Oatmeal-Pecan Lace Cookies

Oatmeal-Pecan Lace Cookies

Course: desserts
PointsPlus® Value: 3
Servings: 18
Preparation Time: 10 min
Cooking Time: 12 min
Level of Difficulty: Easy


These nutty cookies are a cinch to make and taste fabulous. They're the perfect dessert recipe: quick and easy.

Ingredients

1 1/4 cup(s) rolled oats
1/2 cup(s) dark brown sugar, packed
1 tsp baking powder
1/2 cup(s) chopped pecans, finely chopped
1/8 tsp table salt
1/3 cup(s) regular butter, melted
1 large egg(s), beaten
1/2 tsp vanilla extract

Instructions
Preheat oven to 350ºF and cover 2 cookie sheets with parchment paper.


Mix oats, sugar, baking powder, pecans and salt together in a large bowl until well incorporated.


Add butter, egg and vanilla to oat mixture; mix well.


Drop teaspoonfuls of batter onto prepared cookie sheets and flatten each out, leaving at least 2-inches between each cookie.


Bake cookies until edges turn golden, about 8 to 12 minutes. Let cookies stand on cookie sheets for 2 minutes before removing to a cooling rack. Yields 2 cookies per serving.
Notes
You can substitute any kind of nut for the pecans.