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Back to school is always my favorite time of year and these Oatmeal Creme Pies make the perfect after school snack!
I’m definitely someone who thrives on a schedule, and while I love summer and all the fun that it brings, I’m always excited to get back into our normal routine. Mostly our normal routine of sleeping!
Growing up, our mom would have an after school snack ready for us when we got home every single day. Sometimes she’d bake cookies and sometimes it would just be some fruit. On days when we were really lucky she’d have our favorite Little Debbie Oatmeal Creme Pies!
Recipe Ingredient Notes
To make Oatmeal Creme Pies, you will need the following ingredients:
Cookies:
- Butter
- Brown Sugar
- Sugar
- Eggs
- Vanilla
- Molasses
- Flour
- Baking Soda
- Baking Powder
- Salt
- Cinnamon
- Cloves
- Nutmeg
- Oatmeal, (quick oats)
Frosting:
- Butter
- Powdered Sugar
- Heavy Cream
- Vanilla
- Salt
Equipment Needed
For this recipe, you only need a few simple kitchen tools. We recommend using the following equipment:
How to Make Oatmeal Creme Pies
- Heat oven to 375℉.
- Cream butter, brown sugar and sugar on medium speed until light and creamy (about 2 minutes).
- Add eggs, vanilla, and molasses until well combined.
- In a medium sized bowl combine the flour, baking soda, baking powder, salt, cinnamon, cloves, nutmeg and oatmeal. Whisk these ingredients together well.
- Slowly add the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients. The dough will be thick. I had to mix it by hand at the end.
- Roll dough into 1 inch balls. Place on a baking sheet that has been lined with a baking mat or parchment paper.
- Cook for about 10 minutes until cookies are golden around the edge.
- Cool on cookie sheet for about 2 minutes then transfer to a wire cooling rack.
- While the cookies are cooling make the frosting.
- In a medium bowl beat butter for about 1 minute until creamy. Add powdered sugar, heavy cream, vanilla and salt. Beat on high until smooth and creamy.
- Spread 1-2 Tablespoons of frosting on the flat side of the cookie, and then top with another cookie to make your oatmeal creme pie sandwich.
Storage Suggestions
If you manage to not eat the whole tray of cookies immediately, these Oatmeal Creme Pies store well. Once cookies have completely cooled, here is how you can store them:
- Counter: Store in an airtight container in a single layer for up to 4 days at room temperature. If you want to try and get the cookies to last even longer without becoming crumbly cookies, add a slice of bread into the container of cookies. The bread will give the cookies something to draw moisture from.
- Refrigerator: Store in an airtight container in a single layer for up to 7 days in a refrigerator.
- Freezer: You can freeze precooked cookie dough for cookies later. Just roll out and freeze for 30 minutes, and then transfer to an airtight, freezer safe bag for up to 3 months. To store cooked cookies, let them cool completely before you put them in a freezer-safe bag for up to 3 months.
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Oatmeal Creme Pies
These oatmeal creme pies are easy to make and taste even better than the store version! These cookies make the best after school snack.
Serving Cookies
Ingredients
Cookies:
- ¾ cup butter, softened
- 1 cup brown sugar
- ½ cup sugar
- 2 eggs
- 1 ½ teaspoon vanilla
- 1 Tablespoon molasses
- 2 cups flour
- ¼ teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- 1 ¼ teaspoon cinnamon
- ¼ teaspoon cloves
- ¼ teaspoon nutmeg
- 2 cups oatmeal, (quick oats)
Frosting:
- ½ cup butter, softened
- 3 cups powdered sugar
- 2 Tablespoons heavy cream
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- pinch salt
Instructions
- Heat oven to 375℉.
- Cream butter, brown sugar and sugar on medium speed until light and creamy (about 2 minutes).
- Add eggs, vanilla, and molasses until well combined.
- In a medium sized bowl combine the flour, baking soda, baking powder, salt, cinnamon, cloves, nutmeg and oatmeal. Whisk these ingredients together well.
- Slowly add the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients. The dough will be thick. I had to mix it by hand at the end.
- Roll dough into 1 inch balls. Place on a baking sheet that has been lined with a baking mat or parchment paper.
