Nana's Oatmeal Cookies

Back on the Christmas Cookie production line. Nana's Oatmeal Cookies were always one of my favorites. If I had to pick just one cookie, this would be the one. The recipe comes from my paternal great-grandmother from the 19th century. The real allure of this cookie lies in the frosting.

I never had the cookies that Nana made. She was too old by that time. But her daughter-in-law, my grandmother, made them every year. She would mix the dough, form it into rolls wrapped in waxed paper and chill them. She would then slice the cookies from the chilled rolls and bake them. I did away with the rolls and the chilling and the slicing. I mix up the dough, form it into one-inch balls and gently flatten them with my hand. So much simpler! And, I triple the recipe. I even had to buy an extra large mixing bowl just for this amount of this recipe.

Tripling the cookie recipe means sextupling (Is that even a word?) the frosting recipe. I have written of this frosting before. A mixture of powdered sugar, butter, cinnamon and coffee. I make so much because I like to have some extra. I love peanut butter and frosting sandwiches.

Bon appétit!