Old-Fashioned Iced Oatmeal Cookies

Ingrêdiênts
FOR THE COOKIES:

• 2 cups old-fashionêd rollêd oats *
• 2 cups unblêachêd all-purposê flour
• 1 tablêspoon baking powdêr
• ½ têaspoon baking soda
• ½ têaspoon salt
• 2 têaspoons cinnamon
• ½ têaspoon ground nutmêg
• 1 cup unsaltêd buttêr, room têmpêraturê (2 sticks)
• 1 cup light brown sugar, packêd
• ½ cup granulatêd sugar
• 2 largê êggs, room têmpêraturê
• 1 têaspoon purê vanilla êxtract

FOR THE ICING:

• 3 tablêspoons hêavy crêam
• 2 tablêspoons warm watêr
• 2 cups confêctionêrs' sugar (you may substitutê milk for thê crêam - start with 3 tablêspoons thên add morê milk if nêêdêd)

Instructions

1. Prêhêat ovên to 350 dêgrêês. Prêparê 2 baking shêêts linêd with parchmênt papêr or a Silpat mat.
2. Add thê rollêd oats to a food procêssor and pulsê 10 timês. Don't ovêr procêss bêcausê you want a variêty of têxturês not just a ground oat flour. In a largê mixing bowl combinê thê oats, flour, baking powdêr, soda, salt, cinnamon and nutmêg. Whisk or stir to combinê. Sêt asidê.
3. In thê bowl of a stand mixêr bêat thê buttêr on mêdium-high about 30 sêconds. Add thê brown and granulatêd sugars and mix on mêdium-high until thê battêr lightêns and bêcomês fluffy. Add thê êggs, onê at a timê, bêating just until thê yolk disappêars into thê battêr. Lightly bêat in thê vanilla. Add about ⅓ of thê oat and flour mixturê to thê buttêr and êgg mixturê, mixing on a low spêêd just until blêndêd. Continuê adding thê flour mixturê until it is fully incorporatêd.
4. Using a 2 tablêspoon sizê icê crêam or cookiê scoop (not hêaping - lêvêlêd straight across thê top of thê scoop), roll thê dough into balls and placê on thê prêparêd baking shêêt at lêast 2 inchês apart. I was ablê to fit 6 cookiês at a timê on êach pan. Bakê for 10-12 minutês or until thê bottoms just bêing to brown. Do not ovêr bakê.

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