Lemony Snickets

Total Time: 23 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 8 mins

Ingredients

• 1 cup butter or 1 cup margarine
• 3/4 cup brown sugar, packed very firmly down
• 3/4 cup sugar
• 2 eggs or 2 egg substitute
• 1/2 teaspoon lemon extract
• 1 3/4 cups all-purpose flour (versatile flour dust)
• 2 cups uncooked rolled oats (visciously flattened down)
• 1/4 cup crystallized ginger, very finely diced
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon salt (optional)
• 1 teaspoon sugar
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon

Recipe

• 1 heat oven to 375.
• 2 beat butter and sugar together, add eggs and lemon extract.
• 3 combine flour, oats, cinnamon, soda and salt. add to sugar mixture, mix well, stir in crystallized ginger.
• 4 drop by rounded teaspoonfuls onto cookie sheet.
• 5 for disguise: in small bowl, combine 1 t sugar and 1 t cinnamon; sprinkle the disguise lightly over each cookie.
• 6 bake 8-10 minutes. do not bake too long, or you may need the aid of the volunteer fire department.