of its water content is evaporated, and the fat in the milk content starts to cook and brown. When butter is cooked a little past the melting point, the milk solids solidify and create a nutty aroma. See this post for the step-by-step instructions.

• We need to brown one cup of butter, half of which will be used in the cookies and the other half in the frosting. Let the butter come to room temperature.
• Using the paddle attachment, beat the brown sugar and butter until the mixture is lighter in colour and fluffy.
• Add the egg and vanilla extract and mix well.
• Add the molasses and mix.
• In a separate bowl, sift the dry ingredients and add them to the above mixture in two additions, using a rubber spatula to fold the dry ingredients into the mixture.
• At the end, fold in the rolled oats and gently mix everything.
• Line two baking sheets with parchment paper. Make small balls the size of a large walnut in shell.
• Place them on the baking sheet and leave about 2 inches gap between them.
• Bake the cookies for 8-10 minutes or until their edges look set.

Brown Butter Frosting

• Cream the Cream cheese: Set the stand mixer on the whisk attachment and cream the cream cheese until smooth and fluffy. Add the brown butter and whisk until well incorporated and light in colour.
• Add The Powdered Sugar: Take one cup of sifted powdered sugar and add it to the butter mixture by a spoonful. Take another cup of sugar and keep adding it to the mixture. Taste the mixture to make sure it has the desired sweetness. Add more sugar if you like.
• Add The Heavy Cream: To make the mixture smooth and silky, add 1-2 tablespoons of heavy cream and mix. If the mixture is dry, add one at a time to reach a spreadable consistency. Add the vanilla and mix.

Assembling The Oatmeal Sandwich Cookies

• Let the cookies cool down on the tray for 10 minutes, then transfer them to the cooling rack until thoroughly cooled.
• Use a piping bag to pipe the frosting on one cookie, place another cookie on top and gently press.

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