Spicy Oat Crisps

• 1 cup packed brown sugar
• 5 tablespoons butter or 12 cup margarine, softened
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 large egg
• 34 cup all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 12 teaspoon baking soda
• 12 teaspoon ground allspice
• 12 teaspoon grated whole nutmeg
• 14 teaspoon salt
• 14 teaspoon ground cloves
• 14 teaspoon fresh ground black pepper (optional)
• 12 cup regular oats
• cooking spray

1. Preheat oven to 350.
2. Beat sugar, butter, and vanilla in a large bowl with a mixer at medium speed until light and fluffy.
3. Add egg; beat well.
4. Since you want a scant measureure of the flour, lightly spoon flour the into dry measuring cups and level with a knife.
5. Combine flour and next 7 ingredients (flour through pepper) in a medium bowl.Stir in flour mixture and oats.
6. Drop by level tablespoons 2 inches apart onto baking sheets coated with cooking spray.
7. Bake for 12 minutes or until crisp.
8. Cool on pan 2 to 3 minutes or until firm.
9. Move cookies to wire racks and allow to cool completely.

brown sugar, butter, vanilla, egg, flour, ground cinnamon, baking soda, ground allspice, nutmeg, salt, ground cloves, ground black pepper, regular oats, cooking spray

Taken from www.food.com/recipe/spicy-oat-crisps-340816 (may not work)