Chunky oatmeal cinnamon cookies, perfect with a cup of tea or glass of ice-cold milk. Take a handful of ingredients from your pantry and 15 minutes later you will be tucking into a batch of warm oat cookies, fresh from the oven.
These tasty oatmeal cinnamon cookies are a regular feature in our house thanks to how easy and quick they are to make. Great for morning and afternoon snacks, but also robust enough for lunchboxes and picnics.
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✔️ Why should you try it?
- Quick and easy to make
- Uses pantry staples
- Can be frozen
- A delicious snack or post-exercise energy boost
- Add different flavours to the basic recipe
🥘 Ingredients
- Cinnamon – the star of the show and gives the cookies a lovely warmth.
- Butter – use unsalted butter and bring it up to room temperature before using in the recipe.
- Sugar – caster sugar or golden caster sugar can be used.
- Golden Syrup – gives the cookies a lovely chewy texture. Honey could be used instead.
- Vanilla Extract
- Self Raising Flour
- Bicarbonate of Soda
- Oats – use rolled porridge oats for a chunky cookie or finer grained quick cook oats for a smoother texture.
🔪 Instructions
The recipe card with ingredient quantities and detailed instructions can be found at the bottom of the post
One: Preheat the oven to 180°c (160 fan/ 350F/ Gas 4) and line 2 baking trays with baking paper.
Two: Heat the butter, sugar and syrup in a saucepan on a low- medium heat and stir until fully melted.
Three: Stir the self raising flour, oats, bicarbonate of soda, cinnamon and vanilla extract into the melted butter and sugar mixture. Mix with a wooden spoon until a dough forms.
Four: Take heaped teaspoons of the cookie mixture and place them well spaced onto the baking sheets. Bake for 10 minutes in the oven. Once out of the oven, use a fish slice or flat wide spatula and gently press them down flat. Leave to cool for 10 minutes before removing to a wire rack.
💭 Top tips
- Leave plenty of space (at least 5cm) between your cookies on the baking tray as they will spread when baked.
- Use non-stick baking paper (NOT greaseproof paper) to line your trays. We wouldn’t want any of the cookies sticking!
🍴 Serving suggestions
Serve the cookies as snacks with a cup of tea or glass of milk, or pack them into lunchboxes and picnic hampers for a delicious energy-boosting treat.
We like to use these oatmeal cinnamon cookies to make ice cream sandwiches with homemade no churn honeycomb ice cream. They make a really quick and easy dessert that the kids love!
📖 Variations
There are many ways you could vary the basic oatmeal cinnamon cookie recipe. Here are a few ideas;
- Add a handful (about 50g) of raisins, sultana’s, chopped dried apricots or chocolate chips to the mixture (at the same time as the flour).
- For a chewier texture, use soft light brown sugar instead of caster sugar.
- Grate in the zest of an orange for cinnamon orange cookies.
- Replace 25g of the flour with 25g of cocoa powder for chocolate cinnamon cookies.
- Add chopped pecan nuts or walnuts to the cookie mixture for added crunch and texture.
🥡 Storage
The cinnamon cookies can be kept in an airtight container for up to 3 days. They will start to soften over time but will still be fine to eat.
🧊 Suitable for freezing?
Why not make a double batch and freeze half for another day? Allow the cookies to cool down completely before placing into a freezer safe container and freezing for up to 3 months. The cookies will take 1 hour to defrost.
❓ FAQS
The oats provide fibre and protein, helping keep tummies nice and full until dinner time. They also provide a slow release form of energy.
Rolled oats and quick cook oats are usually interchangeable in recipes. Rolled oats will give a chunkier textured cookie but they will taste exactly the same.
After 10 minutes the cookies should be golden brown around the edge but still soft in the centre. The cookies will firm up upon cooling. Leave the cookies to cool on the baking sheet for 5-10 minutes, before using a fish slice to transfer them to a wire rack.
😋Related recipes
More oaty treats to try;
- Peanut Butter Flapjacks
- Homemade Peanut Butter Granola
- Oat Flour Banana Bread
- Apple Pie Overnight Oats
- Melting Moments Biscuits
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Recipe
Oatmeal Cinnamon Cookies
Ingredients
- 100 g Butter unsalted
- 100 g Caster Sugar or use light brown sugar for a chewier cookie
- 2 tbsp Golden Syrup or use runny honey
- ½ tsp Vanilla Extract
- 2 tsp Cinnamon
- 100 g Self Raising Flour
- 100 g Oats Rolled oats for a chunky texture
- 1 tsp Bicarbonate of Soda
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 180°c (160 fan/ 350F/ Gas 4) and line 2 large baking sheets with baking paper.
- Place the butter, sugar and golden syrup in a saucepan and melt on a low-medium heat. Stir until the sugar has dissolved.
- Add the flour, oats, bicarbonate of soda, vanilla extract and cinnamon and stir until a soft dough forms.
- Scoop heaped teaspoons of the dough and place well spaced onto the lined baking sheets. The quantity will make 15 cookies.
- Bake for 10 minutes then use a fish slice to gently flatten the cookies down slightly. Leave to cool and firm up on the baking sheets before transfering to a wire rack.
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Notes
- Add a handful (about 50g) of raisins, sultana’s, chopped dried apricots or chocolate chips to the mixture (at the same time as the flour).
- For a chewier texture, use soft light brown sugar instead of caster sugar.
- Grate in the zest of an orange for cinnamon orange cookies.
- Replace 25g of the flour with 25g of cocoa powder for chocolate cinnamon cookies.
- Add chopped pecan nuts or walnuts to the cookie mixture for added crunch and texture.
Carrie Robinson
Oh yum! I just love how simple this recipe is. 🙂
Catherine
So simple and so delicious too! What a wonderful cookie to make to have something a little sweet on hand. I’d love even in the morning with a cup of tea or coffee!
Gail Montero
I am all for cookies for breakfast! My family will gobble these yummy treats!
Katie Beck
So I am absolutely going to make these, but we don’t have golden syrup (at least that I have ever found) in Chicago – would honey or corn syrup be a good alternative?
Beth Sachs
Honey would work great Katie
Toni
This is really good! My kids loved every bite on these cookies!
Chris Collins
I’m always on the hunt for new cookie recipes and these look right up my street! Thanks for sharing 🙂
Genevieve | Fitty Foodlicious
I love oatmeal cookies! They are a family favorite around here. These look delicious!
Beth
My kids are going to love this recipe! I can’t wait to give this a try! I’m so excited!
Sara Welch
Whipped up a batch of these this afternoon and they didn’t disappoint! So easy and delicious; exactly what I needed to cure my sweet tooth!
Denay DeGuzman
My daughter made a double batch of these delicious cookies! I’m chopping down on one now as I rate this recipe.
Amanda Wren-Grimwood
I love these! So great than you can make these so easily and that they are ready to eat in 15 minutes – perfect.
Kushigalu
Love how simple this recipe is. These oatmeal cookies looks amazing.
Anjali
I’ve made these cookies a few times and they turn out great every time!! Perfect for a mid afternoon pick-me-up with my cup of tea!
Valerie
These cookies look and sound delicious! I love freshly baked cookies nd these would go great with a cup of fresh, hot coffee.
Dannii
I love oatmeal cookies, as oats are a breakfast item, so I can eat oats for breakfast 🙂