Cinnamon Roll Oatmeal Cookies

An easy recipe for chewy oatmeal cookies that taste just like cinnamon rolls, complete with a cream cheese drizzle! Only 97 calories but they don’t taste healthy at all!Partway through middle school, I started to visit the mall in my hometown about three or four times a year—or whenever an upcoming special occasion like Easter or Christmas required a new outfit—with one of my close friends.

These chewy cookies taste exactly like cinnamon rolls! The sweet cream cheese drizzle takes them over the top. The cookies will keep for at least one week if stored in an airtight container in the refrigerator (if drizzled) or on the counter (if not drizzled)—if they last that long!

INGREDIENTS

for the cookies

1 cup (100g) instant oats (measured like this and gluten-free, if necessary)
¾ cup (90g) whole wheat or gluten-free* flour (measured like this)
2 tsp ground cinnamon
1 ½ tsp baking powder
¼ tsp salt
2 tbsp (28g) coconut oil or unsalted butter, melted and cooled slightly
1 large egg, room temperature
1 tsp vanilla extract
½ cup (120mL) pure maple syrup

for the drizzle

1 tbsp (14g) Greek yogurt cream cheese, softened
1 ½ tsp nonfat milk
8-12 drops vanilla crème stevia, or to taste

INSTRUCTIONS

Whisk collectively the oats, flour, cinnamon, baking powder, and salt in a medium bowl. In a separate bowl, whisk together the coconut oil, egg, and vanilla. Stir inside the maple syrup. upload inside the flour combination, stirring simply until integrated. relax the cookie dough for 30 minutes.
Preheat the oven to 325°F, and line a baking sheet with parchment paper or a silicone baking mat.
Drop the cookie dough into 15 rounded scoops onto the prepared sheet, and flatten to approximately half of of their original top the use of a small spatula. Bake at 325°F for 11-14 mins. Cool on the pan for 10 minutes earlier than shifting to a wire rack.
just earlier than serving, prepare the drizzle with the aid of stirring collectively the cream cheese, milk, and stevia in a small bowl. transfer the aggregate to a zip-crowned bag, reduce off a tiny piece of 1 nook, and drizzle on pinnacle of the cooled cookies.