FROSTED OATMEAL COOKIES
Source of Recipe
MOM
List of Ingredients
1/2 cup (1 stick) butter, softened
1/2 cup vegetable shortening
1-1/2 cups packed light brown sugar
2 eggs
1/2 cup buttermilk
1-3/4 cups all-purpose flour
1 tsp. baking soda
1/2 tsp. salt
1 tsp. baking powder
1 tsp. ground ginger
1 tsp. freshly ground nutmeg
1 tsp. ground cinnamon
1/4 tsp. ground cloves
1/2 tsp. ground allspice
2-1/2 cups quick-cooking oatmeal
1 cup raisins
1-1/2 cups chopped walnuts
1 tsp. pure vanilla extract
Brown Butter Icing, recipe follows
Recipe
Preheat oven to 350� F.
Grease 1 or more cookie sheets.
Using an electric mixer, cream together butter, shortening, and sugar
in a
bowl until fluffy. Add eggs and beat until mixture is light in color.
Add
buttermilk.
Sift together flour, baking soda, salt, baking powder, ginger, nutmeg,
cinnamon, cloves, and allspice; stir into creamed mixture.
Fold in oatmeal, raisins, walnuts, and vanilla, blending well. Drop by
rounded teaspoons onto cookie sheet. Bake for 12 to 15 minutes. Drizzle
with Brown
Butter Icing.
~~~Brown Butter Icing~~~
1/2 cup butter
3 cups sifted powdered sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
3 to 4 tablespoons water
In a small saucepan heat the butter over medium heat until golden
brown,
stirring occasionally. Remove saucepan from heat; stir in 3 cups sifted
powdered
sugar and 1 teaspoon vanilla. Stir in enough water (3 to 4 tablespoons)
to make
an icing of drizzling consistency. Drizzle on warm cookies.
Yield: enough to ice 5 dozen cookies.
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