Start by melting butter, brown sugar, and corn syrup in a sauce pan.
When it melts into a silky caramel, you’ll stir in a little flour and oats.
The batter is a more runny consistency the warmer it is. As it comes off the heat and cools a little, it becomes a little thicker. You’ll drop teeny tiny little mounds on a baking sheet covered in parchment and you’ll need to space them out quite a bit. It will feel weird because you wonder how that tiny thing can turn into a large cookie!
But as they cook, they spread out super thin and the sugar caramelizes. One big tip here: If you’ve never made these before, try just one before you do a whole pan. These are not hard to make, but I think they do take a few to get the hang of how they look and feel. If you overcook them, they’ll crisp up super fast when they come off the pan and can break easily, and if you undercook they’ll be soft and chewy. Just right creates a cookie that literally melts in your mouth, like a thin, crisp toffee.
There are a variety of ways you can shape and serve these. If you want to simply try the flat disks, they are delicious plain, or drizzled in chocolate.
If you’ve ever had the Florentine cookies they sell at Costco, you can replicate those by sandwiching these with melted chocolate in the middle. Florentines are usually made with ground almonds in place of oatmeal, but these will taste very similar! It will spill out the little holes, but just place on parchment until it dries and hardens.
The other popular shape for this type of cookie is the classic cigar roll. The trick with rolling is that it has to be at just the right temperature. After they come out of the oven, you have a short time before they harden up, but they’ll also be piping hot! You’ll need to wait until they’re cool enough to touch, and then roll them over a spoon handle (or something similar) to shape. Again, try this with just one before you do a whole pan so you get the hang of it!
You can leave them plain, or drizzle with chocolate like I did.
When they cool they become delicate little crisps that are beautiful to package and serve.
