Oatmeal sugar cookies

by Brodie



Ingredients
Makes ~2 dozen cookies, adjust amounts as necessary.


 * 1 cup butter
 * 1&frac12; cups flour
 * 1 cup powdered sugar
 * 1 cup oats (oatmeal)
 * 2 tsp. vanilla
 * &frac12; tsp. baking soda

Directions
[1] It will be very dry at first; just keep mixing until you get a solid mass. Mixing by hand works best. [2] I find that using a serrated bread knife works best for this, as you need to "saw" the log; it's too dry to cut straight down, it'll just crumble.
 * 1) Mix all ingredients together thoroughly. [1]
 * 2) Roll into a log, ~2&frac12;" in diameter.
 * 3) Roll log in colored sugar, jimmies, or any topping you want.
 * 4) Wrap in wax paper and chill in the refrigerator until solid (an hour is usually plenty).
 * 5) Preheat oven to 325­&deg;F
 * 6) Slice log into approx &frac14;" thick cookies. [2]
 * 7) Bake for 15–20 minutes.
 * 8) Place on a cooling rack for 10 minutes.
 * 9) Enjoy!