Oatmeal Brickle Cookies

Yields:	8-1/2 dozen
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	Preparation	20 minutes
	Cooking	10 minutes
	Ready In	30 minutes

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Ingredients

3/4	cup	vegetable shortening
1 1/4	cups	brown sugar	firmly-packed
1	each	egg
1/3	cup	milk
1 1/2	teaspoons	vanilla extract
3	cups	quick oats, uncooked
1	cup	flour, all-purpose
1/2	teaspoon	baking soda
1/2	teaspoon	salt
1	cup	almond brickle chips

Icing
1	cup	white chocolate chips
1	teaspoon	vegetable shortening

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 375oC. Grease baking sheets with shortening.

Place sheets of foil on countertop for cooling cookies.

2. For cookies, combine shortening, brown sugar, egg, milk and Beat at medium speed of electric mixer until well blended.

3. Combine oats, flour, baking soda and salt. Mix into creamed mixture at low speed just until blended.

Stir in almond brickle chips.

4. Shape dough into 3/4-inch (2 cm) balls. Place 1 inch (2.5 cm) apart on prepared baking sheet.

5. Bake one baking sheet at a time at 375oC for 8 to 10 DO NOT OVERBAKE.

Cool 2 minutes on baking sheet.

Remove cookies to foil to cool completely.

6. For icing, place white chocolate and shortening in heavy Seal. Microwave at 50% (MEDIUM) power.

Knead bag after 1 minute. Repeat until smooth.

(Or melt by placing in bowl of hot water.) Cut tiny tip off corner of bag.

Pipe heart shapes on cookies or drizzle randomly.

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Sex in A Pan

I'm not a "dessert person"--(I have to admit the title suckered me in, tho lol)--but THIS recipe IS the real deal. My only suggestion is to "drizzle" the melted chocolate as the last step, not "swirl"--the hot chocolate coagulates too fast on a cool dessert base in order to "swirl".