Oatmeal Gingerbread Cookies

Recipe By:
Steve G
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Oatmeal Gingerbread Cookies
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  • Total Time 29 min Ico-add
  • Yield 20 Servings
  • Level Medium

This oatmeal gingerbread cookie recipe can be varied by rolling out a different thickness of dough. A thicker cookie is softer while a thinner one is crispier. Experiment all you want; that will give you an ...
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Ingredients

  • 1 cup (2 sticks) butter, softened
  • 3/4 cup brown sugar, firmly packed
  • 1/2 cup molasses
  • 1 large egg
  • 3 1/3 cups all purpose flour
  • 1 1/2 cups uncooked oats (quick or old fashioned)
  • 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
  • 1 teaspoon ground ginger
  • 1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
  • 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1/4 teaspoon salt
  • Ready to spread frosting
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Directions

  1. 1. Beat butter and sugar until creamy. Add molasses and egg; beat well.
  2. 2. Combine the flour, oats, spices, baking soda and salt; mix well. Cover; chill about 2 hours.
  3. 3. Heat oven to 350 degrees F.
  4. 4. On a floured surface roll the dough out about 1/4 inch thick for a chewy cookie or 1/8 inch thick for a crisp cookie. Cut with 5-inch round cookie cutter. Transfer to ungreased cookie sheet.
  5. 5. Bake 8 to 10 minutes or until set.
  6. 6. Cool 1 minute on cookie sheet then transfer to a wire rack and cool completely.
  7. 7. Frost as desired. Store loosely covered at room temperature.
 
 
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    The oldest known oat grains were found in Egypt dating to the 12th Dynasty, about 2,000 B.C. They are believed to have been weeds, not actually cultivated crops. The oldest cultivated oats, found in Swiss caves, are from the Bronze Age, about 1,100 B.C.