Date Filled Oatmeal Cookies

Name: Date Filled Oatmeal Cookies
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 40 min
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: Ingredients for Oatmeal Cookies:; 3/4 cup butter, at room temperature; 1/2 cup white sugar; 1 cup lightly packed brown sugar; 1 egg; 2 tbsps water; 2 tsps vanilla; 2/3 cup flour; 3/4 tsp baking soda; 1 tsp cinnamon; 3 cups rolled oats; Ingredients for Date Filling:; 1 lb pitted dates, chopped; 1/2 cup hot water; 1/4 cup orange juice; 1/4 cup brown sugar; 1 tsp lemon juice; zest of 1/2 orange; 1 tsp vanilla

7 steps

Prep:20minCook:20min

With the help of my husband whose specialty is date squares we put together two recipes in one to make these tender date filled oatmeal cookies. He made the filling usually made for date squares or matrimonial cake and I made the oatmeal cookies. It turned out to be the perfect marriage of sweet filling and chewy, perfectly textured cookies!

Updated at: Mon, 04 Mar 2024 18:57:01 GMT

Nutrition balance score

Unbalanced

Glycemic Index

Moderate

Glycemic Load

High

Nutrition per serving

Calories215 kcal (11%)

Total Fat6.6 g (9%)

Carbs38.9 g (15%)

Sugars25.1 g (28%)

Protein3 g (6%)

Sodium31.8 mg (2%)

Fiber2.7 g (10%)

% Daily Values based on a 2,000 calorie diet

Ingredients

24 servings

¾ cupbutter

2 tbspswater

2 tspsvanilla

⅔ cupflour

¾ tspbaking soda

1 tspcinnamon

3 cupsrolled oats

1 lbpitted dates

chopped

½ cupwater

hot

¼ cuporange juice

¼ cupbrown sugar

1 tsplemon juice

0.5zest of orange

1 tspvanilla

Instructions

Step 1

Cream butter, sugars, egg, water and vanilla together until fluffly. Combine the flour, baking soda and cinnamon and add to the butter mixture. Stir in the oats. Scoop onto parchment lined baking sheets leaving 2" between each ball. I used a 1" scoop here. Gently press just to flatten the dome of the ball.

Step 2

Bake at 350°F for 12-15 minutes.

Step 3

Cool

Step 4

For filling:Combine everything except the vanilla in a saucepan. Cook over medium heat until the dates soften and the liquid is absorbed. Remove from heat, stir in the vanilla and cool. Or you can even prepare the filling the day before. Assembly: Turn the cooled cookies upside down and pair them off with equally sized partners. Even though I used a scoop the cookies were not all the same. Evenly distribute the date filling on half the cookies. Start with about 1 tsp each at first then go around and add more.

Step 5