Recipe - Oatmeal Shortbread

One half cup Walnuts Finely Chopped;
(Optional)
2 cup Rolled Oats
1 One half cup AllPurpose Flour
1 cup Butter Or Margarine*;
Unsalted
1 teaspoon Baking Soda
One half teaspoon Salt
1 Egg
Three fourths cup Brown Sugar
One half cup White Sugar
One half teaspoon Vanilla Extract
One half teaspoon Almond Extract

A deliciously different variation on shortbread.

1 Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Grease cookie sheets.

2 In a large mixing bowl, cream together the butter and white and brown
sugars.

3 Add egg, almond and vanilla extracts and stir well. In a separate bowl,
mix together the flour, salt and baking soda.

4. Slowly add to butter mixture and mix until well blended.

5. Stir in chopped nuts and oats. Mix thoroughly. Roll about 1 tablespoon
of dough into a ball.

6. Flatten dough on cookie sheet with a fork and bake for 8 to 12 minutes.

Makes 60 cookies

NOTES : If you use salted butter/margarine omit the salt.

Recipe by: Family MIL

Posted to TNT Recipes Digest by Tiina 4Angels@videotron.ca on Mar 25,
1998