Oatmeal Jim Jams

Total Time: 12 mins Cook Time: 12 mins

Ingredients

• 1 cup butter or 1 cup margarine, softened
• 1 cup firmly packed brown sugar
• 2 cups quick-cooking oatmeal, uncooked
• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 cup buttermilk
• 1 3/4 cups chopped dates or 1 3/4 cups raisins
• 3/4 cup sugar
• 1/2 cup boiling water
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract

Recipe

• 1 in a large mixing bowl cream the butter.
• 2 at medium speed of mixer gradually add the 1 cup of brown sugar beating until light and fluffy.
• 3 in another bowl combine oats, flour, soda, and salt; stirring well to combine ingredients.
• 4 alternatley add dry ingredients and buttermilk to creamed mixture.
• 5 beginning and ending with flour.
• 6 using a tablespoon drop dough onto ungreased cookie sheets.
• 7 bake cookies at 350* for 12 to 15 minutes.
• 8 let cookie cool slightly before removing to wire racks to finish cooling.
• 9 to make cookie filling combine chopped dates or raisins with 3/4 cups sugar, boiling water and vanilla in a small saucepan.
• 10 cook over low heat;stirring constantly until mixture has thickend.
• 11 take pan from heat and let filing cool.
• 12 spread filling over half of cooled cookies topping with the remaining cookies.