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Lace Cookie Recipe

Oatmeal Lace Cookies

"Made from a batter that spreads and separates as it bakes into lacy, brittle, see-through wafers, these fancy-looking cookies crunch when you bite into them and immediately melt in your mouth with the rich taste of butter and brown sugar" - America's Test Kitchen

Ingredients

  • 4 tablespoons unsalted butter
  • 6 tablespoons packed 2 2/3 oz light brown sugar
  • 1/4 cup dark corn syrup
  • 1/2 cup 1.5 oz quick oats (NOT old fashioned)
  • 1/4 cup 1 1/4 oz flour
  • 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
  • 1 1/2 teaspoons heavy cream
  • 1/8 teaspoon salt

Instructions

  • Heat oven to 350 degrees.  Line baking sheets with parchment paper. 
  • Combine butter, brown sugar, and corn syrup in medium saucepan; cook, stirring constantly, over medium heat until boiling.  Off heat, add oats, flour, vanilla, cream, and salt and whisk until well combined.
  • Using 1-teaspoon measure, drop scoops of batter 3 inches apart on prepared sheets.  Bake until golden and no longer bubbling, 6 to 8 minutes.  Let cookies cool on sheets for 1-2 minutes if shaping cookies or 10 minutes if leaving flat.  Gently remove cookies from parchment and repeat with remaining batter.  Serve.  
  • Shaping: To make a rolled cigar shape, flip the warm cookie upside down and then roll it around the handle and let it cool completely. 

Notes

This recipe yields 36 cookies.  However I suggest you double the batter just because it's so easy to, and then you'll have some wiggle room to test out a cookie or two before cooking the whole batch, just to get the hang of it!
Author: America's Test Kitchen
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