Diana's Buttery Oatmeal Cookies

By MaryEllen

I got this recipe years ago from a website called Diana's cookies.
These are just the most delicious cookies ever. Honestly, everyone says
they are the best oatmeal cookies they've ever tasted and my friends are
normally not that polite LOL. They are great when done as the recipe
instructs below but I always make at least one sheet of super thin ones.
I simply flatten then out almost completely with three wet fingers and
cook the same amount of time (although watch as they can burn). They
come out so crunchy that we make crumbs and sprinkle over ice cream,
cereal ... you name it. I know the lard aspect might seem strange but I
have tried them on parchment paper and buttered sheets and they do not
come out correctly. Enjoy! Wendy at [e-mail]

Ingredients

• 1 3/4 cups old-fashioned rolled oats
• 3/4 cup all-purpose flour
• 3/4 tsp ground cinnamon
• 1/2 tsp baking soda
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 1 1/4 sticks (5 oz/140g/5/8 cup) unsalted butter, softened
• 1/3 cup packed light brown sugar
• 1/3 cup granulated sugar
• 1 large egg
• 1/2 tsp vanilla extract

Preparation

Step 1

1. Grease 2 baking sheets with Crisco or lard (solid shortening). Sift together oats, flour, cinnamon, baking soda, and salt. With an electric mixer, beat together softened butter, brown sugar, and granulated sugar until light and fluffy. Add egg and vanilla and beat until well combined. Add oat mixture and beat until just combined. Drop dough by heaping tablespoons 2 inches apart onto baking sheets and flatten mounds slightly with moistened fingers. Bake cookies in upper and lower thirds of oven, switching position of sheets halfway through baking, until golden, about 12 minutes total.

2. (I have more success baking one sheet at a time).

3. Transfer to racks to cool.

Servings: 24
Yield: 2 dozen

Nutrition Facts
Serving size: 1/24 of a recipe (1 ounces).
Percent daily values based on the Reference Daily Intake (RDI) for a 2000 calorie diet.
Nutrition information calculated from recipe ingredients.

Amount Per Serving
Calories 126.44
Calories From Fat (40%) 50.74
% Daily Value
Total Fat 5.81g 9%
Saturated Fat 3.23g 16%
Cholesterol 21.47mg 7%
Sodium 79.76mg 3%
Potassium 68.31mg 2%
Total Carbohydrates 16.36g 5%
Fiber 1.35g 5%
Sugar 5.76g
Protein 2.64g 5%

Recipe Type: Dessert

Reviews
4 stars - A very good cookie. Freezes well. Uses LOTS of butter and it really only makes 24 cookies as stated. Double the recipe to make it worth the work. - ME 9/12/2011