Aunt Reba's Oatmeal Cookies - Bonnie Stern

Total Time: 28 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 8 mins

Ingredients

• 1 cup butter or 1 cup margarine
• 1/2 granulated sugar
• 3/4 cup brown sugar, packed
• 1 egg
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla bean paste or 1/2 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
• 1/2 teaspoon almond extract
• 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
• 2 cups rolled oats
• 1/2 cup walnuts, toasted and finely chopped (optional)

Recipe

• 1 in a large bowl, cream butter with both sugars. beat in egg, vanilla and almond extracts.
• 2 in a separate bowl, combine flour, baking soda and salt.
• 3 add flour mixture to the butter mixture, and stir stir in oats and walnuts, if using.
• 4 roll dough into small balls, about 1 tbsp each. place balls on parchment lined baking sheets and press very flat with a fork or flat bottom of a glass dipped in flour.
• 5 bake in a preheated 350*f oven for 8 - 12 minutes.
• 6 cook on wire racks.