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Vintage Recipe: Grandma’s Easy Oatmeal Macaroons Recipe Gluten Free

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I discovered this Easy Oatmeal Macaroons recipe in my grandmother's recipe box, and right away I knew it was a recipe worth sharing.  They are super-simple to make, only have a few ingredients, and most of the sweetness comes from dried fruit.  This is a cookie I can feel good about eating!

Although the original recipe calls for brown sugar, they were just as good made with a few tablespoons of honey.  For the dried fruit, my grandmother liked them with dried apricots, and I have made them with dates, prunes, and raisins, and I'm going to try cranberries the next time I make a batch.

The lemon zest in the recipe adds a nice zing to the cookie, but when I don't have lemons on hand I add a little vanilla instead.  This is truly a versatile cookie with lots of room for creativity!

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Vintage Recipe: Grandma's Easy Oatmeal Macaroons

MelissaKNorris
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Prep Time 10 mins
Cook Time 12 mins
Total Time 22 mins
Course Gluten Free
Servings 24

Ingredients
  

  • 1/4 cup butter
  • 1 1/2 cups rolled oats
  • 1 egg
  • 3 Tbsp. honey or 1/4 cup brown sugar
  • 1/2 tsp cinnamon
  • pinch of ground cloves
  • 1/2 cup dried fruit cut in small pieces
  • 1 tsp grated lemon zest or 1/2 tsp vanilla

Instructions
 

  • Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
  • Melt butter in a pan, add oats, and stir until lightly browned. Pour oats onto a plate to cool.
  • Beat egg, honey, and spices with an electric mixer until light and fluffy. If you don't have an electric mixer, a whisk and a strong arm should do the trick.
  • Stir in oats, dried fruit, and lemon zest.
  • Using a moistened teaspoon, place small mounds on a parchment-lined or greased baking sheet. Use the spoon or your fingers to mold them into a mounded shape. At this stage, you might think they will never stick together, but they will once they are baked!
  • Bake the cookies for 12 – 15 minutes, until they are light brown. Remove to a wire rack to cool.
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Comments:

  1. Maggie

    5 years ago

    I just made these for the kiddos. I am out of honey as I buy it from a relative and haven’t gotten my hands on any for a few months so I used dark brown sugar. I used raisins for my dried fruit. They are simply amazing! The lemon zest really a stunning additive. I’m excited to try it again with honey!

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