- Cook for about 10 minutes until cookies are golden around the edge.
- Cool on cookie sheet for about 2 minutes then transfer to a wire cooling rack.
- While the cookies are cooling make the frosting.
- In a medium bowl beat butter for about 1 minute until creamy. Add powdered sugar, heavy cream, vanilla and salt. Beat on high until smooth and creamy.
- Spread 1-2 Tablespoons of frosting on the flat side of the cookie, and then top with another cookie to make your oatmeal creme pie sandwich.
Notes
These are great kept in an airtight container or freezer bags in the fridge or freezer. Just take out and thaw the ones you need. You can freeze them individually in bags.
Nutrition
Calories: 259 kcal · Carbohydrates: 39 g · Protein: 2 g · Fat: 11 g · Saturated Fat: 7 g · Polyunsaturated Fat: 1 g · Monounsaturated Fat: 3 g · Trans Fat: 1 g · Cholesterol: 41 mg · Sodium: 148 mg · Potassium: 60 mg · Fiber: 1 g · Sugar: 29 g · Vitamin A: 334 IU · Vitamin C: 1 mg · Calcium: 30 mg · Iron: 1 mg
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The recipe doesn’t say what temperature you are supposed to bake the cookies. 350 degrees? Thanks for your help!
Hi Belinda. So sorry about that. Heat the oven to 375 degrees. I updated the recipe. Thank you!
As soon as I saw this post I just had to click on it… these sounds so delicious! I literally feel like I can smell them through the screen!
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Count me in! These oatmeal cookies look amazing! We are huge fans of oatmeal cream cookies! Thanks for posting!
Michelle @ O Blog Off
These were absolutely perfect. I made them for my father’s birthday, oatmeal being his favorite cookie. He looooooooved them. This recipe is a keeper.
Hi Michelle. Thanks for taking a minute to leave a sweet comment on the Oatmeal Creme Pies. We are so glad to hear that your dad liked the cookies. They are some of our favorites. Have a great week!
How do you recommend storing them? In the fridge, can you freeze them or will they not defrost well? Want to add them to my hubby’s lunches for work.
These are great kept in an airtight container or freezer bags in the fridge or freezer. Just take out and thaw the ones you need. You can freeze them individually in bags.
Very easy recipe, a tad too sweet for me but everyone else found them perfect !
Will make them again, they look so cute.
I love these! Added raisins and they were delicious!!
Is there anything I can sub for heavy cream? Quarantine has me not wanting to go to the store for 1 ingredient but quarantine also has me needing these in my life!
You are so fine to just use milk!!
These look great. You don’t have to flatten the cookie dough balls before baking them ?
We did not flatten the cookies before baking.
Delicious, but I had to make some adjustments. My first batch burned on the bottom, so I turned the heat down to 350° and baked for 8-9 min instead. I also flattened them with a flat-bottomed glass, and that worked out a lot better! Mine weren’t spreading out much at all for some reason. The cookie part does taste very much like the Little Debbie version. I know these will be a hit at the event I’m taking them to!
This was so yummy and worth making!
Sooooooo goooooood!!!! Made these after school with my 6 year old. We had fun working together on this and he wanted another as soon as he finished the first! His direct quote was “These are better than chocolate”, which coming from him is a big compliment!!!!! Really really great easy recipe!!!!!
This is so cute! These are great cookies to make with your kids! And we agree, they rank right up there with chocolate!
I want to make these tomorrow. I do not have any molasses. Do you have a substitution suggestion?!
You need such a small amount of molasses for these cookies. I did find this on the internet, but it’s for a larger amount. (While measurements may vary per recipe, you can generally replace 1 cup molasses with 3/4 cup packed brown sugar. Dark brown sugar will have a stronger molasses flavor than light brown sugar. This is an easy swap: Just mix 3/4 cup granulated sugar with 1/4 cup water and use in place of 1 cup molasses.)
You can also use a different oatmeal cookie recipe that doesn’t use molasses. You will probably be fine leaving out the molasses all together. Just add in a little extra brown sugar.
So good. Made like 8-12 creme pies.
These were good but for some reason mine didn’t flatten like yours. They didn’t really flatten at all. I just ended up squishing them down and no one said anything! Haha