Dress up the classic oatmeal cookie with a touch of cardamom in the cookie and a sweet butterscotch icing on top.
Iced Oatmeal-Cardamom Cookies
- Prep Time 25 min
- Total 60 min
- Servings 30
- Ingredients 16
Ingredients
Cookies
- 1 cup margarine, softened (butter not recommended)
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 1 cup packed brown sugar
- 2 eggs
- 1 3/4 cups Gold Medal™ all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 teaspoon ground cardamom
- 3 cups quick-cooking oats
Icing
- 4 2/3 cups powdered sugar
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 1/2 cup butter, melted
- 6 tablespoons butterscotch topping
- 1/4 cup milk

Make With
Gold Medal Flour
Instructions
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Step1Heat oven to 350°F. Lightly grease cookie sheets. In large bowl, beat margarine with electric mixer until smooth. Add granulated sugar and brown sugar; beat 2 to 3 minutes or until well combined and fluffy. Beat in eggs, 1 at a time, until just combined.
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Step2In medium bowl, mix flour, baking soda, baking powder, salt, cardamom and oats. Add flour mixture to margarine mixture. Beat until just combined.
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Step3Scoop dough by rounded tablespoons 1 inch apart on cookie sheets. Bake 13 to 14 minutes or until golden brown around edges. Cool 5 minutes on cookie sheet. Remove to cooling rack.
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Step4Meanwhile, in large bowl, mix Icing ingredients; stir until smooth. Frost slightly warm cookies with icing.
Nutrition
290
Calories
10g
Total Fat
2g
Protein
47g
Total Carbohydrate
34g
Sugars
Nutrition Facts
Serving Size: 1 Cookie
- Calories
- 290
- Calories from Fat
- 90
- Total Fat
- 10g
- 15%
- Saturated Fat
- 3 1/2g
- 16%
- Trans Fat
- 1g
- Cholesterol
- 20mg
- 7%
- Sodium
- 190mg
- 8%
- Potassium
- 60mg
- 2%
- Total Carbohydrate
- 47g
- 16%
- Dietary Fiber
- 1g
- 5%
- Sugars
- 34g
- Protein
- 2g
% Daily Value*:
- Vitamin A
- 8%
- 8%
- Vitamin C
- 0%
- 0%
- Calcium
- 2%
- 2%
- Iron
- 4%
- 4%
Exchanges:
1/2 Starch; 0 Fruit; 2 1/2 Other Carbohydrate; 0 Skim Milk; 0 Low-Fat Milk; 0 Milk; 0 Vegetable; 0 Very Lean Meat; 0 Lean Meat; 0 High-Fat Meat; 2 Fat;Carbohydrate Choice
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