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Best Oatmeal Cookies

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  • Servings: 24
  • Prep: 15m
  • Cook: 90m
  • The following recipe serves 24 people.

Ingredients

The ingredients are:
  • 1 cup butter, softened (2 cubes)
  • 1 cup granulated sugar
  • 1/2 cup brown sugar, packed
  • 1 large egg
  • 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
  • 1 1/2 cups oats (quick-cooking rolled oats)
  • 3/4 cup walnuts, ground (or pecans, ground may be ground in a blender)
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • Granulated sugar, for dipping
We recommend you get your ingredients ready before you start cooking. Once you're ready, here are the steps to making this delicious recipe

How to Make

  • Step 1: In a large bowl cream the butter and add sugars, beating until fluffy.

  • Step 2: Blend egg into creamed mixture.

  • Step 3: Sift together into the creamed mixture the flour, soda, and cinnamon.

  • Step 4: Blend in the oats, nuts and vanilla.

  • Step 5: Chill dough 1 hour or more.

  • Step 6: Preheat oven to 350. Grease cookie sheets.

  • Step 7: Place small pieces of dough (about 1 tbsp) on a greased cookie sheet.

  • Step 8: Grease the bottom of a small glass, dip in sugar, and press gently on each uncooked cookie, flattening it to a thickness of about 1/4 inch, re-sugaring glass for each cookie.

  • Step 9: Bake for 10-12 minutes, until lightly browned.

  • Step 10: Cool 2-3 minutes on the sheet, remove cookies, and cool completely on racks. Store them in an airtight container.


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