Recipe#6549

Title: Ruthee's Irish Lace Cookies

From:Mike Keri
Date: Thu, 1 Feb 1996 14:47:31 -0600 

     1/2  cup           unsalted butter -- plus extra
   4      tablespoons   flour -- plus extra
   1      cup           firmly packed brown sugar
   1      tablespoon    vanilla extract
   2      tablespoons   milk
   1      cup           old-fashioned rolled oats
1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Grease and flour 2 baking sheets.
2. Cream butter and sugar. Add vanilla; stir in flour, milk, and rolled
oats. Drop batter by the tablespoon onto prepared baking sheets; allow room
for cookies to spread to about 3 inches in diameter. Each baking sheet will
hold about 6 cookies.
3. Bake until cookies flatten and look dry (10 minutes). Let cookies cool
for 4 to 5 minutes on baking sheets. Lift from baking sheet with a metal
spatula and cool completely.
Makes 2 dozen cookies.
NOTES : Inexpensive rolled oats take the place of chopped pecans in this
crisp, elegant cookie. If making these cookies ahead, store airtight after
baking. Recrisp by warming on a baking sheet in a 350 degree oven 5
minutes. Cool completely before serving.