Saturday, June 11, 2011

In the kitchen

My mom has an incredible recipe for oatmeal cookies but the best part is the dough!  I think the dough tastes even better than the cookies!  It's sweeter and we all know that I love me some sugar.  It's a quick and simple recipe and you'll be dipping into the bowl for bites of the dough for sure!

Oatmeal Cookies (This particular recipe is my dad's favorite)
2 cups packed brown sugar
1 cup lard or shortening  (but I always used sticks of margarine)
1/2 cup milk
1 t. vanilla
4 cups quick oats
1 3/4 cup flour
1 t. baking soda
3/4 t. salt

Heat oven to 375.  Mix brown sugar, butter, milk and vanilla.  Stir in remaining ingredients.
Drop dough in 1 inch balls about 3 inches apart on an un-greased cookie sheet; flatten cookies.  Bake until golden brown, 8-10 minutes.  Immediately remove from cookie sheet.  
I prefer to bake them for the minimum time because we like them soft inside. They may seem undercooked when you remove at 8 minutes but when they cool, they set up but are still moist inside.

Enjoy!









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