Homemade Oatmeal Cookie Sandwich

Head back to your childhood with this Homemade Oatmeal Cookie Sandwich. This version is just a little healthier and without the plastic wrapper!

Oatmeal Cookie Sandwich

When I was a kid, I love the Oatmeal Sandwiches that came in the plastic wrapper with the cream in the middle. I have since banned them from the house – mostly because I could eat a box of them alone hovering in a corner, hiding from the rest of my family. But I do really love baking with my 3 girls. And even a healthy eating household needs a treat every now and then.

Homemade Oatmeal Cookie Sandwich

I love baking these Cinnamon Maple Oatmeal Cookies – and they are healthy! Okay, healthy-ish. Even healthy cookies are still cookies. You can’t make a meal on them. My 16 year old recently decided that they would be awesome as a sandwich cookie with our homemade Buttercream Frosting smeared in the middle.

Cinnamon Maple Oatmeal Cookies

While I would definitely not call this collaboration between healthy cookies and homemade buttercream healthy anymore (is it still healthy-ish?) – it is all food. No weird chemicals. When our family has collectively decided that dessert is an urgent need, I feel much better about healthier cookies and chemical free buttercream frosting. And no plastic wrapper anywhere!

Homemade Oatmeal Cookie Sandwich

What is your favorite dessert to bake with your kids? When you get them in the kitchen do you cook as usual or do you break the rules to create new treats?

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Homemade Oatmeal Cookie Sandwich

Prep Time20 minutes mins

Cook Time20 minutes mins

Total Time40 minutes mins

Course: Dessert

Author: Cynthia Rusincovitch

Ingredients

• cup ¾butter softened 1½ sticks
• cup ¾maple syrup
• 2 eggs
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• 1 cups ½whole white wheat flour
• 1 tsp baking soda
• 1 tsp ground cinnamon
• tsp ½salt
• 3 cups rolled oats not the quick cooking kind
• 1 cup chopped nuts raisins, or chocolate chips (optional)
• Buttercream Frosting:
• 16 oz cream cheese softened equivalent of two 8packages
• cup ½butter softened equivalent of 1 stick
• cup ⅔maple syrup 100% pure
• tsp ¼salt
• 1 tbsp vanilla extract

Instructions

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• In your stand mixer, whisk butter and maple syrup on medium speed until creamy. It might look a little weird for a second but it will come together. Add eggs and vanilla, and whisk until combined.
• In a second bowl, combine whole white wheat flour, baking soda, cinnamon and salt; mix until uniform. Slowly pour into the butter mixture, mixing on low until combined.
• Switch to the paddle attachment, or using a rubber spatula, add oats and additional add-ins (if using); fold into the dough until combined.
• Drop dough by rounded tablespoonfuls onto ungreased cookie sheets. Bake 10-12 minutes or until light golden brown.
• Cool for a minute on cookie sheets so they don't fall apart when you move them. Then move to wire rack to cool completely.
• Cool completely - did I mention that?!?!
• While cookies are baking, beat softened butter and cream cheese in your stand mixer (or with a hand mixer) until it is uniform. Add maple syrup, salt and vanilla and beat until smooth.
• Smear a happy amount of Buttercream frosting between 2 cookies and enjoy!