Homemade Oatmeal Cream Pie Cookies
This is our family’s go-to oatmeal creme pie recipe and the perfect dessert. The spiced oatmeal cookie sandwiches are filled with fluffy salted cinnamon buttercream. A tasty twist on classic oatmeal cream pies!
Ingredients
- ½ cup unsalted butter softened
- ½ cup brown sugar
- 1 large egg
- 1 ½ teaspoons vanilla
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- ½ teaspoon nutmeg
- ½ teaspoon baking soda
- ¼ teaspoon baking powder
- ¼ teaspoon fine sea salt
- 1 ¾ cup old-fashioned oats
- ⅓ cup oat flour
- ⅓ cup flour
- FILLING
- ½ cup Butter
- 2 cups Powdered sugar
- 1 tablespoon Cinnamon
- pinch of Sea salt
- 2 tablespoons Milk 2% or whole
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 325°F. Line two cookie sheets with parchment paper, or lightly grease them.
- In a medium mixing bowl, combine the butter and sugar With a hand mixer and mix well.
- Add the egg and vanilla
- Whisk in the cinnamon, nutmeg, baking soda, baking powder and salt.
- Next, add the oats, oat flour and flour. Blend well.
- Using a 2 tablespoon cookie scoop. Space evenly, at least 2 inches apart.
- Bake for 12 minutes, until they’re a light golden brown.
- Remove the cookies from the oven and let cool.
- While those are cooling, in a separate mixing bowl add softened butter and whip until light and fluffy. About 1 minute.
- Add in a pinch of sea salt, cinnamon, and ½ cup of powdered sugar. Mix well.
- Continue adding the powdered sugar in batches until it’s all mixed in.
- Fill a piping bag or ziplock bag with the buttercream and pipe onto half of the cookies.
- Top them with the other halves of cookies and enjoy!