Sadie's oatmeal macaroons

 
                         Sadie's Oatmeal Macaroons
 
 Recipe By     : The Canadiana Cookbook/Mme Jehane Benoit/1970
 Serving Size  : 1    Preparation Time :0:00
 Categories    : Cookies                          Oatmeal
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   Amount  Measure       Ingredient -- Preparation Method
 --------  ------------  --------------------------------
    1 1/4  c             sugar
      1/3  c             butter
    1                    egg
    1 1/2  tsp           vanilla
      1/2  tsp           almond extract
      2/3  c             flour
    5      tbsp          cocoa
    2      tsp           baking powder
      1/2  tsp           salt
      1/3  c             milk
    2      c             rolled oatmeal -- up to 2 1/2 cups
 
 Cream the sugar, butter and egg until light and fluffy. Blend in the
 vanilla and almond extract. Sift together the flour, cocoa, baking powder
 and salt. Add to creamed mixture alternately with the milk. Mix well and
 stir in the oats. Drop by tablespoons on greased baking sheet. Bake in a
 350 degree F oven for 12 to 15 minutes, cool on wire cake rack.
 
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 NOTES : In Digby (Nova Scotia), Sadie was everybody's friend. Wherever she
 went she brought a batch of her cocolate oatmeal macaroons or her super
 buttermilk biscuits. She always said that it was a hundred-year old family
 recipe.