This batch is softer and chewier than usual since I used corn oil instead of margarine — Al says he likes them better that way. My friend Mary says she likes to keep some oatmeal cookie dough on hand, so that they don’t eat all 5 dozen in 3 days. I like her idea — quite often I’ll do that, too, since the only snack better than an oatmeal cookie is…a WARM oatmeal cookie! My earliest baking memories are of my Oma’s oatmeal cookie recipe. (Isn’t your grandmother’s cookie a great way to start baking?) When I went on a celiac diet, I couldn’t eat those anymore, but the oat flour makes a passable substitute. Then Al asked me to [...]
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