mum's oatmeal shortbread cookies

Name: Mum's Oatmeal Shortbread Cookies
Prep time: 2 h 30 min
Cook time: 30 min
Cuisine: Canadian
Ingredients: 1 cup(s) butter; 1/2 cup(s) brown sugar, firmly packed; 1/2 teaspoon(s) baking soda; 1 cup(s) flour; 1/4 teaspoon(s) salt; 1 teaspoon(s) vanilla extract; 2 cup(s) rolled oats

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Sue Fitzpatrick

Whitby, ON

Updated on Oct 20, 2012

This was another of those treats that only showed up at Christmas :) I liked these. Very plain and dry so I could dunk them in a glass of milk. Now I like them with a hot chocolate or cup of tea.

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prep time 2 Hr 30 Min

cook time 30 Min

method Bake

yield

Ingredients

1 cup butter
1/2 cup brown sugar, firmly packed
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1 cup flour
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 cups rolled oats

How To Make mum's oatmeal shortbread cookies

Step 1

Pre-heat oven to 325F Cream butter, add sugar and vanilla and mix.

Step 2

Sift and add flour, soda and salt.
Step 3

Mix in rolled oats last
Step 4

Form into two narrow rolls (in waxed paper) and place in the refrigerator to chill for a couple of hours.
Step 5

Unroll the dough and slice fairly thick cookies. About 3/4". Bake on lightly greased cookie sheet for 30 minutes or less, depending on your oven. Finished cookies are very lightly browned.
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