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Gumdrop Cookies Recipe

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Ingredients:  
Ingredients:  
2 C. Cut-up Fruit-Flavored Gumdrops
2 C. Butter
1 C.Granulated Sugar
1 C. Brown Sugar
1 Egg
2 C. Flour
¼ C. Extra Flour for coating gumdrops. You may use more or less...especially because the extra will be sifted off and discarded)
1 tsp. Baking Soda
1 tsp. Baking Powder
1 tsp. Vanilla Extract
2 C. Old Fashioned Oatmeal (not instant!)

Directions:
Directions:
◆PREPARE GUMDROPS:
1. Spray kitchen sheers with non-stick spray.
2. Cut gumdrops into approximately ⅓ in. cubes
3. Drop into bowl with about ¼ C. flour to coat gumdrops
4. Remove excess flour from gumdrops by shaking gumdrops in strainer.

◆PREHEAT oven to 350°.

◆CREAM:
2 cubes of Butter
1 C. Brown Sugar
1 C. Granulated Sugar

◆ADD:
1 egg & mix together with creamed butter and sugar

◆ADD:
2 C. flour
1 tsp. Baking Soda
1 tsp. Baking Powder

◆MIX IN:
2 C. Old Fashioned Oatmeal
2 C. Gumdrops (Add more or use less gumdrops, per your preference.

◆BAKE:
10-12 minutes @ 350°.

Number Of Servings:
Number Of Servings:
36 small or 24 large cookies
Preparation Time:
Preparation Time:
60 minutes (including cutting up gumdrops...which I prefer to do in advance)
Personal Notes:
Personal Notes:
This recipe has been a favorite of the Hughes family, yet it actually came from Grandma Hatch, Maryann Hughes' mother.

 

 

 

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