Easy Oatmeal Cream Pies

Name: Easy Oatmeal Cream Pies
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 10 min
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 1-1/2 dozen.
Ingredients: 3/4 cup butter, softened; 2 large eggs, room temperature; 1 package spice cake mix (regular size); 1 cup quick-cooking oats; 1 can (16 ounces) vanilla frosting

These easy cookies use only five ingredients and taste very similar to a store-bought cookie. Of course, everything's better from your own kitchen! —Crystal Schlueter, Northglenn, Colorado

Ingredients

3/4 cup butter, softened
2 large eggs, room temperature
1 package spice cake mix (regular size)
1 cup quick-cooking oats
1 can (16 ounces) vanilla frosting

Directions

Beat butter and eggs until blended. Beat in cake mix and oats. Refrigerate, covered, 2 hours or until firm enough to roll, though dough will remain fairly soft.
Preheat oven to 350°. On a well-floured surface, roll half of dough to 1/4-in. thickness. Cut with a floured 2-1/2-in. round cookie cutter. Place 1 in. apart on parchment-lined baking sheets. Bake until set, 8-10 minutes. Remove from pans to wire racks to cool completely. Repeat with remaining dough.
Spread frosting on bottoms of half of the cookies; cover with remaining cookies.
Freeze option: Freeze cookies in freezer containers, separating layers with waxed paper. To use, thaw before serving.

Test Kitchen Tips

Try rolling out your dough between two sheets of lightly floured waxed paper.

If you have a go-to vanilla buttercream recipe, feel free to swap it for the pre-made.

Nutrition Facts

1 sandwich cookie: 296 calories, 13g fat (8g saturated fat), 41mg cholesterol, 316mg sodium, 42g carbohydrate (26g sugars, 0 fiber), 3g protein.

Originally published as Oatmeal Cream Whoopie Pies in Ultimate Cookie Swap 2016 Bookazine

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Chargett

Feb 12, 2018

Frosting as a filling? ? What a disappointment..
sugarcrystal

Aug 22, 2016

These are especially good with the whipped fluffy vanilla frosting! I didn't roll them out, just dropped them with a cookie scoop. They were thicker that way, but still good.