Make the best Oatmeal Cream Pies with soft spiced oatmeal cookies stuffed with fluffy smooth cream filling.
Prep Time:20mins
Cook Time:30mins
Chill time:1hr
Total Time:1hr50mins
Ingredients
1coat flourground old fashioned oats
3/4call-purpose flour
1tbspcornstarch
2tspdark cocoa powder
1tspbaking powder
1/2tspbaking soda
1tspsalt
1/2tspcinnamon
1/4tspallspice
3/4cdark brown sugar
1/4cgranulated sugar
1/2cunsalted buttermelted
3tbspmolasses
1egg
2tspvanilla extract
Cream Filling
3tbspall-purpose flour
1/2cmilk
1/2csugar
8tbspunsalted buttersoftened
1tspvanilla
Pinchkosher salt
4ozmarshmallow fluffoptional
Instructions
Oatmeal Cookies
Start by beating melted butter, white and brown sugar, and molasses until creamed. Beat in an egg and vanilla.
In a separate bowl whisk together the oat flour, all-purpose flour, cocoa powder, salt, baking agents, and spices.
Add the dry mix to the wet and beat until fully incorporated. Don’t over mix. Scoop uniformed drop of cookies onto a baking sheet. Bake at 350° for 11-13 minutes. Remove to cookies to a rack to cool after 5 minutes. Cool completely before filling.
Marshmallow Cream
In a small saucepan, whisk together the milk, sugar, and flour. Set the pan over medium heat. Stirring constantly, allow the flour to thicken, 1-2 minutes. Remove it from the heat immediately.
Pour the pudding-like base into a wide dish to cool more quickly. Cover the surface of the base with plastic wrap. Chill the dish in the fridge for 20-30 minutes or until completely cold.
In a mixer bowl on high speed, beat the softened butter until fluffy and pale. Add the vanilla and salt plus 1 tablespoon of the base. Continue adding the base 1 tablespoon at a time until its fully incorporated and smooth. Add the marshmallow fluff if using and whisk until smooth.
Evenly divide the cream filling over half of the cookies then top with the other cookie.