Oatmeal-Pecan Lace Cookies
These nutty cookies are a cinch to make and taste fabulous. They're the perfect dessert recipe: quick and easy.
These nutty cookies are a cinch to make and taste fabulous. They're the perfect dessert recipe: quick and easy.
- Carbohydrate 15.1548151851012 g
- Cholesterol 20.9774074146862 mg
- Fat 6.77991018983114 g
- Fiber 1.63038894889819 g
- Protein 2.95527555551581 g
- Saturated Fat 2.6131509463792 g
- Serving Size 1 1 Serving (34g)
- Sodium 51.0421111219327 mg
- Sugar 13.524426236203 g
- Trans Fat 0.512070537321229 g
- Calories 130 calories
Step-by-step
- Preheat oven to 350ºF and cover 2 cookie sheets with parchment paper.
- Mix oats, sugar, baking powder, pecans and salt together in a large bowl until well incorporated.
- Add butter, egg and vanilla to oat mixture; mix well.
- Drop teaspoonfuls of batter onto prepared cookie sheets and flatten each out, leaving at least 2-inches between each cookie.
- Bake cookies until edges turn golden, about 8 to 12 minutes. Let cookies stand on cookie sheets for 2 minutes before removing to a cooling rack. Yields 2 cookies per serving.
Lace cookies emerge from the oven with a brittle, web-like structure and deep caramelized edges surrounding toasted nuts and oats. Achieving this distinct texture requires managing the butter and sugar ratio so the batter flows outward correctly during the heat application.
The critical factor determining success is flattening the mounds sufficiently before baking. Because these cookies rely on high sugar content to melt into thin wafers, dropping untamed spoonfuls will result in thick, cake-like mounds instead of delicate, crisp rounds. Leave at least two inches of space between each portion to allow for radical lateral spread.
Watch the oven closely once the timer reaches eight minutes. Removing the sheets too early leaves the cookies too pliable to transfer, while waiting past twelve minutes risks burning the fine edges of the finely chopped pecans. Allow the hot cookies to sit undisturbed on the parchment for exactly two minutes so the sugar structure firms up enough to span the cooling rack wires.
Dietary adjustments are straightforward with this formulation. Rolled oats are naturally gluten-free, though certified packages must be sourced if celiac disease is a concern. Standard butter can be replaced with plant-based sticks at a one-to-one ratio without altering the final spread dynamics.
