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20
Servings
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20 min
Preparation Time
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10 min
Cook Time
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Get ready for the holidays with Oatmeal Gingerbread Cookies. These cookies are fun to make and even more fun to eat. This simple and delicious recipe will fill your home with the sweet smell of nostalgia.
Ingredients
- 1 cup margarine or butter, softened
- 3/4 cup firmly packed brown sugar
- 1/2 cup molasses
- 1 egg
- 3 ⅓ cups all-purpose flour
- 1 ½ cups Quaker® Oats (quick or old fashioned, uncooked)
- 1 tsp ground cinnamon
- 1 tsp ground ginger
- 1/2 tsp ground nutmeg
- 1/2 tsp baking soda
- 1/4 tsp salt (optional)
- Ready-to-spread frosting
- Assorted candies
Cooking Instructions
- Beat margarine and sugar until creamy.
- Add molasses and egg; beat well.
- Add combined flour, oats, spices, baking soda and salt; mix well.
- Cover; chill about 2 hours.
- Heat oven to 350°F.
- On floured surface, roll dough out about 1/4 inch thick for a chewy cookie or 1/8 inch thick for a crisp cookie.
- Cut with 5-inch gingerbread man or woman cookie cutter (makes about 20).
- Transfer to ungreased cookie sheets.
- Bake 8 to 10 minutes or until set.
- Cool 1 minute on cookie sheets; remove to wire rack.
- Cool completely.
- Frost and decorate cookies with candies.
- Store loosely covered at room temperature.
Serving Tips:
For Gift Giving: Create cookie ornaments by cutting a hole near top of cookie with drinking straw before baking. Repeat immediately after baking if hole closes. Cool and decorate. Thread narrow ribbon through hole at top and tie into a bow.
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- Calories 240
- Fat 10g
- Saturated Fat 6g
- Cholesterol 35mg
- Sodium 40mg
- Total Carbohydrate 34g
- Fiber 1g
- Sugar 13g
- Protein 3g
- Calcium 4%
- Vitamin D 2%
- Vitamin C 0%
- Vitamin A 6%
- Potassium 6%
- Iron 10%
- Thiamin 15%
- Magnesium 10%
- Whole grain 6g
*Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.
