Funtalia (fun-tal-ya)

St. Patrick’s Day is done and gone - today is National Lacy Oatmeal Cookie Day!  (Love the name, don’t you?)  Thanks to my SIL, M, for making me aware of this special day.  Oddly enough, I just had these delish cookies for the first time this past Christmas.  I didn’t make them; I bought them (and admittedly purely because of their lovely name).  If I did make them though, I think I would use the recipe below.  It looks so good!  (Of course, I had to find a recipe that included chocolate!)  Make this special treat for your fam and friends tonight, and then tell me if there is anything cool out there that boasts your name in the title.

Chocolate-Drizzled Lacy Oatmeal Cookies

INGREDIENTS:
For the cookies:
1/2 cup oats, chopped in food processor
1/4 cup flour
1/4 tsp baking powder
1/2 cup sugar
2 tablespoons corn syrup
6 tbsp melted butter (until the foam subsides)
2 tablespoons heavy cream
Pinch of salt

For the ganache:
1/4 cup chocolate chips
1 tbsp heavy cream

DIRECTIONS:
In a food processor, pulse the raw oats several times until they become small pieces.  While that is going, melt the butter in a small saucepan.

Combine all ingredients for the cookies in a large bowl, and stir to combine.  Spoon onto baking sheets by the teaspoon, placing each cookie at least 3″ apart from others - they spread a lot!  Bake at 425 for 6-8 minutes, or until cookies have spread and are just beginning to brown around the edges.  Let them cool completely on the baking sheets before sliding them off with a spatula.

For the chocolate drizzle, melt chocolate chips and 2 tablespoons heavy cream for 15 seconds in the microwave on high heat.  Stir to combine.  If there are lumps, heat for an additional 5 seconds at a time.  Spoon the ganache into a squeeze bottle, and use it to drizzle chocolate onto the cookies either on the cooled baking sheets or on a wire rack.  Serve!  (Makes about 24-30 cookies.)

So yum!  Enjoy!

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