Who didn’t love Little Debbie desserts growing up? One of my favorites was the oatmeal creme pies. Soft oatmeal cookies with that wonderful sweet filling! I present a copycat recipe here. You can use whatever instant oatmeal flavor you want. I opted for maple brown sugar. I also added a little maple syrup to the filling because… Well because it is different. These are for our Saturday morning ESPN Radio crew. They have oatmeal, so that counts as a healthy breakfast!!

• Ingredients
• 1 cup butter
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1 cup brown sugar
• 1/2tsp baking powder
• 1 tsp baking soda
• 2 eggs
• 2 tsp vanilla
• 4 tbs milk
• 2 cups flour
• 12 pkts instant oatmeal, any flavor

Directions – melt butter. Add sugar, brown sugar, baking powder and baking soda. Mix in eggs, vanilla, and milk. Add flour then oats. Scoop out 1 tbs of dough. Chill at least a couple of hours. Preheat ovent to 350. Stagger dough on a cookie sheet lined with non stick baking liners or parchment paper. Bake 9 to 12 minutes. They will be a little doughy on top, but will continue to cook on the sheet after you remove them from oven. Leave on sheet 10 minutes. Remove and let cool completely.

• Filling ingredients
• 1 stick butter, melted
• 2 cups powdered sugar
• 1 tsp vanilla
• Milk

Directions – combine butter, powdered sugar and vanilla. Add milk, one tbs at a time until you get the consistency you want. Spread 1 tbs or so between 2 cookies.

Store in covered container.