Ingredients

  • 2 cups quick-cooking oats
  • 2 cups flour
  • 1 tablespoon baking powder
  • 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 2 teaspoons cinnamon
  • 1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
  • 1 cup butter room temperature
  • 1 cup brown sugar
  • 1/2 cup sugar
  • 2 eggs room temperature
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla
  • 2 cups powdered sugar
  • 5 tablespoons milk
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla

Method

  • Preheat oven to 350 degrees and line cookie sheets with waxed paper.
  • Start by pulsing the oats in a food processor several times.
  • In a large bowl, combine the pulsed oats, flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, and nutmeg.
  • In the bowl of a stand-mixer, beat the butter on high 30 seconds.
  • Add the sugars and beat until fluffy.
  • Add in the eggs, one at a time, beating until yolk just barely disappears into batter.
  • Adding 1/3 of the flour at a time to the batter, mix well.
  • Drop the balls of cookie dough onto the lined cookie sheets and bake for 10 - 12 minutes or until bottoms are just starting to brown.
  • Cool on cookie sheet for 2 - 3 minutes and then finish cooling on a cookie rack.
  • When cookies are cooled, mix together the powdered sugar, milk, and vanilla for icing.
  • Dip the cookies into the icing (face down). Let the icing set-up and then dip them all again.
  • Let icing set-up again and store in an air-tight container. Enjoy!