Salt & Pepper Oatmeal Cookies

The truth is, when it comes to photographing food, I am usually too rushed or in the wrong place (I am in NYC during the week) to put together a beautifully propped photo. I also still have yet to go through all my boxes and organize everything.  We’re only here on the weekends, so it’s been a slow process. Up until now, I’ve been pulling out a random dish here and there to use for photos. Hoping that will change once I get everything in order.

So onto Salt & Pepper Oatmeal Cookies – These were so easy, it was ridiculous. I just added extra salt and some pepper to my favorite oatmeal cookie recipe and left out the cinnamon and raisins.

A bit under the gun with guests coming over for dinner,  I realized at the last minute I had no dessert to serve. When one has a baking blog, EVERYONE expects dessert when they visit. I quickly threw these together, adding the salt and pepper twist so they were a little special but wrapped in a comforting old favorite.

Love this tutorial:

When forming the cookies and placing them on the baking sheets, I used this great tutorial from Not Your Momma’s Cookie on How to Make Picture-Perfect Cookies, and they did, indeed, come out way better looking than my usual attempts. The taste was wow.

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Salt & Pepper Oatmeal Cookies

Course Dessert

Cuisine American

Keyword homemade oatmeal cookies, oatmeal cookies, salt and pepper cookies, salt and pepper flavor

Prep Time 20 minutes

Cook Time 12 minutes

Servings 4 Dozen

Author Lora Wiley-Lennartz

Ingredients

• 1 cup butter
• 1 cup firmly packed brown sugar
• 1/2 cup granulated sugar
• 2 eggs
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1+1/2 cups AP flour
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1+1/2 teaspoon of salt
• 2 tablespoons black pepper I used fresh ground
• 3 cups Quaker oats

Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
2. Line two cookie sheets with parchment paper.
3. Combine flour, baking soda, pepper, and salt in a bowl, whisk or sift together. Set aside.
4. Beat butter and the sugars until creamy.
5. Add eggs and vanilla and beat until combined.
6. Add the flour mixture in thirds.
7. Use a tablespoon or cookie to form cookies and drop onto baking sheets (or check out the tutorial above).
8. Bake 10-12 minutes or less, depending on how gooey and soft you like them.
9. Remove from oven and transfer to a wire rack to cool.

Recipe Notes

*Slightly adapted Vanishing Oatmeal Raisin Cookies from Quaker Oats.

So, do you like these Salt & Pepper Oatmeal Cookies? Ten also check out some of these other delicious recipes:

BOILED CIDER PEAR OATMEAL COOKIES

PISTACHIO ESPRESSO OATMEAL COOKIES

SALT & PEPPER FRENCH MACARONS