Recipe: Delicious American Oatmeal Cookies

American Oatmeal Cookies. Cool: Let cool on baking sheet for a few minutes then. I got this recipe from an American neighbour and I've been making them ever since. Really versatile, you can add nuts, raisins, glace cherries, dried apricots, dried mango or pineapple, chocolate chips, cinnamon and apple or anything else you can think of!.

Adding nuts or chocolate chips is also yummy. What is a Mom to do when oatmeal cookies are at the top of your grown child's request list? Of course, mommy baked some old fashion oatmeal cookies and had a very happy daughter. You can cook American Oatmeal Cookies using 10 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you cook it.

Ingredients of American Oatmeal Cookies

1. It's 100 grams of Oatmeal.
2. Prepare 100 grams of Cake flour.
3. It's 60 grams of Butter (salted or unsalted).
4. It's 60 grams of Shortening.
5. You need 90 grams of Sugar.
6. It's 1 of Egg.
7. It's 1 tsp of Baking powder.
8. Prepare 1 of few drops Vanilla extract.
9. You need 1 of Brown granulated sugar.
10. It's 1 pinch of Salt.

It is important to have a happy daughter. The rest of the family managed to sneak a few cookies away from her careful watch. Many oatmeal cookies are dry, cakey, and overly spiced. While I'm ALL about chocolate, sometimes an old fashioned oatmeal cookies recipe is exactly the treat I'm craving.

American Oatmeal Cookies instructions

1. Soften the butter by bringing it to room temperature. Combine it with the shortening. Add the sugar and mix well..
2. Add the egg and continue mixing..
3. Add a little few drops of vanilla extract and mix well..
4. Add the flour and baking powder. Switch to a rubber spatula and briskly fold into the dough..
5. Mix in the oatmeal..
6. The consistency should resemble hamburger patties. Form into small round balls and place on a parchment-paper-lined baking sheet..
7. Use your fingers to press down on the cookies to flatten. They will spread when baking, so leave some space between each one..
8. Sprinkle the tops with brown granulated sugar and salt..
9. Bake in a preheated 180°C oven for 15-20 minutes and they're done..

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