It is a lazy holiday weekend, end of summer, and pouring rain. Time for cookies! I have a terrible sweet tooth, so I crave cookies on a regular basis. I am known for my love of shortbread cookies and bake them frequently. But today I started thinking about my favorite oatmeal cookies. My friend Carol brought them to work one time.  I couldn’t quite put my finger on why they tasted so much better than my recipe — and then I figured it out: no cinnamon. I have nothing against cinnamon, but never realized how much I like oatmeal cookies without it. I always make this half recipe because I would eat every one. Make the cookies small, using a teaspoon — I get twenty on a cookie sheet. Enjoy.
Carol M.’s Oatmeal Cookies — Half Recipe
Makes approx. 3 dozen cookiesÂ
Cream together:
½ cup shortening
½ cup sugar
½ cup brown sugar
1 egg
½ tsp vanilla
Combine together and add to above:
¾ cup flour
½ tsp salt
½ tsp soda
Stir in:
1 ½ cup old fashioned oats
½ cup coarsely chopped walnuts (opt.)
Bake at 350 degrees for approx. 8-9 minutes or until cookies are a light brown. Let cool on sheet for 1†and then move to cooling rack.
I love shortbread cookies but I eat oatmeal ones because they’re “healthy”. OK, I’m just kidding myself but those oats must count for something!
How do you do your shortbread cookies?
Comment by Marina — September 3, 2006 @ 5:53 pm