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Vintage Recipe: Grandma's Easy Oatmeal Macaroons

MelissaKNorris
3.88 from 16 votes
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 12 minutes
Total Time 22 minutes
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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