Recipe - Spiced Oatmeal Cookies with Barley Flour

Alberta Barley - a hearty, healthy choice!

Spiced Oatmeal Cookies
1 cup 1 1/4 cups 3/4 cup 2 2 tsp	butter or margarine, softened brown sugar white sugar eggs vanilla	250 mL 300 mL 175 mL 2 10 mL
2 cups 1 1/2 tsp 3/4 tsp 3 cups 1 tsp 1/2 tsp	barley flour baking soda salt rolled oats (or barley flakes) nutmeg cinnamon	500 mL 7 mL 3 mL 750 mL 5 mL 2 mL
Glaze: 4 cups 1 tsp 1/2 tsp 4 Tbsp	icing sugar vanilla almond flavouring light cream finely chopped pecans fine coconut	1000 mL 5 mL 2 mL 60 mL

Combine all ingredients and mix well. Drop by spoonfuls onto a baking sheet. Bake at 425°F (220°C) until lightly browned, about 10 minutes. Remove from oven and cool on pan for 10 minutes then remove to cooling rack.

To make glaze, mix together icing sugar, flavourings and cream. When cookies are cool, glaze then sprinkle with pecans and coconut. Makes about 5 dozen.

From:

Kathleen Chambers
Dixonville, Alberta