Old-fashioned iced oatmeal cookies are the perfect after-school treat with a glass of milk. Use our iced oatmeal cookies recipe to create crispy and chewy cookies that are dipped in creamy vanilla icing. This recipe can be used for ice cream sandwich cookies too!
Nothing beats a homemade cookie and a glass of milk after a long day at school. Our cookie jar chocolate chip cookies and our crispy coconut cookies are more after-school favorites!
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My kids always come home from school absolutely starving! They like to eat and I like to bake, it’s a match made in heaven. School is back in session and with all four of them coming home hungry I thought I’d make up a big batch of iced oatmeal cookies for them to enjoy while we recount the events of the day. These cookies are easy to make and are very versatile! We use the un-iced ones for ice cream sandwiches too, YUM.
What people are saying about these cookies on Pinterest
“Yum, yum, yum….these are delicious and I love the way they look. Can’t wait for work reviews. I also have the grandkids over tomorrow so more cookie tasting. I will definitely make them again. “
“These were sooooo easy and SO delicious! Going on my list for holiday cookies!!”
“These are so good and pretty easy. My family said they are better than the store-bought ones.”
How To Make Iced Oatmeal Cookies
You’re going to want to let the cookies cool on the rack for 2-3 minutes so that they can set up a bit before moving them to a cooling rack.
How to Ice Old Fashioned Oatmeal Cookies
You don’t want it to be too runny, about the consistency of pancake batter.
DO NOT PRESS down, or submerge the cookie. You just want to coat the top surface.
OLD-FASHIONED Iced Oatmeal Cookies Recipe
Note: there is an odd red-colored box in the recipe card and we can’t seem to figure out why! To get a clean version of the recipe click “PRINT” and a new version will come up! Sorry about that. —Brandy
Iced Oatmeal Cookies Recipe
Ingredients
- 3/4 cup shortening
- 1 cup packed brown sugar
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 1/4 cup water
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/4 teaspoons salt
- 1/4 tsp. nutmeg
- 3/4 tsp. cinnamon
- 2 cups oats quick cooking or old fashioned
Glaze:
- 4 T milk
- 2 C. powdered sugar sifted
- water as needed
Instructions
- Beat in water and vanilla. Combine the flour, baking soda, and salt, nutmeg, and cinnamon; gradually add to creamed mixture and mix well. Fold in oats.
- Drop dough onto greased baking sheets using a medium cookie scoop.
- Bake at 350° for 10-12 minutes or until golden brown. Allow cookies to stand 2 minutes before removing to a wire rack to cool.
- While the cookies are cooling, make a batch of glaze. Stir milk and powdered sugar together. Add water, 1 tsp. at a time until desired consistency is reached.
- Quickly dip the top of each cookie in the glaze.
- Allow excess to drip off.
Notes
Nutrition
Speaking of iced cookies, don’t these homemade circus cookies from Cooking Classy look yummy?
Welcome! I'm Brandy, mother to 5 darling kiddos and a cute black lab named Toby. My husband is in the Coast Guard so we've lived all over the place, turning each house into a home. I love baking, sewing, making cute things with my kids, and sharing what I've learned with all of you!
I made these tonight as we had all the ingredients and it looked like a quick fix for the sweet tooth we all had. Unfortunately for me these were all too sweet. I couldn’t taste the spices and the texture was not what I usually go for, maybe from all of the brown sugar. But I know these would be great for people who like a very sweet cookie!
I love this recipe and so does my family. It’s that time of year to make these again.
I really like this recipe. I’m going to try it again but with 1/2 the amount of brown sugar. I think this is better than the Quaker Oats recipe.
Glad you liked it! 🙂
Trying the recipe now.
The red box is a link to Pinterest.
Thanks for the recipe.
You stated this recipe is good for a crispy or chewy cookie. Is there something that needs to be done differently to make them more of a crispy cookie? Like more granulated sugar than brown sugar ratio or something? Mine are chewy (which I do love), but I also like a crunchy iced oatmeal cookie also once in a while as well.
