Oatmeal Cinnamon Cookies with Maple Cream Cheese Glaze
Dense, chewy cinnamon-y oatmeal cookies, drizzled with a rich maple cream cheese glaze, sing of the holiday season. These Oatmeal Cinnamon Cookies with Maple Cream Cheese Glaze make the perfect Christmas cookie.
Could we take a second to marvel over the fact that today is the last day of Christmas Cookie Week?
Where the heck has the time gone?
Have y’all enjoyed this week as much as I have?
It’s been pretty decadent and wonderful, huh? Hopefully, you’ve found a ton of inspiration for whatever upcoming holiday baking you have planned because I definitely have!
This final cookie was a favorite of both Winston’s and mine. Incidentally, it was also the first successful recipe we made for this week.
Winston is partial to oatmeal cookies, so I wanted to create a treat using his favorite ingredient. I was searching cookbooks for inspiration when I stumbled upon an oatmeal cookie sandwich with a peanut butter filling in Homemade Decadence, Joy the Baker’s latest book.
After thinking on this, I decided to adapt Joy’s recipe, which I knew would become a new favorite of mine because the Girl Scout cookies they’re inspired by are my ABSOLUTE favorite.
You see, while Winston loves oatmeal, he’s not really a fan of peanut butter in baked goods.
I know. Good thing my love of peanut butter-centric desserts balances us out.
I mean… who would’ve eaten all the Peanut Butter Shortbread Cookies with a Raspberry-Orange Glaze otherwise?
So… back to these Oatmeal Cinnamon Cookies with Maple Cream Cheese Glaze.
They’re pretty delicious. The cookies are dense, chewy and full of cinnamon and oatmeal flavor. The cinnamon is strong, but it’s perfect for this time of year. And when the cookies are topped with the cream cheese and maple syrup glaze, they just sing.
What you need to make this recipe:
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- Must haves: Sheet pan. Hand mixer. Nonstick baking mat.
- Get the look!: Maple cutting board. (Similar from John Boos.) Crisa Impressions 16-piece beverage set.
Sound good?
Here’s how these beauties… and how you can make your own, too:
More dessert recipes with oats:
Oatmeal Cinnamon Cookies with Maple Cream Cheese Glaze
Dense, chewy cinnamon-y oatmeal cookies, drizzled with a rich maple cream cheese glaze, sing of the holiday season. These Oatmeal Cinnamon Cookies with Maple Cream Cheese Glaze make the perfect Christmas cookie.
Ingredients
Oatmeal Cinnamon Cookies
- 4 tablespoons unsalted butter, softened
- 2 tablespoons coconut oil, at room temperature
- ¾ cup dark brown sugar
- 1/4 cup pure maple syrup
- 1 egg
- 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
- 1 ½ cups rolled oats
- 1 cup unbleached all-purpose flour
- 1 1/4 teaspoons ground cinnamon
- ½ teaspoon baking powder
- ½ teaspoon baking soda
- ½ teaspoon kosher salt
Maple Cream Cheese Glaze
- 2.5 oz. cream cheese, softened
- 1/4 cup pure maple syrup
- 2 tablespoons powdered sugar
- ½ teaspoon pure vanilla extract
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350°F. Line two baking sheets with parchment paper, and set aside.
- In a large mixing bowl, whisk together the dry ingredients -- oats, flour, cinnamon, baking powder, baking soda and kosher salt. Set aside.
- In another large mixing bowl, cream the softened butter, coconut oil, brown sugar and maple syrup until smooth with a hand mixer (or a stand mixer using the paddle attachment).
- Add the egg and the vanilla to the butter/sugar mixture and beat until well combined.
- Slowly measure in the dry ingredients into the wet ingredients. Beat until combined.
- Using a 1" greased cookie scoop, dollop the cookies onto the lined baking sheets, spacing them about 1½" apart.
- Transfer the baking sheets to the oven, and bake for 10-15 minutes, or until the cookies have set and are slightly soft (but not too soft.)
- While the cookies are cooling, prepare the glaze.
- Measure the cream cheese, maple syrup, powdered sugar and vanilla extract into the bowl of a food processor. Blend until smooth. You can also do this step by hand or with a hand mixer, though I've found the glaze doesn't come out as smooth.
- When the cookies have cooled, drizzle the glaze over them, and enjoy!
Notes
Cookies adapted from from Homemade Decadence by Joy Wilson.
Nutrition Information:
Yield:
24 cookiesServing Size:
1Amount Per Serving: Calories: 121Total Fat: 5gSaturated Fat: 3gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 1gCholesterol: 16mgSodium: 96mgCarbohydrates: 18gFiber: 1gSugar: 10gProtein: 2g
Nutrition facts are an estimate and not guaranteed to be accurate.
What cookies do you want to make this season?
Want to join in on this sugar, butter and baked goodness celebration? Today is the final day, so get your cookie post shared on your blog by tonight! Head over to the intro post to Christmas Cookie Week 2014, and I’ll see y’all back here tomorrow for a round-up of all the recipes shared this week!
UGH these look magnificent! I’m a huge fan of oatmeal cookies, and I love the idea of maple cream cheese glaze. So tasty! I’ll take Winston’s portion of whatever PB treats you bake up, cause I’m PB obsessed. Hope you’re having a great weekend!
I’ve loved following along Christmas cookie week. I think this might be my favorite. I love oatmeal! While my husband isn’t a huge fan, i think the maple cream cheese frosting would win him over. 🙂 Lovely photos too! Those santa napkins are the cutest!
YES. Who doesn’t love oatmeal and cinnamon? These may actually have to happen today!
Ugh… I know what you mean when you say your husband doesn’t go for peanut butter much. My husband isn’t a fan of cake. I mean he’ll have the odd one here and there in birthdays but chocolate cake? With frosting? Count him out. (I’m kinda secretly happy cos then I get more ;-)) Also, cinnamon & oatmeal are best buds. I’m pretty sure of that.
These sound and look SUPER DELICIOUS!! How can anyone not make these?
Oh my goodness! These look so good!
Fantastic! These are perfect for holiday cookie season!
YUM! My kids will absolutely love these!!
Totally in love with that Maple Glaze! I need it!
I need to make those for my son…he loves oatmeal cookies! These look so good, especially with that yummy glaze!
Loving these cookies. I have wanted to make something like this for a while so I will keep this recipe handy. Love the flavors!
These sound amazing! Just wow.
Thanks, Cathy!
Can I take out or substitute the coconut oil? In alergic to coconut, so does it make a difference being in the cookies?
Hi Liana! I totally understand needing to make substitutes. I’ve got a few food allergies, too, so I know know it goes. Replace the coconut oil here with two tablespoons of unsalted butter, bringing up the butter quotient to 6 tablespoons. I’m sure that’ll work just fine, and I hope you enjoy these cookies!