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These delicious yet easy Chocolate Oatmeal Lace Cookies are the perfect holiday cookie. Made with double the vanilla and sweet brown sugar. These delicate cookies are crisp, buttery, and perfectly sweet with hints of caramel flavor throughout. They’re generously sandwiched with melted chocolate, making every cookie even more delicious. Fun and easy to bake, even yummier to eat, great for gifting, and a festive addition to your Christmas cookie box!
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It’s the day before Thanksgiving and I’m sharing my very first Christmas cookie of the season. And it’s such a yummy Christmas cookie too! I was going to wait to share this recipe until after all of the Thanksgiving feasts had concluded. But then my mom pointed out that there could be a few of you looking for last-minute cookies for tomorrow.
Or maybe you have time off this week and are planning all of your Christmas cookie baking. Whatever your circumstances, I think we all can enjoy these yummy chocolate oatmeal lace cookies.
I made my first ever oatmeal lace cookie recipe even before the days of this website. Then I shared the recipe in November of 2012. I made those cookies with Nutella, and if you look at the photos, they’re certainly not the greatest. But the idea of an oatmeal lace cookie will forever sound delicious to me.
I wanted to recreate and update those cookies. I wanted to make them easier and even more delicious. And I wanted to nix the Nutella filling and use straight chocolate, Asher’s favorite!
For any of you not familiar with lace cookies, they’re very thin cookies usually made from either nuts or rolled oats. They’re meant to be VERY thin and crisp, and they’re often sandwiched with fillings like chocolate or buttercream.
Lace cookies are classic Christmas cookies in my book, and fortunately for us, they’re so easy to make!
Here are the details
Step 1: melt together the butter and brown sugar
Working in a medium saucepan, gently mix the melted butter with the brown sugar over medium heat. Do not rush this process. Go slow and allow the sugar time to melt evenly. Whisk continuously during this process. This will help the mixture come together and form a caramel-like sauce.
When the sugars have melted and a sauce forms, remove the pan from the heat.
Step 2: the remaining ingredients
Mix in the honey and vanilla, and whisk until very glossy and shiny. This should be pretty.
Next, mix in the oats, almond flour, and salt.
Step 3: let the dough sit
Let the mixed dough cool, then after 5 minutes mix in the egg white. The egg white will bring the dough together and moisten it.
When the dough is together let it firm up for 10 minutes on the counter.
Step 4: scoop the cookies
Using a teaspoon measure, scoop out the dough.
Bake for 7-8 minutes until deeply golden on the edges. Let the cookies cool completely at room temperature before removing them. They should harden up.
Step 5: the chocolate
Use your favorite chocolate, melt it, and then sandwich it together with the cookies. Enjoy a few while still melty and delish. Then let the rest set for enjoying later. Or better yet, save half and gift the other half!
These cookies are GOOD and gluten free! Crisp and sweet on the outside with hints of browned butter, caramel, and sweet vanilla. Plus plenty of chocolate drizzled over top.
Together they’re just delicious! As in grab a third or fourth cookie kind of good!
Looking for other holiday cookie recipes? Here are my favorites:
Easy Vanilla Bean Christmas Lights Cookies
Easy Hot Chocolate Lace Cookies
Chai Spiced Santa Cookies with White Chocolate Frosting
Lastly, if you make these easy Chocolate Oatmeal Lace Cookies, be sure to leave a comment and/or give this recipe a rating! Above all, I love to hear from you guys and always do my best to respond to each and every comment. And of course, if you do make this recipe, don’t forget to tag me on Instagram! Looking through the photos of recipes you all have made is my favorite!
Easy Milk Chocolate and Vanilla Oatmeal Lace Cookies
Ingredients
- 1 stick (8 tablespoons) salted butter
- 1/2 cup packed brown sugar
- 1 tablespoon honey
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 cup old-fashioned oats
- 1/4 cup almond flour
- 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
- 1 egg white
- 2 cups milk, semi-sweet, or dark chocolate, melted
Instructions
- 1. In a skillet with sides, melt the butter together with the brown sugar over medium heat. Bring to a boil and cook for 1 minute, until the sugar dissolves and looks similar to caramel. Remove from the heat and transfer to a bowl. Whisk in the honey and vanilla, whisking until smooth and glossy. Add the oats, almond flour, and salt mixing until combined. Let cool for 5 minutes, then stir in the egg white. Let the dough sit for 10 minutes to thicken. 2. Position racks in the upper and lower thirds of the oven. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Line 2 baking sheets with parchment paper.3. Drop 1 teaspoon-size amount of dough on the prepared baking sheets, placing each one 3 inches apart. Bake for 7-9 minutes until golden brown around the edges. The butter will be bubbling up around the cookies, this is OK. Allow the cookies to cool on the baking sheet for 5 minutes, then transfer to a wire rack to cook completely. 4. Sandwich each cookie with melted chocolate. Sprinkle with sea salt (if desired). Store cookies in an airtight container for up to 4 days.
