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Ingredients
- Brown Butter Icing recipe ingredients:
- 1/2 cup (1 stick) butter, softened
- 1/2 cup vegetable shortening
- 1-1/2 cups packed light brown sugar
- 2 eggs
- 1/2 cup buttermilk
- 1-3/4 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 teaspoon ground ginger
- 1 teaspoon freshly ground nutmeg
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1/4 teaspoon ground cloves
- 1/2 teaspoon ground allspice
- 2-1/2 cups quick-cooking oatmeal
- 1 cup raisins
- 1-1/2 cups chopped walnuts
- 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
- 1/2 cup butter
- 3 cups sifted powdered sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 3-4 tablespoons water
Preparation
Step 1
Preheat oven 350-degree F.
Grease 1 or more cookie sheets or line cookie sheets with parchment paper. Using an electric mixer, cream together butter, shortening, and sugar in a bowl until fluffy. Add eggs and beat until mixture is light in color. Add buttermilk.
Sift together flour, baking soda, salt, baking powdere, ginger, nutmeg, cinnamon, cloves, and allspice; stir into creamed mixture. Fold in oatmeal, raisins, walnuts and vanilla blending well.
Drop by rounded teaspoons onto a cookie sheet. Bake 12-15 minutes. Drizzle with Brown Butter Icing.
Directions for Brown Butter Icing:
In small saucepan, heat the butter over medium heat until golden brown, stirring occasionally. Remove saucepan from heat; stir in 3 cups sifted powdered sugar and 1 teaspoon vanilla. Stir in enough water (3-4 tablespoons) to make an icing of drizzling consistency. Drizzle on warm cookies.