Crispy Oat Cookies
Yield: 40 small cookies
These thin, crispy cookies are buttery and golden on the edges, with delightful crunch in every bite. Made with simple pantry ingredients!
Ingredients
- 1 cup quick-cooking oats
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
- ¾ teaspoon baking soda
- ¾ teaspoon fine sea salt
- ¼ teaspoon cinnamon
- 1 big pinch nutmeg
- ½ cup (8 tablespoons) unsalted butter, at softened room temperature
- 1 cup lightly packed light brown sugar
- 3 tablespoons water
- 1 tablespoon pure vanilla extract
Instructions
- Arrange oven rack in center of oven. Preheat oven to 325°F.
- Add oats to a food processor and pulse until halfway broken up. There should still be a lot of noticeable oat flake pieces.
- Transfer pulsed oats to a medium bowl. Add flour, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, and nutmeg. Whisk to combine.
- With a stand mixer fitted with a paddle attachment, or with a powerful hand mixer, cream butter and brown sugar on high speed until pale and fluffy, about 1 minute, scraping down bowl halfway through.
- Add dry oat/flour mixture to creamed butter/sugar mixture and beat on low speed until just combined. Scrape down bowl. Add water and vanilla, then mix until just combined and the mixture clumps into a dough.
- Scoop 1 tablespoon of dough and roll into balls; they should be about 1" in diameter. Arrange dough balls on bare baking sheet, about 2-3" apart. You should be able to fit 12 dough balls on a 13" x 18" baking sheet.
- Press tines of a long-tined fork into dough ball to flatten into a 2"-diameter, roughly-formed circle. The tines will form distinct ridges in the top of the dough. If fork is sticking to the dough, dip tines into a glass of water and shake off excess water well; repeat this after each press.
- Bake for about 18 minutes, or until browned and toasty-smelling. Remove from oven and let rest/set for 1 minute before transferring cookies to a wire rack to cool completely. It's helpful to have a very thin metal spatula for this.
Nutrition Information:
Calories: 58kcal Carbohydrates: 9g Protein: 0.5g Fat: 2g Saturated Fat: 1g Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.1g Monounsaturated Fat: 1g Trans Fat: 0.1g Cholesterol: 6mg Sodium: 69mg Potassium: 16mg Fiber: 0.2g Sugar: 5g Vitamin A: 96IU Vitamin C: 0.001mg Calcium: 11mg Iron: 1mg
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