Medium French Breakfast Dessert Sandwich Preserves

Oatmeal Icebox Cookies

Name: Oatmeal Icebox Cookies
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 36 min
Total time: 51 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: French
Ingredients: 0.5 cups shortening; 0.75 cups packed brown sugar; 1 egg; 1.5 cups all-purpose flour; 2 teaspoons baking powder; 1 teaspoon salt; 1.5 cups rolled oats; 1 tablespoon water; 0.75 cups any flavor fruit jam

Total Time

51 min

15m prep · 36m cook

Servings

4 people

Rating

—

Difficulty

Medium

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This recipe is one of my mother's refrigerator cookies that she made when I was little. The old fashioned sugar cookies that you have on your home page is exactly what mom used to make. They are wonderfully soft and a touch of nutmeg in them. You could not believe how many memories it brings back to me. This is another memory to enclose to you. This is a sandwich type cookie spread with jam in the center.

Ingredients

0.5 cups shortening
0.75 cups packed brown sugar
1 egg
1.5 cups all-purpose flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
1 teaspoon salt
1.5 cups rolled oats
1 tablespoon water
0.75 cups any flavor fruit jam

Instructions

1

Cream together the shortening and sugar and beat in the egg until light.
2

Sift together the flour, baking powder and salt and mix into the creamed mixture. Stir in the oatmeal and water until blended. Roll into a 2 inch roll and chill in the refrigerator for several hours or overnight.
3

Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).
4

Slice cookie dough thinly and bake at 375 degrees F (190 degrees C) for 6-8 minutes. Cool and put together in sandwiches with jam.