An oat cookie, full of oats three ways, with brown sugar and maple syrup. A sweet oat cookie that tastes like a granola bar, but in cookie form! I love oatmeal and these cookies are not shy on oat flavor. Or brown sugar. I used two unique maple products to make these cookies too, and I can’t wait to share them with you!
This cookie recipe was a kitchen experiment that happened because I had a few new products I wanted to bake with: oat flour, maple cream and a maple cube. I replaced the all-purpose flour that I would normally use in a recipe, with oat flour. You can use all-purpose flour if that’s all you have though.
So, sometimes James will come over while I am in the midst of a kitchen creation…with measuring cups and spoons on the counter, pantry ingredients everywhere, the KitchenAid mixer on full speed and me taking notes on my trusty kitchen notebook. Me in all my glory hahahaha. That’s kind of an inside look at what is going on in the kitchen when I am making up these recipes.
These cookies were definitely a kitchen experiment that worked! I liked these cookies…definitely a “healthier” oatmeal cookie, but still full of flavor.
Maple Cream is whipped maple syrup, so it is creamy! Foodlyn sent me the Tonewood Maple Cream and Tonewood Maple Cube that I used in my cookie recipe. I have included substitutions in the recipe directions for using regular maple syrup too, but if you want to purchase the same ingredients I used from Foodlyn, click on the links above.
I used a zester to shave the maple cube and sprinkled the maple dust on top of my cookies before putting them in the oven to bake!
Maple Brown Sugar Oat Cookies
Print RecipeIngredients
- 6 tablespoons unsalted butter, room temperature
- 3/4 cup light brown sugar, packed
- 1 egg, room temperature
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract (I used Vain vanilla extract)
- 1-1/2 teaspoons maple extract
- 1/3 cup maple cream OR 1/4 cup + 1 tablespoon maple syrup
- pinch of salt
- 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1/8 teaspoon ground nutmeg
- 3/4 cup oat flour (or all-purpose flour)
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon cornstarch
- 1 cup old-fashioned oats
- 1-1/3 cups quick oats
- TOPPING:
- grated maple cube or sanding sugar (optional)
Instructions
In the bowl of a stand mixer, affixed with the paddle attachment, add the butter and brown sugar. Mix until light and fluffy. Mix the egg into the butter and sugar. Mix in the vanilla extract, maple extract, maple cream (or maple syrup), salt, cinnamon and nutmeg. Mix on medium-high until ingredients are fully incorporated. Change the mixer to low speed and add in the flour, baking soda, cornstarch, old-fashioned oats and quick oats. Mix until just combined.
Dump dough onto plastic wrap and place in the refrigerator to chill for at least three hours.
Once dough has chilled, heat oven to 350-degrees and line a large cookie sheet with parchment paper. Scoop large cookie dough balls out onto prepared cookie sheet. Grate maple sugar cube, or sprinkle sugar, over the tops of the cookie dough balls, if desired. Bake cookies in 350-degree oven for 10-minutes. Remove cookies from oven and let cookies set on the cookie sheet for several minutes before transferring to a wire rack to finish cooling.
Notes
Store cookies in an airtight container at room temperature. Cookies stay fresh for 5-7 days.
The maple dust on top didn’t melt or disappear after the cookies were baked. How fun is that?! It reminded me of powdered sugar, but maple flavored. Yum.
Oatmeal cookies are my favorite! What is your favorite cookie?? Leave me a comment below!
XOXO,
Kelly
PS- I have linked this recipe up at the following link parties: Reader Tip Tuesday, Foodie Friday, Meal Plan Monday, Sugar and Spice, Pretty Pintastic Party.
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23 Comments
siftandsimmer
January 9, 2018 at 3:38 PMMmmm these look delicious. Love that they’re made with healthy ingredients, although I would probably sub out the butter for coconut oil!
Kelly
January 10, 2018 at 5:52 AMThank you! And you could totally sub the butter for coconut oil instead. Let me know if you try it 🙂 XOXO
pglooney
January 9, 2018 at 4:45 PMI love oatmeal cookies heavy on the oatmeal so these look perfect
Kelly
January 10, 2018 at 5:53 AMThank you! I am glad I am not the only one who loves an oatmeal cookie heavy on the oatmeal 🙂 Have a great day! XOXO
Sweet Coralice
January 9, 2018 at 4:47 PMWow Kelly! These look so hearty and filling…perfect for a snack that’ll hold you over between meals. I’ve never heard of either of those two maple products myself! They look wonderful and I can imagine the flavor punch they’ll give recipes! 💕
Kelly
January 10, 2018 at 5:54 AMThank you! These are definitely hearty and filling! I loved the texture of the maple cream and the maple cube was so much fun! I love trying new ingredients 🙂 XOXO
Amy
January 9, 2018 at 8:59 PMNow, that is my kind of cookie! They sure do look fantastic! Thanks for sharing”😋
Kelly
January 10, 2018 at 5:54 AMThank you Amy! Have a great rest of the week 🙂 XOXO
gardeningfoodie
January 10, 2018 at 10:40 AMKelly, these oat cookies look so yummy, I would love to try these for breakfast or a snack. 🙂
Kelly
January 11, 2018 at 4:47 PMThanks girly!! These are totally perfect for breakfast too hehehe 🙂 XOXO
heather (delicious not gorgeous)
January 10, 2018 at 11:38 AMi’ve had maple cream on my radar for a while and it sounds so tasty! i’ll have to pick some up soon and play around with it (:
Kelly
January 11, 2018 at 4:48 PMYessssssss Heather! You totally need to! I loved the texture of the maple cream 🙂
Deepika|TheLoveOfCakes
January 11, 2018 at 3:45 AMI love oat cookies and I love maple syrup! These are just so perfect!!
Kelly
January 11, 2018 at 4:49 PMI totally agree Deepika! Oats and maple syrup are just an amazing combo, right?!?! XOXO
Julie Pollitt @ Back To My Southern Roots
January 11, 2018 at 4:49 PMI haven’t ever seen a maple cube. That is pretty cool! The cookies look amazing!
Kim | The Baking ChocolaTess
January 12, 2018 at 4:28 AMOatmeal cookies! YUM! Maple always goes with oats in my book! 🙂 Let me at ’em!
Kelly
January 15, 2018 at 6:59 AMThanks Kim! I totally agree! Maple + Oats = Love 🙂 hahaha
H.A.G.
January 12, 2018 at 6:07 AMThese look amazing -with a cup of tea or coffe…yasss! I adore maple cream but it is harder to find- love this recipe!
Kelly
January 15, 2018 at 7:04 AMThank you! These would definitely be yummy with coffee or tea!! Maple cream is harder to find. I got mine from Foodlyn, which is an online grocer. Doesn’t get easier than that! XOXO
Colleen
January 17, 2018 at 9:15 PMYummy! And guess what? I just so happen to have a whole bag of maple sugar!!!
Kelly
January 19, 2018 at 11:31 AMOMG Colleen! You totally need to make these then 🙂 XOXO
laura70ak
January 18, 2018 at 2:22 PMLITERALLY never knew what Maple Cream was but now I NEED SOME! Pinned obviously : )
Kelly
January 19, 2018 at 11:33 AMThanks Laura! Isn’t it neat?! Love the stuff!