Santa Sandwich Cookies

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Title: Santa Sandwich Cookies
Categories: Cookies
Yield: 24 servings

1 c Butter or margarine
; (2 sticks) softened
1 c Granulated sugar
1 ts Vanilla
1 3/4 c All-purpose flour
1 c Uncooked rolled oats (quick
-or
Old-fashioned)
1/4 ts Salt; optional
1 Ready-to-spread vani
-lla-flavored
Frosting; (16-oz)
Green or red food coloring
; optional
Colored sugars
Holiday sprinkles

Recipe by: St. Louis Post-Dispatch 12/2/96 Beat butter, sugar and vanilla
until creamy. In separate bowl, combine flour, oats and salt; mix well. Add
to butter mixture; mix well.

Divide dough in half. Shape each half into a roll 2 inches in diameter and
about 5 inches long. Wrap in plastic wrap; chill at least 3 hours.

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Unwrap one roll of dough; cut into 1/4-inch
slices. Places slices about 1 inch apart on ungreased cookie sheets. Repeat
with remaining roll.

Bake 12 to 14 minutes or until edges are light golden brown. Let cool 1
minute on cookie sheet; remove to wire rack. Let cool completely.

Tint frosting with food coloring, if desired. Spread frosting on bottom of
one cooled cookie; top with second cookie. Roll edge of frosting in
decorations. Repeat with remaining cookies. Store tightly covered.

Yield: About 2 dozen sandwich cookies. Recipes from Quaker.

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