Oatmeal Lace Cookies are a thin, chewy oatmeal cookie with a deliciously sugary taste, that are stackable for easy gifting. Lace Cookies are made with just 7 staple ingredients and are so quick and easy to make!
I’m not typically a fan of oatmeal, but the brown sugary, chewy texture of these Lace Cookies is out of this world – and addicting! If you loved my popular Better than Pecan Pie Cookies, I know you’ll be a fan of these lace cookies.
What Are Oatmeal Lace Cookies?
Lace Cookies are named after their lacey appearance they receive when the sugar bubbles and creates tiny little gaps. Oatmeal lace cookies are dropped onto a lined cookie sheet by teaspoonful or with a cookie scoop and as they bake, they become flat, giving them their thin, chewy body.
Lace Cookie Ingredients
Lace Cookies are made with just a few staple ingredients and take just a few minutes to make!
Butter – I always use salted butter in baking, but you can use salted or unsalted. It’s completely your preference! Since we’re browning it, it can be used straight out of the fridge!
Brown Sugar – Brown Sugar gives these cookies they’re thin, crispy quality you can’t resist. It also offers a hint of irresistible molasses flavor!
Rolled Oats – This gives the cookies their texture and adds a little body.
Vanilla – Just a hint of vanilla takes them over the top! You can use store bought our homemade vanilla.
Salt – Salt is completely optional, if you use salted butter, you may want to reduce if you’re not a fan of sweet and salty. However, I am and use both!
Egg and Flour – These ingredients are essential to bond it all together. I always use all purpose flour, but if you would like a slightly healthier alternative, you can make them with white whole wheat flour.
How to Gift Lace Cookies
They’re one of my favorite Christmas cookie recipes. They’re the perfect cookie to bring to a cookie exchange. You can even stack them in a cellophane bag and tie with a ribbon to gift to friends, family, neighbors and coworkers!
How to Make Lace Cookies
They’re incredibly fast and easy to make in just one dish. A pot, in fact! No need to soften the butter when you’ll be browning it to perfection to caramelize the brown sugar.
- Brown butter in a saucepan until it turns brown in color and nutty in aroma.
- Remove from heat and mix in brown sugar, oats, vanilla and egg.
- Stir in salt and flour.
- Drop onto parchment lined cookie sheets and bake.
You can get the printable Oatmeal Lace Cookies recipe below! If you make these Lace Cookies, please leave a 5 star review in the comments below, I love hearing from you!
More Oatmeal Cookie Recipes You’ll Love
- Oatmeal Coconut Cookies (with Brown Butter)
- No Bake Peanut Butter Oatmeal Cookies
- Oatmeal Brickle Cookies
- Chocolate and Oatmeal No Bake Cookies
Lace Cookies
Oatmeal Lace Cookies are a thin, chewy oatmeal cookie with a deliciously sugary taste, that are stackable for easy gifting. Lace Cookies are made with just 7 staple ingredients and are so quick and easy to make!
Ingredients
- 1 c butter
- 2 1/4 c brown sugar packed
- 2 1/4 c rolled oats
- 1 tsp vanilla
- 1 egg
- 1 tsp salt
- 3 Tbsp flour
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
- In a saucepan over medium heat, brown butter until it turns brown in color and nutty in aroma.
- Remove from heat. Mix in brown sugar, oats, vanilla and egg.
- Stir in salt and flour.
- Using a cookie scoop, drop onto a parchment lined cookie sheet leaving ample room to spread. Bake 6 minutes or until golden brown.
Recipe Notes
Stack in cellophane favor bags and tie with a ribbon for a beautiful Christmas gift for friends, family, coworkers, neighbors and more!
I’m excited to join several of the friends I vacationed with over the summer to share some of our favorite sweet Christmas treats with you today. As you may recall, we met in Round Top, Texas for a weekend of fun and fellowship. Please take a moment to pursue all the sweet treats we made for!
Check out these beautiful cookie recipes:
Gingerbread Cookies | Oatmeal Lace Cookies | Orange Gumdrop Bars | Peanut Butter Blossoms | Cream Horn Cookies {aka Lady Locks}
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Do not use a cookie scoop for these cookies, they will be too big!! A tablespoon is better. These are so good!!
These by far were the best, and turned out just like the picture . Thank you so much 😊
THANK YOU, Debbie! It truly means the world to me that you would come back to share. So glad you enjoyed them!
These, by far, are my Danny’s favorite !!!!!
What size cookie scoop did you use? These look soooooo amazing. Thanks!
A medium sized scoop or a large tablespoon. Enjoy!
I was not sure what to expect when I found this recipe but I am so glad I tried it. Everyone loved them!!! I will be making them again very soon
Yay! Thank you so much for sharing!
Wanted to try this recipe but not so many cookies. So I divided it in 2 to bring 12 each to two friends. I still used 1 egg but removed one tablespoon once beaten. Also, a little less than one cup of light brown sugar, not packed.
The result : scrumptious! Nutty yummy flavor, perfect.
Thank you.
Came out exactly how I’d hoped! Delicious!
So glad you enjoyed them! Thank you for sharing!
These are one of the best cookies ever! So stinking good!
YAY! So glad you love them, too!
These are so pretty! The perfect homemade gift!
These look like the perfect companion to my afternoon coffee break. Love how light they are.
We loved making these cookies – so delicious and pretty!
Absolutely love these, so light and so delicious!
Loved making this recipe and it really brought me back to childhood! I substituted smoked sea salt and deglazed my butter browning dish with a tablespoon of whiskey for a little hint of adult flavors. So good!
Sounds like a delicious twist – I can’t wait to try!
Much tougher recipe than anticipated. Brown sugar still seems a little grainy and cookies seem greasy. Also worth noting is they need to set on the cookie sheet for a few before you remove them. I was really looking forward to these and while the flavor is good they sit heavy after eating.
We look forward to these sweet, crunchy cookies every Christmas! A family favorite!
Going to try these recipes
These look so pretty and sound just amazing! I love them packaged up as a gift – so sweet!
Thank you, Cyd!
These are the classiest cookies ever! LOVE that packaging!
From the queen of class herself!
Lovely! I love your understated style.
Thank you, Elle!
These look delicious Julie! Such a pretty cookie.
Thank you, friend!