Delicate Oatmeal Lace Cookies are paper thin and extra crispy with a delicious toffee-like flavor.
Make into flat rounds or roll into rounded tuiles. Perfect for serving alongside a bowl of ice cream or just nibbling on by themselves.
Delicate Lace Cookies
Oatmeal is a hearty grain, so it's difficult to think about it being in a delicate cookie, but they do just that in these Oatmeal Lace Cookies.
These lace cookies are very thin and very crisp cookies. The butter and brown sugar give them a caramel or toffee-like taste.
I made these into rounds and then I several of the cookies, I wrapped into tube shaped cookies while the cookies were still very warm. Same cookie, just a different shape.
This cookie is one of the cookies I've made for my 10 Days of Christmas Cookies.
What are Lace Cookies?
Lace cookies are a very thin oatmeal cookie that resemble a piece of lace. These cookies are baked until crisp and once cool, you can see small holes through the cookies. Lace cookies are often kept flat or they can be rolled into a cylinder while they are still warm.
Lace Cookies Recipe Ingredients
- Oatmeal - Use rolled oats or old-fashioned oats. You want a hearty oat for this cookie. Instant oats won't have the same texture.
- Butter - I use salted butter. The butter gets melted on the stovetop, so no need to pull it out of the fridge and wait for it to soften.
- Brown sugar - gives these cookies a delicious caramel flavor. The brown sugar is heated with the butter until everything is melted.
- Vanilla - Use pure vanilla extract
How to Make Oatmeal Lace Cookies
- Melt butter and brown sugar over a medium-low heat. Once the butter has melted and the brown sugar is no longer grainy turn off the heat.
- Allow mixture to cool for a few minutes, then fold in the oatmeal
- Let the mixture rest for 30 minutes. This allows the mixture to cool and also the oatmeal to soften slightly
4. Sprinkle flour on top and mix in
5. Add egg and vanilla and mix well
6. Place small mounds of batter on a cookie sheet lined with parchment paper or a silicone mat
7. Bake in a 375°F preheated oven for 4-5 minutes
8. Allow cookies to cool on the cookie sheet before removing them. To remove, pick up a corner of the parchment paper and pull the paper back. Grab the cookie and place it on a cooling rack
9. To roll cookies, allow cookies to partially cool. As soon as the cookie is able to separate from the paper, remove it. It will still be very soft. Carefully roll the cookie around a round handle of a wooden spoon. Hold the rounded cookie in place for 15-20 seconds, then remove and place it on a cooling rack seam side down.
Recipe tips
- I used a teaspoon full of batter for each cookie. If the batter sticks in the spoon, use another spoon to help ease the batter out.
- A teaspoon creates a cookie that's about 3 inches in diameter. A tablespoon creates a large 4 ½-inch cookie
- No need to spread the batter. It will spread out as it cooks
- Leave plenty of space between each cookie. You don't want them running into each other. The maximum number of cookies I did per cookie sheet was eight.
- The cookies cook very quickly. Check them at 4 minutes. You want the cookies bubbly and golden around the edges.
- If rolling the cookies, you have a small window of time. The cookie needs to be cool enough to handle so it holds its shape, but not too cool or it will be brittle and snap. When doing this by myself, I could usually roll two cookies per batch. Then they became too cool.
- These cookies are fragile and break easily. Save any broken pieces to sprinkle over ice cream!
- Store cookies in a large airtight container. I didn't have any issues with the cookies sticking to each other. If you live in a humid area, you may want to separate each layer with a piece of parchment paper.
Variations
- Dip the end of one side into melted chocolate
- Drizzle chocolate over the top of the cookies
- Add finely chopped pecans or almonds to the batter
How to Store Lace Cookies
These cookies are very fragile. Store in an airtight container at room temperature. Place in an area where it won't get bumped or has to be moved frequently.
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Oatmeal Lace Cookies Recipe
Equipment
- Cookie Sheet
- Parchment paper
Ingredients
- ½ cup butter (salted butter)
- 1 cup brown sugar
- 1 cup rolled oats (use old fashioned or rolled oats, not instant oatmeal)
- 2 tablespoons flour
- 1 egg
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 1 dash salt
Instructions
- Melt butter and brown sugar over a medium low heat. Once the butter has melted and the brown sugar is no longer grainy turn off heat.½ cup butter, 1 cup brown sugar
- Allow mixture to cool for a few minutes, then fold in oatmeal1 cup rolled oats
- Let mixture rest for 30 minutes. This allows the mixture to cool and also the oatmeal to soften slightly
- Preheat oven to 375°F
- Sprinkle flour on top and mix in2 tablespoons flour
- Add egg, vanilla and salt and mix well1 egg, 1 teaspoon vanilla, 1 dash salt
- Place small mounds of batter on a cookie sheet lined with parchment paper or a silicone matt
- Bake in a 375°F preheated oven for 4-5 minutes
- Allow cookies to cool on cookie sheet before removing. To remove, pick up a corner of the parchment paper and pull the paper back. Grab the cookie and place on a cooling rack
- To roll cookies, allow cookies to partially cool. As soon as the cookie is able to separate from the paper, remove it. It will still be very soft. Carefully roll the cookie around a round handle of a wooden spoon. Hold rounded cookie in place for 15-20 seconds, then remove and place on a cooling rack seam side down.
Notes
- I used a teaspoon full of batter for each cookie. If the batter stick in the spoon, use another spoon to help ease the batter out.
- A teaspoon creates a cookie that's about 3 inches in diameter. A tablespoon creates a large 4 ½ inch cookie
- No need to spread the batter. It will spread out as it cooks
- Leave plenty of space between each cookie. You don't want them running into each other. The maximum number of cookies I did per cookie sheet was eight.
- The cookies cook very quickly. Check them at 4 minutes. You want the cookies bubbly and golden around the edges.
- If rolling the cookies, you have a small window of time. The cookie needs to cool enough to handle and so it holds its shape, but not too cool or it will be brittle and snap. When doing this by myself, I could usually roll two cookies per batch. Then they became too cool.
- These cookies are fragile and break easily. Save any broken pieces to sprinkle over ice cream!
- Store cookies in a large airtight container. I didn't have any issues with the cookies sticking to each other. If you live in a humid area, you may want to separate each layer with a piece of parchment paper.
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Yummy says
How would I add Raisins
Kathy says
Hi,
These cookies are so delicate and I don't think they could hold the weight of a raisin. I do have an oatmeal cookie recipe that you could add raisins to without any problems.
Valentina says
I love lace cookies. I will dip min in chocolate! 🙂 ~Valentina
Kathy says
You just can't go wrong with a little chocolate!
David @ Spiced says
Ah - I had an aunt who used to make these every Christmas. It's been some years now since I've had oatmeal lace cookies, but these pictures are taking me back. I need to make a batch this year! Thanks for the recipe!