Sweet Tooth Passion (Oatmeal Cream Pies)

Here is a Diabetic Nightmare, but I can't help myself.  I love Little Debbie Cakes and these are the closest thing to them.  I made a batch last week and I am hungering for another batch.  For those of you that don't have to watch what you eat, enjoy the recipe:

Home Made Oatmeal Cream pies

Oatmeal Cream Pie

(makes 18 -24 cream pies)

Pie (recipe)

1 ¼ cup Softened Butter

1 cup (packed) Brown Sugar

½ cup Regular Sugar

1 ½ cups flour

3 Cups Quaker Oats

1 large egg

2 tsp vanilla

1 tsp Baking Soda

½ tsp salt (if using salted butter omit)

¼ tsp Cinnamon

Pre Heat oven 375 degrees

Beat the butter and sugars until creamy

Add Vanilla and egg and continue to mix.

In a separate bowl, combine the Flour, Salt, Baking Soda and Cinnamon, then

Add the oats and mix well.

Slowly add the dry ingredients into the Butter and Sugar mix a little at a time

Until well incorporated.

Use a small ice-cream scoop (2 inch) and drop onto cookie sheets lined with Parchment paper

Allow 2 inches between mounds.

Bake 10 minutes at 375.  Allow to cool for several minutes then transfer to wire rack to

Finish cooling.

Cream Filling

½ cup Softened Butter

2 Cups Confectioner Sugar

2 tsp Whipping Cream

1 tsp Almond extract (or vanilla)

Mix ingredients in a bowl then beat on high until fluffy.

Spread 1 tsp of cream filling between 2 cookies to complete.