Snowman oatmeal cookies
4 Servings
Ingredients
| Quantity | Ingredient | |
|---|---|---|
| ½ | cup | Butter or margarine (1 stick); softened |
| ⅔ | cup | Firmly packed brown sugar |
| ¼ | cup | Granulated sugar |
| 1 | Egg | |
| 1 | teaspoon | Vanilla |
| ¾ | cup | All-purpose flour |
| ½ | teaspoon | Baking soda |
| 2½ | cup | Oats (quick or old fashioned); uncooked |
| Icing in tubes | ||
| Candy sprinkles | ||
| small | Children; (optional) | |
Directions
Heat oven to 350°. Lightly grease two cookie sheets. Beat butter and sugars until creamy. Add egg and vanilla, beat well. In seperate bowl, combine flour and baking soda; mix well. Add to butter mixture; mix well. Stir in oats; mix well. Divide dough into 4 equal portions.
Using hands, pat each portion of dough into a ¼ inch thick snowman on cookie sheets. Bake 12 to 14 minutes or until edges are light golden brown.
Cool 2 minutes on cookie sheets; carefully remove to wire rack. Cool completely. Decorate as desired. Store tightly covered. Makes 4 Jumbo cookies.
I found this recipe in the cooking section of; The News Herald Detroit Michigan (wed. November 19, 1997) Even though I don't have 'small' children, I thought it would be a cute idea for a cold winter day. Maybe one of those 'no school' snow days.
Recipe by: Quaker Oats
Posted to recipelu-digest Volume 01 Number 500 by PLK1028<PLK1028@...> on Jan 12, 1998