Lacy Oatmeal Cookies Recipe

Makes 40 cookies

Nutrition info per cookie: 56 cal; 0g pro; 4g carb; 4g fat; 6mg chol; 25mg sod.
Exchanges: 1/3 starch/bread; 3/4 fat.<

Ingredients:

  • 1 cup pecans, finely chopped
  • 1/2 cup uncooked old-fashioned or quick cooking oats
  • 1/4 cup all-purpose flour
  • 1/2 cup light brown sugar, packed
  • 1/2 cup butter, not margarine, cut
  • 2 tbsp milk
  • 1/2 tsp vanilla extract

    • Instructions:

    1. Heat oven to 350F.
    2. Line cookie sheet(s) with foil.
    3. Mix pecans, oats, and flour on a sheet of waxed paper.
    4. Stir sugar, butter and milk in a small saucepan over low heat until butter melts.
    5. Remove from heat.
    6. Stir in nut mixture and vanilla and let cool 10 minutes.
    7. Drop slightly rounded teaspoonfuls 3 inches apart on prepared cookie sheet(s).
    8. Bake 8-9 minutes until cookies spread, look lacy and are lightly browned.
    9. Cool on cookie sheet(s) on wire rack 1- 1 1/2 minutes, until cookies harden slightly.
    10. Using a broad metal spatula, remove to wire rack to cool completely.
    11. If cookies become too hard to remove from foil, return to oven for 15-30 seconds to soften, then try again.