I had Monday, January 16, off so I spent time in the
kitchen. I started a fire early in the dining room fireplace and I like to stay
close to keep an eye on it. After cleaning up from breakfast, I decided to make
some cookies to fill the cookie jars. Two small cookie jars and two kinds of
cookies. I made chocolate chip cookies and iced oatmeal cookies. After icing the
oatmeal cookies I sent my sister a text and photo. I had to tease her as she
ate quite a few of the iced cookies when she visited us last fall. I told her
if she lived nearby, we could sit and enjoy some tea and cookies! How I wish she lived nearby and not half a
day away.
This recipe is for you dear sister, with love.
Iced Oatmeal Cookies
2 cups old-fashioned rolled oats
2 cups all-purpose flour
1 Tbsp. baking powder
½ tsp. baking soda
½ tsp. salt
2 tsp. cinnamon
½ tsp. ground nutmeg
1 cup (2 sticks) butter, softened
1 cup light brown sugar
½ cup sugar
2 large eggs
1 tsp. vanilla extract
Glaze:
2 cups confectioners’ sugar
3 Tbsp. milk
Preheat oven to 350˚. Spray baking sheets with cooking spray
and set aside.
Place rolled oats in a food processor and pulse for about 10
seconds until coarse (I don’t always do this). Mix oats with flour, baking
soda, baking powder, salt, cinnamon and nutmeg. Cream butter and sugars. Add
eggs, one at a time, beating well after each. Add vanilla. Gradually combine
flour mixture until combined.
Roll dough into 2 tablespoon size balls and place
on baking sheets, placing about 2 inches apart.
Bake for 10-12 minutes until
the bottoms begin to brown. Cool
completely before icing.
Mix glaze ingredients.* Mixture will be stiff. I dip the tops of the cookies in the glaze
and set on wax paper and let glaze harden. You can also drizzle glaze over
cookies.
Fills the cookie jar and you'll have enough to share - with a neighbor, family members, co-workers!
*Note – I half the glaze recipe. I found the full recipe
above was too much and I had to throw some out.
I made this recipe for the first time on January 17, 2013.
Obviously, it was not put in our recipe binder but it can be found there
now.