Jack and Jill Cookies

• 1 cup butter or margarine, soft
• 3/4 cup sugar
• 1 each eggs
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 1/2 cups flour, all-purpose
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1 1/2 cups rolled oats uncooked

1. Beat butter until creamy.
2. Gradually add sugar, beating until fluffy.
3. Blend in egg and vanilla.
4. Sift together flour, soda and salt.
5. Add to creamed mixture; blend well.
6. Stir in oats.
7. For ease in handling, chill dough about 1 hour.
8. Shape to form 1-inch balls.
9. Place on ungreased cooky sheets.
10. Flatten slightly with bottom of glass dipped in sugar.
11. Insert flat wooden stick or wooden skewer into each.
12. Bake in preheated moderate oven (375 F. ) 10 to 12 minutes; cool.
13. Frost cookies with confectioners' sugar frosting.
14. Attach chocolate shot for hair and gumdrop pieces for eyes, nose and mouth.
15. For girl cookies, pipe a bow onto hair with thick frosting.
16. Tie a ribbon bow onto stick for boy's bow tie.
17. When frosting is set, insert sticks into large gumdrops so that cookies stand up.

butter, sugar, eggs, vanilla, flour, baking soda, salt, rolled oats

Taken from recipeland.com/recipe/v/jack-jill-cookies-32398 (may not work)