Description
Soft, chewy and filled with a sweetened date filling, this handed down vintage recipe for Date Filled Oatmeal Cookies is easy to make and the cookies are delicious with a cup of coffee or tea.
Ingredients
1 cup butter
1/2 cup granulated sugar
1 cup brown Sugar
2 Eggs
1 teaspoon Vanilla
2 cups All purpose Flour
2 teaspoons Baking Powder
1/2 teaspoon Baking Soda
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon Salt
2 cups Rolled Oats
DATE FILLING:
2 cups dates
1 cup water
1/4 cup sugar (optional) see note
Instructions
- In a large mixing bowl, using paddle attachment for stand mixer, cream together butter and both sugars.
- Add in eggs and vanilla and mix until well combined.
- In a separate mixing bowl, combine the all purpose flour, baking soda, baking powder, cinnamon and salt.
- Add the dry ingredients to the butter mixture and stir just until combined.
- Add in the rolled oats and stir until combined. For this step, it might be easier to mix in the oats with a wooden spoon, or with clean hands since the mixture will be quite thick.
- Scoop up a heaping Tablespoon of cookie dough and roll it into a ball, then flatten to about 2 and 1/2 inches in width. The cookies will spread a little, so leave a few inches between them on an ungreased or parchment paper-lined baking sheet.
- Bake in 350°F oven for 10 to 12 minutes. The baked oatmeal cookies will still be slightly soft in the middle.
- Allow the cookies to cool before spreading with the date filling.
- Make the date filling: Combine the chopped dates, water and sugar in a saucepan. Bring to a boil. The mixture is cooked when it has thickened. This happens quickly, so keep a close eye on the mixture and continue to stir as it comes to a boil.
- Spread the date filling onto the flat side of the cookie, then sandwich with another cookies, flat-side-down. Think of it as making a date-filled sanwich cookie!
Notes
Storage: Store cookies in an airtight container in the fridge for 5 to 7 days. Layering with parchment paper is a good idea so that the cookies don’t stick together.
Freeze: by using parchment paper between rows or cookie in a freezer-safe container for 2 to 3 monts.Thaw in fridge at room temperature before serving.
Note: dates are naturally quite sweet. This is an old-fashioned recipe that originally called for sugar in the date filling. This can easily be omitted for less sweet filling.
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 12 minutes
- Category: Dessert
- Method: Oven Baked
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 cookie
- Calories: 432
- Sugar: 36.9 g
- Sodium: 170.9 mg
- Fat: 16.4 g
- Saturated Fat: 10 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 65 g
- Fiber: 2.7 g
- Protein: 5.4 g
- Cholesterol: 71.7 mg
