Recipe - Cranberry-Oatmeal Cookies

1 cup Flour
1 teaspoon Baking powder
One half teaspoon Cinnamon
One fourth teaspoon Nutmeg
One half cup Butter or margarine
Three fourths cup Brown sugar
1 Egg
One fourth cup Milk
1 teaspoon Orange peel; shredded
1 One half cup Oatmeal
Three fourths cup Cranberries; chopped
One fourth cup Walnuts; chopped

ORANGE ICING
1 cup Powdered sugar
One half teaspoon Orange peel; shredded
One fourth teaspoon Vanilla
Orange juice

1. Stir together flour, baking powder, cinnamon, and nutmeg. In a large
mixer bowl beat butter or margarine till softened. Add brown sugar and
beat till fluffy. Add egg, milk, and orange peel and beat well. Add flour
mixture and beat till well mixed.

Stir in oats, cranberries and nuts.
2. Drop by rounded tablespoons onto a greased cookie sheet. Bake in a
375* oven for 1012 minutes or till done. Remove and cool. Dip tops of
cookies in orange icing to coat. Makes about 28.
ORANGE ICING: Stir together 1 cup powdered sugar, One half teaspoon finely
shredded orange peel, One fourth teaspoon vanilla, and enough orange juice (12
tablespoons) to make icing of pouring consistency.
Recipe By : BH&G Cookies for Christmas

Posted to MCRecipe Digest V1 #262

Date: Sun, 27 Oct 1996 11:16:28 0800

From: Steph Hilt stephie@olympus.net