Aunt Reba'S Oatmeal Cookies - Bonnie Stern - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 cup butter or 1 cup margarine
1/2 granulated sugar
3/4 cup brown sugar, packed
1 egg
1/2 teaspoon vanilla bean paste or 1/2 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
1/2 teaspoon almond extract
1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
2 cups rolled oats
1/2 cup walnuts, toasted and finely chopped (optional)

Preparation

In a large bowl, cream butter with both sugars. Beat in egg, vanilla and almond extracts.
In a separate bowl, combine flour, baking soda and salt.
Add flour mixture to the butter mixture, and stir Stir in oats and walnuts, if using.
Roll dough into small balls, about 1 tbsp each. Place balls on parchment lined baking sheets and press very flat with a fork or flat bottom of a glass dipped in flour.
Bake in a preheated 350*F oven for 8 - 12 minutes.
Cook on wire racks.