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Did you make this recipe? Please rate & comment below.
I followed the recipe exactly and they came out perfect. Mine actually spread so much that they all came together in the cookie sheet but I fixed them with a butter knife. They were so delicious.
Hi! Thank you so much for giving the recipe a try! Hope you have a wonderful New Year! 🙂 xT
Oh boy are these delicious!!! I loved the addition of oats in a lace cookie recipe, adds texture and flavor. However, these did not come out like the photos at all! So saddened, but mine absolutely did not spread lol. But nonetheless they made the cutest tiny cookies that taste great!
Hi Gabriella! I’m so sorry this recipe didn’t turn out like the photos, I’m glad it’t still yummy though! xT
Can I substitute oats with flour or alkond flour?
Hi there! I haven’t ever tried that in this recipe before so I can’t say for sure! So sorry! xT
Cookies did not spread nearly enough to achieve the lace texture. I wish I read the reviews first and not just glanced at the suspiciously high rating considering everyone’s negative comments.
I’m not a novice baker but this sure made me feel this way.
Followed to a T, results were less than ideal.
The teaspoon worked great as long as you flatten it first. And can I just say wow! Ooey gooey delicious! I never leave comments, these might be my new favorite cookie!
Hi! Thank you so so much for trying out the recipe! Hope you had a wonderful Christmas! xT
Delicious!! Made exactly as stated in recipe and they turned out delicious! Wish I doubled the recipe to have more since I gifted them to neighbors! Will definitely be a permanent addition to the cookie rotation! Thanks Tieghan!
Hi! Thank you so so much for trying out the recipe! Hope you had a wonderful Christmas! xT
Taste delicious! But didn’t look like anything like the pictures. First oven temp needs to be 400 degrees. Bake for 10 mins and 1 heaping tablespoon of cookie mix. Also flatten to shape. It never spread out and became lacey. Glad I read the comments and adjusted as my first batch was the size of quarters.
Hi Thank you so so much for the feedback! xT
These worked well for me, definitely spread and looked like the pictures. However I would say you need more than a teaspoon, more of a teaspoon in a half or even too. Mine started to spread the minute I put them on the cookie sheet so I also used my fingers to form them into perfect circles. And I would say they cooked for me in about 6 minutes, anything over that and the edges started to crips.
Hi! Thank you so much for giving the recipe a try! Hope you have an amazing Christmas! xT
I read through the comments before making them. It seems like they either work perfectly for people or don’t work at all. Mine did not melt and spread out at all, they are much too thick to be called lace cookies. I let mine sit for extra time before and after adding the egg. Mine even looks more liquidy than the picture. Maybe there needs to be more pictures to show what each stage should look like or more descriptions. Sorry, I would not make them again.
I had the same problems that others had for my first batch – the cookies didn’t spread out and weren’t lacy. It was like all of the oats were stuck in a pile in the middle.
So on the next batches I adjusted two things: 1) used just a little bit more batter for each cookie, it was more of a heaping teaspoon and 2) used the back of the teaspoon and my fingers to spread each cookie out a little before baking – I kind of flattened them into even round disks.
They turned out absolutely perfect with the adjustments. Just like the pictures! And they are delicious!
Thanks so much for all this feedback Emily! xT
I live in Texas and had to adjust my oven temperature to 400 to get the cookies to bake properly. If you aren’t at a high altitude you may have to make an adjustment. Hope that’s helpful!
Thanks for this feedback Leah! xT
Epic fail after following the recipe to a tee. Was so disappointed as I was looking forward to trying these!
Just made these! Not lacey at all and did not flatten out at all! They look nothing like the picture:/ I was so excited about these, but I don’t know what I did wrong because I followed the recipe exactly.
Not lacey. Followed everything exactly. They are tasty but not at all like the pictures you posted. Others have also said the same thing. What can be wrong?
Please reply so we can adjust the ingredients or the method.
Thanks!
Hi Marla! I’m making these right now! I will let you and others know how they turn out for me! I was so excited to make them!
I wish that I could post a picture I would give you all a good laugh! Mine look NOTHING like her picture! They taste good but they fall apart!
Please help us with hints on how to perfect these!
Made these for my family this Christmas and they’re now a new favorite!!❤️🍪
I saw where someone had trouble making theirs “lacey” and I made these twice and had the same issue the first time. What I did differently was having my butter cold before melting and I also baked them a touch longer and they turned out perfect! Love your recipes, thank you for sharing!
My daughter just made them and the same with her batch. Not lacy at all. Flavor is great but very chewy.