Oatmeal Whoopie Pies with Brown Butter-Maple Frosting

Oatmeal Whoopie Pies with Brown Butter-Maple Frosting


Fall brings out the baker in me.  Or it is just a good excuse to be baking.

In all honestly I love to bake.  It relaxes me.  Getting my hands in the dough, stirring up a batter and making something sweet to share with people close to me is so rewarding.  

I had the idea for this recipe when Mr. Mother Thyme was enjoying a warm bowl of oatmeal with maple and brown sugar.  That is when the light bulb went off that combining all these flavors in a fabulous little cookie would be a sweet treat.    

I incorporate pure maple syrup in the cookies and then sandwich them not only with brown butter but with more maple syrup to create this incredible brown butter-maple frosting.  All I can say is wow!  If just a brown butter frosting wasn’t going to be good enough, right?   I thank the constant wheels that are turning in my head for coming up with this combination.  

You will need to restrain yourself from eating just the frosting, unless of course you don’t want to add it to the cookies.

Mr. Mother Thyme is always disappointed when I make these to give away.  I guess it’s just another excuse to make more!  

Oatmeal Whoopie Pies with Brown Butter-Maple Frosting
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Oatmeal Whoopie Pies with Brown Butter-Maple Frosting

  • Yield: Makes 34 cookies or 18 whoopie pies

Ingredients

  • 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1 1/2 cups old fashioned rolled oats
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1/4 teaspoon cinnamon
  • 1/2 cup (1 stick) butter, softened
  • 1 cup light brown sugar
  • 2 large eggs
  • 2 tablespoon pure maple syrup

Brown Butter-Maple Frosting

  • 1/4 cup butter
  • 1/2 cup confectioners sugar
  • 2 tablespoon maple syrup
  • 12 tablespoon milk

Instructions

  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit. Line baking sheets with parchment paper and set aside.
  2. In a medium bowl combine flour, oats, salt, baking soda and cinnamon and set aside.
  3. Using an electric mixer in a large bowl cream sugar and butter. Combine eggs one at a time then add in maple syrup. Gradually add in flour mixture.
  4. Using a tablespoon or cookie scoop make rounded tablespoon size balls and set on cookie sheets spacing about 1 1/2 inches apart.
  5. Bake in preheated oven for 8-10 minutes until sides just begin to brown. Cool completely on wire rack.

Brown Butter-Maple Frosting

  1. Add butter to a small saucepan and slowly melt on low heat until butter turns an amber-brown color. Set aside to cool.
  2. Using an electric mixer add cooled melted butter to medium bowl with maple syrup and confectioners sugar. Mix on medium-low speed until combined. Add in 1-2 tablespoons milk until creamy.

Assembly

  1. Add a dollop of frosting to the bottom of one cookie. Place another cookie bottom on top of frosting and press down until a cookie sandwich is formed. Repeat set with remaining cookies.

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Oatmeal Whoopie Pies with Brown Butter-Maple Frosting


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  1. Oh my goodness, what seductive cookies! An enticing start to fall baking, maple and cinnamon are such a warming combination, a scrumptious post!

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