Electric Skillet Oatmeal Cookies
Ovens are wonderful, incredibly useful appliances – but it isn’t until we don’t have an oven that we appreciate all of its functions. Have you ever been camping out in the great outdoors, sitting around a crackling fire, and became struck with a sudden craving for warm home-baked cookies? Trust me, you're not alone.
That’s where electric skillet oatmeal cookies come in. In case you couldn’t guess, all you need is an electric skillet - and butter, flour, egg, and other ingredients necessary to make the cookies come alive. The fantastic perk of this recipe is how simple it is. Crispy, fresh oatmeal cookies baked in just 15 minutes without an oven? Sign me up!
Electric Skillet Oatmeal Cookies
Ingredients
- 1 cup flour
- ½ tsp. baking powder
- ½ tsp. salt
- ¼ cup butter
- 1 tsp. cinnamon
- ½ cup vegetable oil
- 1 egg
- 1 tsp. vanilla extract
- ¾ cup brown sugar
- ½ cup sugar
- 2 cups oats
- ½ cup pecans chopped (optional)
Tools
Instructions
- Heat the electric skillet to 350ºF.
- Mix flour, baking powder and salt.
- Melt the butter in the electric skillet (or you could use a microwave). Once it’s melted, transfer to a bowl and add the cinnamon.
- Add the oil, egg, vanilla and brown and white sugars to the butter. Mix well.
- Add the flour, baking powder and salt, and mix with a wooden spoon until well combined.
- Add oats and pecans and mix well.
- Divide dough into 1 tbsp. portions and arrange them in the electric skillet (around 2 inches apart). Flatten them a little with a spatula.
- Cover and bake for around 10 minutes, or until only the center part is soft. Flip them and bake 5 more minutes or until golden brown. (If the bottoms of the cookies are burning, turn your electric skillet down a little and bake a couple minutes longer. Some skillets run hotter than others.)
- Cool on a wire baking rack. Serve and enjoy!
Nutrition information on In the Kitch is provided as a courtesy and is an estimate only. It may not include toppings and/or dipping sauce.
This is a great option for cookies if you are camping or just don’t have an oven around for whatever reason!
With this recipe’s simplicity, you have no excuses. Most of these ingredients are affordable and probably already in your pantry – vitamin-rich oatmeal, brown and white sugar, butter and baking powder. The best thing about electric skillet cookies (other than the part where you dig in) is that you aren’t in the dark about how your little creations are doing. You can see and control how the cookies turn out, flipping before they burn, making sure they bake evenly. This combination results in a firm and crispy, yet soft-on-the-inside cookie.
Even if you aren’t camping, these cookies are perfect for a lazy day when even ordering takeout is too much effort (and money). College students staying in dorms that lack an oven may find these electric skillet oatmeal cookies a lifesaver. Enjoy with a warm cup of milk, freshly brewed coffee, or hot cocoa, and share with your camp buddies, roommates, family – or not.
Will you give these electric skillet cookies a try on your camping trip?
I am Joss, the creator and editor of In the Kitch. I am inviting you on this food journey with me to learn, grow and bring out that inner chef in you. I hope to inspire you to get creative in your own kitchen!
