Two of my favorite ingredients are oatmeal and chocolate! This cookie recipe includes both.
These cookies are similar to the Pepperidge Farm cookies! The recipe is correct; it doesn’t require eggs as an ingredient.
Florentine Sandwich Cookies
2/3 cup butter
2 cups quick oats, uncooked
1 cup sugar
2/3 cup all-purpose flour
1/4 cup corn syrup
1/4 cup milk
1 teaspoon Watkins Vanilla Extract
1/4 teaspoon salt
Filling
One 11 1/2 oz package (2 cups) Nestles Milk Chocolate or Semi Sweet Chocolate Morsels
Preheat oven to 375 degrees F. Melt butter in medium saucepan. Remove from heat. Stir in oats, sugar, flour, corn syrup, milk, vanilla extract and salt; mix well. Drop by level measuring teaspoonfuls, (measure exactly so cookies will be the same size) about 3 inches apart on greased cookie sheet. Spread cookie with rubber spatula or press with base of hand to make flat and thin. Bake 5 to 7 minutes or until lightly browned. Cool slightly and remove cookies from cookie sheet to cooling rack.
For filling melt chocolate morsels over hot (not coiling water). Place heat proof bowl or stainless steel mixing bowl over pan of hot water. Do not let bottom of bowl touch water. Place morsels in pan and melt; stir until smooth. Keep chocolate over hot water. spread on the flat side of half the cookies. Top with remaining cookies. Makes about 3 1/2 dozen sandwich cookies.
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