Here’s the thing about me and oatmeal: although I totally love it for breakfast with brown sugar and heavy cream, that is probably the only application about which I can say that. I really don’t care for it in my crumble topping and I’m not even that fond of it in cookies, unless chocolate is involved. 
This is a long way of saying that this cinnamon sugar oatmeal cookie recipe is quite a departure for me. It’s an oatmeal cookie straight-up without an add-in in sight, and I couldn’t be more smitten. I’m not going to lie. I think it is the, dare I say, genius? decision to roll the pre-baked cookies in cinnamon sugar prior to baking them that truly makes these cookies special. And by “special,” I mean chewy, and a bit salty, with some caramel-like vibes.
Yes, I melted the butter (as I believe that makes for a chewier cookie), and I used salted butter – cause, as I’ve noted before: salt-aholic. I added a hefty glug of vanilla and more brown sugar than granulated (for that caramel-y vibe-y thing I mentioned above) and basically just riffed off of my mother-in-law’s recipe, cause her excellence in the realm of baking knows no bounds. Pretty sure you are going to dig these, even if – like me – you don’t fashion yourself a huge oatmeal fan. I mean, peeps: a roll in cinnamon sugar prior to baking??!! – need I say more??!!
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