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

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