Chewy Oatmeal Cut-out Cookies

Total Time: 25 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 15 mins

Ingredients

• 1 cup butter
• 3/4 cup brown sugar (or a little less)
• 1 large egg
• 2 teaspoons vanilla
• 3/4 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1/2 teaspoon ginger
• 1 cup rolled oats
• 1/2 cup whole wheat flour
• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• cinnamon sugar (optional)

Recipe

• 1 cream butter and sugar well, then beat in egg.
• 2 add the vanilla, salt, spices, and baking powder.
• 3 stir in oats and flours. (it will look dry at first, but it will come together.)
• 4 divide into two balls, flatten into disks and wrap each in plastic.
• 5 refrigerate for 1/2 an hour.
• 6 heat oven to 350 f
• 7 roll out each dough disk to 1/4 inch or so thickness, and cut as desired with sharp cookie cutters.
• 8 place on greased cookie sheet. (they don't spread so they can be close together.)
• 9 bake 12-15 minutes (less time for chewy, more time for crisp).
• 10 sprinkle with cinnamon sugar while still warm for easy decorating.
• 11 or frost and decorate as desired.
• 12 i did some with a left- over coconut icing on my bunnies, and sprinkled with additional coconut. on others, i used some left over cream cheese pineapple icing.