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These toaster oven oatmeal cookies are just like the Little Debbie kind, but even better because they are homemade and made in the toaster oven!
Toaster Oven Oatmeal Cookies filled with cream!
When I was a kid and went to my Grandmother’s house, there were always two things I was sure of. When I lifted the cookie jar lid, there would be cookies inside, and if I went to the pantry, there were bound to be some Little Debbie snacks.
Both of those things delighted me, and usually, my visit would end in a sick stomach because I would try to eat as many sweets as I could.
While I was sitting on my couch last night, I was thinking about how I needed (okay, wanted) something sweet. Cursing myself for not picking up some Little Debbie oatmeal cream sandwiches when I was at the grocery store earlier in the day.
Then I realized I didn’t need to buy them when I could make them! I looked through my list of saved recipes and found an oatmeal cookie recipe for the toaster oven (yes, the oven is still broken. We’re getting it fixed on Monday!!!) and a cream filling that would make a super oatmeal cream sandwich that would make little Miss Debbie herself jealous.
The cookies turned out fantastic. They were chewy and crispy and had a hint of cinnamon, which I think brought a lot to the cookies. The filling was a mixture of powdered sugar, marshmallow cream, and half and half.
One little tip about these cookies – do not use too much filling, or your filling will ooze out of the cookie and make a huge mess.
I know this because I made this mistake and was licking sugary marshmallow cream off my fingers. It’s not that bad, but I’m not sure everyone would find it as fun as me.
I made the cookies last night and let them sit overnight, and today, they reminded me more of the sandwich cookies I was trying to mimic because the sitting time helped the cream set up and softened the cookie just a little.
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Toaster Oven Oatmeal Cookies
Ingredients
For cookies:
- ½ cup unsalted butter
- ½ cup brown sugar, lacked
- 3 tablespoons granulated sugar
- 1 large egg
- ½ teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1-½ cup old fashioned rolled oats
- ½ cup all-purpose flour
- ½ teaspoon baking soda
- ½ teaspoon ground cinnamon
- ½ teaspoon kosher salt
For filling:
- 1-½ cups powdered sugar
- 3-½ ounce marshmallow creme
- ⅓ cup vegetable shortening
- 1 tablespoons half and half, more may be needed
Instructions
For cookies:
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F and spray a toaster oven sheet pan with non-stick cooking spray or line it with a small piece of parchment paper.
- In a large mixing bowl, with a hand or stand mixer, cream together the butter, brown sugar, and granulated sugar until light and fluffy, about 3 minutes.
- Add eggs, one at a time, scraping down the bowl until just combined.
- Mix in the vanilla extract.
- In a medium-sized mixing bowl, whisk together oats, flour, baking soda, cinnamon, and kosher salt.
- Mix the dry ingredients with the wet ingredients until just combined. The batter will be thick but should stick together.
- Cook 1-½ inch tablespoon-sized balls onto the cookie sheets, about six per batch.
- Press the cookies down to make them flat before baking.
- Bake for 15 minutes or until brown at the top.
- Toaster oven temperatures vary and the cookies will burn quickly if they are not watched. Check on cookies at the 10 minute mark.
- Continue with batches until the dough has been used up.
- Let cookies completely cool on a wire rack.
For filling:
- With an electric mixer blend until smooth powdered sugar, marshmallow creme, and vegetable shortening.
- Add half and half and blend until smooth and creamy.
- After the cookies are completely cooled pipe or spread filling on one cookie and top with the another cookie.
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
I love me some oatmeal cream cookies! They look awesome. Buddy loves some zingers…maybe you could try a homeade version and let me know how they turn out!!
Holy cow, that looks amazing. I definitely need to make a batch!
Thanks! The funny thing is that I was leaving you a comment on your blog while you were leaving me one on mine:)