Recipe - Lemon-Lime Oat Cookies

1 cup (One half lb.) butter/margarine,
at room temperature
2 One half cup Sugar
1 teaspoon *each* grated lemon and lime
peel
2 tablespoon *each* lemon and lime juice
2 One half cup Flour
1 cup Regular rolled oats
2 teaspoon Baking powder
One half teaspoon *each* ground cinnamon and
ground nutmeg

FROM: Sunset magazine, Jan 1991

Enjoy nutmeg and citrusscented oat cookies with a cup of coffee.

In a large bowl, beat butter and 2 cups sugar unti blended. Beat in eggs,
lemon and lime peel, and lemon and lime juice. In a small bowl, mix flour,
oats, baking powder and One fourth tsp *each* cinnamon and nutmeg. Gradually add
to butter mixture, beating until blended. Cover and chill until firm, at
least 2 hours or until the next day.

Mix 1/3 cup sugar and remaining cinnamon and nutmeg. Roll dough into 11/2
inch balls; coat in sugar. Place 2 inches apart on greased 12x15 inch
baking sheets; with the bottom of a glass, press balls to 3/8 inch thick.
Bake in a 350~ oven until light gold, about 12 minutes. Cool on racks.

Makes 4 dozen.

submitted by Ruth O. Smith of White Salmon, WA.

per cookie: 105 cal; 1.2 g proten; 4.2g fat; 16g carbo; 60 mg sodium; 19 mg
chol.

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