Oatmeal Shortbread Recipes

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease cookie sheets.
• In a large mixing bowl, cream together the butter and white and brown sugars. Add egg, almond and vanilla extracts and stir well. In a separate bowl, mix together the flour, salt and baking soda. Stir into butter mixture, and mix until well blended. Stir in chopped nuts and oats.
• Roll about 1 tablespoon of dough into a ball. Flatten dough on cookie sheet with a fork and bake for 8 to 12 minutes.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325. Spread oats on a rimmed baking sheet. Toast until fragrant and lightly browned, 4 to 6 minutes. Let cool completely.
• In a food processor, combine flour, sugar, salt, and 1/2 cup cooled oats; process until finely ground, 1 minute. Add butter. Pulse until mixture is the consistency of coarse meal. Transfer to an 8-inch square baking pan; press firmly into bottom. Sprinkle remaining oats on top, and press gently.
• Bake until firm and lightly browned, 30 to 35 minutes. Using a paring knife, immediately score shortbread into 16 squares; then score each square diagonally into 2 triangles. On a wire rack, cool completely in pan; gently invert, and break along scored lines.

Steps:

• Pulse the oats in a food processor until finely ground. Add the flour, brown sugar and salt and pulse. Add the butter and egg yolk and process until the dough comes together and no streaks of butter remain. Divide the dough between 2 sheets of plastic wrap and pat into disks; wrap and refrigerate until firm, about 3 hours.
• Position racks in the upper and lower thirds of the oven; preheat to 350 degrees F. Line 2 baking sheets with parchment paper. Let the dough sit at room temperature about 5 minutes to soften slightly. Working with one piece at a time, roll out the dough on a lightly floured sheet of parchment paper until 1/4 inch thick; dust with more flour. (If the dough becomes too soft, refrigerate 15 minutes.) Cut out cookies with a 2 1/2-inch round cutter (preferably fluted), then cut out the centers with a 3/4-inch round cutter. Arrange the wreaths 1 inch apart on the prepared pans. Reroll the scraps and cut out more cookies.
• Bake, switching the pans halfway through, until the cookies are dry and firm on top and golden brown around the edges, 15 to 20 minutes. Let cool 5 minutes on the pans. Lightly brush the tops with the maple syrup, then immediately sprinkle with the crushed raspberries and sanding sugar. Transfer to a rack to cool completely.

Steps:

• In a bowl, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Gradually add the flour, oats and salt. Press into a greased 13-in. x 9-in. baking pan. Prick with a fork if desired. Bake at 325° for 30-35 minutes or until lightly browned. Cool for 10 minutes before cutting.

Steps:

• Cream butter and sugar, add vanilla and beat until fluffy.
• Blend flour, baking soda, and rolled oats and then add to butter mixture.
• Mix well.
• Chill dough for 1 hour.
• Roll dough into balls and flatten with a fork.
• Bake on ungreased cookie sheet at 350 dgrees for 13 to 15 minutes until lightly browned.

Steps:

• Combine flour,oats,corn starch and icing sugar in large bowl.
• With large spoon, blend in butter.
• Work with hands until a soft, smooth dough forms.
• Shape into a ball.
• If necessary, refrigerate 30 minutes or until easy to handle.
• VARIATIONS for baking.
• Bake in 300° oven until edges are lightly browned.
• Roll dough out to 1/4 inch thickness and use cookie cutters, bake for 15-20 minutes.
• Or you can shape into 1" balls, flatten with fork dipped in sugar, put on ungreased cookie sheet and bake for 15-20 minutes.
• Cool completely on wire rack.
• CRANBERRY WEDGES.
• You can add 1/3 cup dried cranberries to dough, then roll or pat dough into two 5 1/2" rounds and bake on ungreased cookie sheet 30-40 minutes.
• Or you can press into one 9" cake pan, mark into 8 wedges, prick with fork, and bake 40-45 minutes.
• These freeze well.

Steps:

• Position a rack in middle of oven and preheat oven to 350°F.
• Prepare 9x9x2-inch square or 11x7x2-inch baking tray by lining with parchment or greasing with butter.
• Sift flour, cornstarch, salt and cinnamon together onto wax paper or medium bowl; set aside.
• Beat butter and brown sugar together in a large bowl, until smooth and fluffy.
• Using low speed (if using electric mixer), mix in flour mixture, until dough comes together in big clumps.
• Add in oatmeal, mixing just to distribute evenly.
• Press dough evenly into prepared tray.
• Bake for 25 mins, until top is light-brown.
• Remove from oven and immediately cut shortbread into squares (6 rows lengthwise, 4 rows across), cutting through to the bottom.
• Cool thoroughly in the pan and remove shortbread from pan using a spatula.
• The shortbread will become crisp on the outside as it cool, but remain slightly soft inside.
• Store cooled shortbread in an airtight contained for up to 4 days or freeze.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).
• Dissolve the baking soda in the water.
• Combine the oats, flour and brown sugar. Cut in the butter until the mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Stir in the baking soda mixture and form dough into a ball. Either roll dough out to 1/4 inch thick and cut with cookie cutters or press dough into the bottom of one 9x13 inch baking pan.
• Bake at 375 degrees F (190 degrees C) for 12 to 15 minutes.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325*. Using a mixer, cream the butter and sugar until light and fluffy.
• Using a wooden spoon, slowly stir in the flour, mxing well. Stir in the oats and cranberries.
• Press evenly into a lightly greased 9" glass pie plate. Prick the surface with the tines of a fork.
• Bake in middle of the oven for 20 minutes, or until golden.
• Cool 3 minutes, then score into 12 wedges.
• Cool completely and enjoy.