Done In A Snap Oatmeal cookies

Name: Done In A Snap Oatmeal cookies
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 25 min
Yield: 2-3 dozen cookies
Ingredients: 3 3/4 cups quick oats (not instant); 3/4 cup butter (don't use shortening) or 3/4 cup margarine (don't use shortening); 3/4 cup sugar; 1 teaspoon vanilla

Submitted by Steve P.

"Delicious Oatmeal cookies. Done in the sanap of a finger with the most minimal of ingredients, and only one bowl to wash up!"

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Ready In:: 25mins
Ingredients:: 4
Yields:: 2-3 dozen cookies

ingredients

3 ³⁄₄ cups quick oats (not instant)
³⁄₄ cup butter (don't use shortening) or 3/4 cup margarine (don't use shortening)
³⁄₄ cup sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla

directions

Preheat oven to 350ºF degrees.
Place all ingredients together in a large bowl.
Knead together with your hands to form dough.
Make small walnut size balls by rolling dough between your palms.
Place balls 1 inch apart on an ungreased cookie sheet.
Dip a fork in water and flatten each ball in a criss-cross fashion (once up and down and once across).
Bake at 350ºF for 15 to 20 minutes until golden, watch the first batch carefully so you can judge cooking time for your oven so as not to burn the bottoms.
Remove to plate with a spatula to cool.

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Reviews

I found these cookies to be wonderful. I also realized after the first batch that if you cook them for two minutes less (13 mins. in my oven) and let them cool off for the two minutes on the cookie sheet they are easier to remove.

Robin W
Made these last week. Came out perfectly with no changes. I had 2 neigbors as me for the recipe. One called this morning to say her kids loved them and enjoyed helping to make them. My guess is the one person who revied this that had a problem did something wrong some where as no one else seems to have had one.

LoveToCook
Lovely cookies, very easy to make! I took away one star from my rating because it was a little too sweet and took longer to bake (almost 1 hour). Next time I'll use 1/2 cup sugar insead of 3/4. Grinding the sugar helps a lot it making a more pliable dough. I made smaller "walnut-shaped balls" and ended up with around 5 dozen cookies! The vanilla adds an awesome flavour :)

Anu_N
Just made a batch this morning. They were incredibly easy to make and had a wonderful oatmeal flavour. I will definetly make these again. This one is a keeper!

MyWay
For the record the original recipe called for HO oatmeal. Mostly now I use Quaker oats as it is easier to find. It is a total puzzle to me why two people would have a problem with this recipe while most others have not. I can't even imagine ending up with just crumbs as for me the oats start to cling to the butter as soon as they are pored on top of the butter kind of like rolling something sticky in coconut. The butter is used cold not melted and the combination with the other ingredients should be like working with modeling clay. Anyway both brands are generically what would be called rolled oats. PS adding all those extra ingredients as suggested by one poster gave me a chuckle. That's not altering a recipe, it's making something different entirely:) if you want a clue as to how this recipe is supposed to work,think about how butter and graham cracker crumbs make the crust of a cheese cake.Same difference here. So if it's not sticking together add a bit more butter. This recipe was printed on the back of the HO oatmeal box durring the late 50's with the title "Ho's Best oatmeal cookies"

Steve P.