Oatmeal Lace Cookies

 

 

• 2 sticks butter
• 2 cups light brown sugar, packed
• 2 ½ cups rolled oats (quick cooking kind or regular)
• ¼ cup all purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 large egg, lightly beaten
• 2 teaspoons vanilla extract

 

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
2. In a medium sized saucepan, melt butter and brown sugar over medium heat.  Stir occasionally.
3. Remove from heat when butter is melted and brown sugar is dissolved. 
4. Let cool for about 10 minutes.  If you add the egg immediately, it will scramble the egg and you don’t want that to happen.  
5. Add the salt and stir.
6. Add the vanilla and stir.
7. Add the oats and stir. 
8. Add the flour and stir.
9. Add the beaten egg and stir.
10. Line cookie sheet with parchment paper.
11. Using the smallest of three sized cookie scoops, drop by scoopful on to the parchment.  Each sheet should contain 12 drops.  Flatten with a glass.  These cookies spread a lot, so do not try to add more to the sheet.
12. Bake 8 minutes on the bottom rack of the oven.
13. Remove cookies and let cool on the parchment slightly before removing them to a rack for further cooling.

Makes about 72 cookies. 

Enjoy.