Hi Pamela, for crispy I just bake a few extra minutes. I use light baking sheets so I don’t have to worry as much about the bottoms browning too quickly when doing that!
Easy and delicious!
Makes a really good dairy free cookie by modifying the glaze.
Thanks!
So glad to hear, David!
Do the baked cookies or uncooked dough freeze well? If not how long do they keep after baking if stored properly?
They freeze well and can be stored in an airtight container 3-5 days.
These are probably the best oatmeal cookies I have ever tasted! I haven’t even gotten to the icing yet…I’m so excited!!!
Thank you for the recipe 💜
Yay! So glad to hear!
Hi,
Can butter or coconut oil be used instead of shortening?
Thanks,
Susan
Hi Susan! I haven’t tried using either in this recipe, but if you don’t bake with shortening it might be worth a shot!
I feel like I did something wrong!! They came out looking melted and getting them off of the cookie sheet was terrible. They came out brittle and paper thin 🙁
Hi Blaire! I have no idea what happened. The only thing might be the brand of shortening. Did you happen to use a name brand? My mother in law said she has better luck with off-brands for frosting and cookies.
Hi! I may be able to answer your question about store brand shortening. When making decorator icing for cakes, I use store brand because it has higher trans fat content. Lower transfer causes the icing to break
Thank you! I bet that is what makes the difference!
My mom used to make these when I was a kid. I forgot about them until now! Thank you for sharing at Merry Monday!
These look delish! Pinned for later, thanks for sharing
Gosh Brandy! These look so good both plain and glazed. I can’t wait to try your recipe. Thank you so much for linking up to Thriving on Thursdays last week. I’m featuring this one at tomorrow’s party.
Anne @ Domesblissity xx
Hi Brandy! Gosh these look good both plain and glazed. I’ve got a fair bit of oatmeal to use up so I can’t wait to try this recipe. Thanks so much for linking up to Thriving on Thursdays last week. I’m featuring this one at tomorrow’s party.
Anne @ Domesblissity
Yum!
Yum! Love these! Thanks for sharing.
These look so professional!
I’ll be giving these a try real soon!
Thanks for the recipe!
Michelle
I can’t wait to try this recipe! #SmallVictoriesSundaylinkup
These look so good, have pinned the recipe so i can come back and make them tomorrow! thanks! #SmallVictoriesSundaylinkup
I used to eat these cookies all the time when I was little!! Love them 🙂
Blessings,
Edye | http://gracefulcoffee.wordpress.com
I seriously can’t wait to make these! I absolutely loved these cookies growing up! Thank you for sharing them at the #SmallVictoriesSundayLinkup!
These look great, love’s Bob’s Red Mill Products! Pinned.
Oooh, how much fun these look like – eating and making! Gives me an idea to maybe make some oatmeal cookies here soon! 🙂
My kids are always starving when they come home from school too. These cookies look so good! I have never tried doing the icing dip, I have this pinned to my cookies board so I can give it a try.
We’d love to have you link up this week at the #HomeMattersParty (starts tomorrow!)
These look so good and what memories! Thanks for the recipe!
My oldest loves store bought iced oatmeal cookies. I will have to try to make them and see if he likes them as much. Thanks for the recipe.
These cookies look wonderful! I’m liking the idea of using them for ice cream sandwiches too. 🙂
These looks great – and would be a lovely old fashioned cookie for Christmas too. Thanks for sharing, found you at the Creative Muster!!
I always loved iced oatmeal cookies! But the brand that I use to love is not longer existing in my state. SO I was also wanted to make them. So thank you for providing such a good recipe because I feel this recipe will be better than the store brought ones.
I love how these look. They remind me of ones my mom used to buy when I was a kid. Would welcome you to share them on Family Joy Blog Linkup at http://www.pursueyourproject.com
I’ll take 15! Wow do these ever look so tasty!! 🙂
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