Chocolate-Molasses Lace Cookies (Recipe)

Ingredients

2/3 cups butter

2 cups quick-cooking rolled oats

1 cups sugar

2/3 cup all-purpose flour

1/4 cup molasses

1/4 cup milk

1 teaspoon vanilla

1/4 teaspoon salt

1 11 1/2-ounce package milk chocolate pieces (2cups)

Steps

1.Preheat the oven to 375°.  Line baking sheets with foil.  Set aside.

2. In a medium saucepan, melt the butter.  Stir in the rolled oats, sugar, flour, molasses, milk, vanilla and salt.

3. Drop by rounded teaspoonfuls 3 inches apart onto the prepared baking sheets.  With floured fingertips, press down until the dough is very thin.

4. Bake in the 375° oven for 5 to 7 minutes until the cookies are lacy and golden.  Cool completely, about 15 minutes.  Peel the foil away from the cookies.

5. In a medium saucepan, melt the chocolate pieces over low heat, stirring the melted chocolate on the bottoms of half of the cookies.  Top with the unfrosted cookies.

Tips:

We recommend butter for this recipe because margarines vary in amounts of water and may cause the cookies to spread too thin.

About half a package (1 cup) of chocolate pieces is enough to sandwich the cookies together.  To melt the chocolate in a microwave, place the pieces in a microwave-safe container and micro-cook on 100% (high) power for 1 minute, stirring once.

Instead of creating cookie "sandwiches," you can spread the melted chocolate on top of all of the cookies.

Instead of milk chocolate, try white chocolate, such as Alpine white bars, as filling for the cookie sandwiches.