GUMDROP GEMS

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These are easy and fun cookies for your children to help with. Keep extra gumdrops on hand for snacking helpers!

Provided by Teri Lyn

Yield 24

Number Of Ingredients 10

Ingredients

1 cup shortening
¾ teaspoon vanilla extract
½ cup white sugar
½ cup packed brown sugar
2 eggs
2 cups sifted all-purpose flour
½ teaspoon baking soda
½ teaspoon salt
1 ½ cups quick cooking oats
48 small gumdrops

Steps:

Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).
Cream shortening with vanilla. Add sugars gradually, creaming well. Add eggs and beat thoroughly.
Sift flour, soda, and salt together; add to creamed mixture and mix well. Stir in oats.
Shape dough into balls and put on greased cookie sheets. Make a hollow in each ball and place a gumdrop in each hollow.
Bake for 10 to 12 minutes.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 197.2 calories, Carbohydrate 26.4 g, Cholesterol 15.5 mg, Fat 9.4 g, Fiber 0.8 g, Protein 2.3 g, SaturatedFat 2.3 g, Sodium 85.1 mg, Sugar 14.3 g