Lemon Oatmeal Cookies (2024)

Light and crispy these Lemon Oatmeal Cookies are the perfect treat for any lemon lover.

Why You’ll Love This Recipe

If you love lemon, then you can never have enough lemon recipes. These delicious and crispy lemon oatmeal cookies have been a favorite of ours for over a decade. And you are going to love them too.

Oatmeal and lemon is not a combination I usually put together but trust me on this one, it works! The recipe is similar to a cookie that was available at the Portland Art Museum. The author of the article where I found the recipe (sorry I don’t have their name – I cut out the recipe but that was it) had this to say about their experience with the cookies nearly twenty years ago:

“I don’t remember the exhibits, but I’ll never forget those elegant cookies. Their elusive, lemony flavor makes them the ideal accompaniment to an evening’s dessert, such as fresh fruit, ice cream or sorbet.”

Cookie Ingredients

• Flour. I use all purpose flour
• Baking Soda
• Sugar. Granulated sugar
• Butter. I always use salted butter, if you use unsalted butter, add in 1/4 tsp more salt.
• Lemon Extract. Extract will give you a bolder lemon flavor then lemon juice will.
• Lemon. You will use the lemon zest.
• Oatmeal. Old fashioned oatmeal will give you a chewier cookie. If you only have quick oats that will work too, the texture of the cookie will just be a bit different.

How to Make Lemon Oatmeal Cookies

• In a stand mixer with the paddle attachment, beat butter and one cup sugar together until light and creamy in color, about 4-5 minutes.
• Add in lemon extract and zest, beat to incorporate.
• Add in flour, baking soda and salt. Stir just until blended.
• Pour in the oatmeal and beat to blend.
• Scoop dough into balls using a tablespoon size cookie scoop. Keep it small as they spread a lot.
• Place on a parchment lined baking sheet. Place about 3 inches apart to allow for spreading.
• Dip the bottom of a glass into water and then into the remaining 1/3 cup sugar. Use the glass to press down on the ball of dough to slightly flatten.
• Bake at 350 degrees F for about 12 minutes or until edges just begin to turn golden brown.

This cookies are light and crispy on the edges with a delicious subtle lemon flavor.

Some of my other favorite oatmeal treats:

• Chewy Oatmeal Cookies
• Oatmeal Cookie Ice Cream
• Baked Oatmeal
• Chocolate Oatmeal Bars
• Oatmeal Bread

If you are looking or more lemon treats, try these:

• Lemon Sugar Cookies
• The Best Lemon Bars
• Lemon Icebox cookies
• Lemon Dream Cookies
• Lemon Sorbet

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