Lacy Oatmeal Crisp Cookies

Submitted by anme7039

"A simple and crisp oatmeal cookie"

 

• Ready In: 18mins
• Ingredients: 5
• Yields: 1 batch

ingredients

• 1 cup butter, room temperature
• 3 cups oatmeal (uncooked)
• 1 cup sugar
• 1⁄2 teaspoon vanilla
• 1⁄2 teaspoon salt

directions

1. Pre heat oven to 350 degrees.
2. Cream together butter, sugar, vanilla and salt.
3. Fold in the oatmeal, one cup at a time until combinded.
4. Drop in ice cream scoop sized sized balls onto a very lighty greased baking sheet spaced pretty far about because these spread flat when baked.
5. Bake 10 to 12 minutes, or until lightly browned then let cool for a few minutes on baking sheets then remove.

Reviews

[cherylzyx]

I followed the directions exactly and they turned out good. They DO spread out A LOT so take that into consideration. I needed to let mine cook over 15 minutes before the edges browned. I used sprayed foil on my cookie sheets and they came right off without sticking. Alteration: I put a thumb print in half of mine and filled it with strawberry jam - those tasted very good.

 

[Beth K.]

These are delicious! Just like my grandmother used to make.

 

[WI Cheesehead]

These are so easy to make and taste so rich! I used 1/2 marg. and 1/2 butter. I had to leave in the oven for 15 minutes b4 the edges started to brown. I had to learn to remove them VERY carefully from the pan! I had a couple casualties, which my DH snapped up. :) I used parchment paper and they were still sticky on the bottom, not dried on, but sticky and very fragile. But after letting cool, they were fine. Similar to a lace cookie that my dad makes each year; but I like these better. These would be good with coconut mixed in or almond flavoring. UPDATE: Do not use any "light" margarine! It has too much water in it. To salvage them, I crumbled the dough onto the sheets and baked them longer and they came out like basic garnola.

 

[Nado2003]

Wow! Simple and delicious. I could not stop eating these. My son called them granola cookies. I flattened out the dough ball a little bit because I was getting a little yummy & chewy bump in the middle, but we love the crispy edges more. This way I reduced the baking time to 12 from about 15 minutes. My dough balls were kinda big. YUMMY! Thank you.

 

[Chef Mortimurmur]

Hmmmm... when Anme says "spaced pretty far", she's not kidding. I thought my small balls were spaced far enough apart... but they ended up forming into one, large, cookie-sheet sized cookie (it came off pan easily, but with that amount of butter, that wasn't shocking...) I cut them into circles but they just fell apart. I basically ended up with bits and pieces. I should have used 4 cookie sheets for this recipe, instead of two. Also, the amount of butter in this is extreme, to say the least. I wonder if it would turn out with less butter. The pieces tasted yummy, but everything tastes good with a half pound of butter and a cup of sugar in it.