Oatmeal Lace Cookies With Dried Tart Cherries

Total Time: 19 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 4 mins

Ingredients

• 1 cup rolled oats
• 1/3 cup corn syrup
• 1 tablespoon canola oil
• 2 tablespoons butter
• 1 large egg
• 1/3 cup sugar
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1/3 cup chopped dried tart cherry

Recipe

• 1 set oven rack in the center; preheat to 400°f
• 2 lightly oil 3 baking sheets or coat with nonstick cooking spray, and dust them with flour, shaking off excess.
• 3 combine oats, corn syrup and oil in a medium bowl.
• 4 melt butter in a small saucepan over low heat and cook until it begins to turn a light, nutty brown, 1 1/2 to 2 minutes. (be careful not to burn the butter.)
• 5 pour into the oat mixture and stir to combine. set aside.
• 6 beat egg and sugar in a mixing bowl with an electric mixer until thickened and pale, about 5 minutes. blend in vanilla.
• 7 stir together flour, baking powder and salt in a small bowl; fold into the egg mixture.
• 8 add the oat mixture and dried cherries; stir gently to combine.
• 9 spoon the batter by teaspoonfuls, about 2 inches apart, onto the prepared baking sheets.
• 10 bake, one sheet at a time, for about 4 minutes, or until the cookies are golden and lacy.
• 11 let cool on the baking sheet for 2 minutes, then carefully remove cookies from the baking sheet and cool on a flat surface (not a rack).