Served cold with a swipe of pink frosting, these frosted chocolate chip oatmeal cookies are unconventional and absolutely delicious.
Ingredients
Cookies
1cupbutter (2 sticks), slightly softened but not room temperature
1cupsugar
1cuppacked brown sugar
2largeeggs
1teaspoonvanilla extract
2cupsall-purpose flour
1teaspoonbaking soda
1teaspoonsalt
2cupsold-fashioned oats
½sweetened coconut
1½cupsemisweet chocolate chips
Frosting
1cupbutter (2 sticks), softened
4cupspowdered sugar
1Tablespoonmilk
1teaspoonvanilla
pinch salt
2dropsred food coloring (optional)*
Instructions
Preheat oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit. In a stand mixer with paddle attachment, beat the butter and sugars together until smooth and well combined. Add the eggs and vanilla and mix until combined. Add the flour, baking soda, and salt, and mix until ingredients are just barely combined. Add oats, coconut, and chocolate chips and mix until barely combined (just a few additional seconds).
Using a size 16 cookie scoop (about ¼ cup), scoop the cookie dough onto parchment-lined cookie sheets, about 6 per standard half sheet pan. Use the palm of your hand or the bottom of a drinking glass to flatten the cookies slightly. Bake for 8-9 minutes, until barely golden brown on the edges.* Let the cookies cool completely. Cover and refrigerate.
Make the frosting: beat the butter and powdered sugar in a stand mixer until smooth and well combined. Add milk, vanilla, and salt and continue to mix until smooth. If the frosting is too thick, add more milk, one tablespoon at a time, mixing between each tablespoon. Add two drops of red food coloring to achieve a light pink color (the same color you’ll see on the sugar cookies served at Swig) and mix until well combined.
Frost the cookies: once the cookies have been cooled and refrigerated, frost each cookie with about 2 Tablespoons of frosting. Serve immediately or store in fridge to serve later.
Notes
*These cookies are slightly underbaked, but firm up when refrigerated. If you want to enjoy them like a classic oatmeal cookie (just as delicious), you can bake them for 9-11 minutes, until they’re a little more set. - These cookies are intended to be served cold to recreate the cold cookies served at Swig, but taste delicious served at room temperature as well. - If you’re in a rush or do not like frosting, these cookies taste great even without the frosting.