Recipe Background
A good oatmeal cookie already has greatness in its name. The warming and aromatic cinnamon-brown sugar flavor and crunchy oats create a rich, buttery treat that tastes like childhood. Impossibly Soft Oatmeal Cookies add to that excellence with a texture you can't believe. These cookies are melt-in-your-mouth soft but don't fall apart when you pick them up, striking the perfect balance. With a sugar topping for added sweetness, Impossibly Soft Oatmeal Cookies are like the cookies of your dreams, except there they are, on your table! Dreams really do come true!
A good oatmeal cookie already has greatness in its name. The warming and aromatic cinnamon-brown sugar flavor and crunchy oats create a rich, buttery treat that tastes like childhood. Impossibly Soft Oatmeal Cookies add to that excellence with a texture you can't believe. These cookies are melt-in-your-mouth soft but don't fall apart when you pick them up, striking the perfect balance. With a sugar topping for added sweetness, Impossibly Soft Oatmeal Cookies are like the cookies of your dreams, except there they are, on your table! Dreams really do come true!
Ingredients
- 1 cup butter softened
- 1 cup white sugar plus more, to taste
- 1 cup brown sugar packed
- 2 eggs
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 1/2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
- 3 cups quick-cooking oats
Directions
- In a medium bowl, cream together the butter, 1 cup of the white sugar, and the brown sugar.
- Beat in the eggs 1 at a time.
- Stir in the vanilla.
- In a separate bowl, combine the flour, the baking soda, the salt, and the cinnamon.
- Stir the dry ingredients mixture into the butter mixture until just combined, being careful not to overmix.
- Mix the oats into the dough.
- Cover and chill the dough for at least 1 hour and up to 3 days.
- Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F.
- Grease two cookie sheets.
- Roll the dough into 1-inch balls.
- Place the dough balls 2 inches apart on the prepared cookie sheets.
- Optionally, dip a large fork in the extra sugar, then flatten the cookies with the fork. Re-dip the fork in the sugar, as needed.
- Bake the cookies until they are just set, about 8-10 minutes.
- Allow the cookies to cool on the baking sheet for at least 5 minutes before transferring them to a wire rack.
- Serve when completely cool.
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