I thought I'd share this recipe for crisp, delicate, almost candy-like cookies. This was a first place winner in a recent newspaper cookie contest. Hope you enjoy. Tom Trostel
Lace Cookies
yields 3 dozen
2 cups old-fashioned oats
2 cups sugar
1 tablespoon flour (not a typo)
1/2 teaspoon salt
2 sticks (1 cup) butter
2 eggs, beaten
1 teaspoon vanilla
Mix oats, sugar, flour, and salt in a large bowl. In a pan, heat butter until very hot and pour hot butter over the dry mixture, stirring until sugar dissolves. Add eggs and vanilla and combine well. Drop by very small spoonfuls on foil-covered pans and bake at 325 degrees, about 10 minutes. 'Dough' will be very thin like cake batter. Foil should be lightly greased or sprayed with Pam. I used Reynolds Release foil when the first batch wouldn't come off regular plain foil.