Paula's Loaded Oatmeal Cookies with Brown Butter Icing

By KarenLee

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

Details

Servings 60
Adapted from foodnetwork.com

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.