Smilin' Oatmeal Cookies
What it looks like
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What you need:
    For the recipe:
  • 1/2 cup butter, softened
  • 1/2 cup brown sugar
  • 1/2 cup white sugar
  • 1 egg
  • 1/2 tsp vanilla
  • 1/2 tsp baking soda
  • 1/2 tsp baking powder
  • 1/2 tsp cinnamon
  • 1 cup flour
  • 1 cup quick rolled oats
  • Raisins or chocolate chips (optional)
  • Cookie sheet
    • For the icing:
  • 1 cup powdered sugar
  • 2 tbsp water (adjust if you need more)
  • Red food coloring
  • Black or brown food coloring

What you do:

  1. Cream the butter and add the brown and white sugars.
  2. Add the vanilla and egg and beat well.
  3. Add the baking soda, baking powder, cinnamon and flour slowly.
  4. Add the quick rolled oats.
  5. When everything is well-combined, you can either add raisins or chocolate chips or simply leave them plain!
  6. Drop medium-sized cookies 2 inches apart on a lightly greased cookie sheet.
  7. Bake at 350 degrees Fahrenheit for 10 minutes or until the top and sides are golden brown.
  8. For the icing, simply mix together the powdered sugar and water. Divide it into three parts - add red food coloring to one part, black food coloring to another part and leave the rest white.
  9. With an icing bag, pipe on two large white dots as eyeballs, a red line as a mouth and two black dots on the larger white eyeballs.
 
 
Serve these yummy cookies with a glass of milk!