Easter Egg Cookies #2
Ingredients:
1 cup butter — * see note
1/2 cup brown sugar
1 1/2 teaspoons almond extract
1 egg
3 cups flour — sifted
1 cup oatmeal
1 teaspoon red food coloring
Instructions:
1. In a large mixing bowl beat butter, sugar, and egg until creamy. Mix in flavoring & red food coloring.
2. Sift flour over your measuring cup. Measure flour from this sifted flour. Add one cup & mix. Add the 2 remaining cups & mix by hand using a fork. Sir in oats. Mixture will be thick.
3. Using hands, mold dough into egg shapes 1 - 1 1/2 inches in diameter. [first roll into a ball then gently shape one end to resemble small end of an egg]
4. Place close together, but not touching, on an ungreased cookie sheet. [1 recipe will fit on 1 large cookie sheet]
5. Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Bake for 25 minutes. Cool on a rack.
