Grandma Schalau’s Chocolate Square Oatmeal Cookies

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My wife’s grandmother makes these every year around Christmas time … don’t last very long though!
Ready in: 2 hours 38 mins

Ingredients

Serves: 2

• 3/4 cup flour
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 cup white sugar
• 1/2 cup brown sugar, firmly packed
• 1/2 cup margarine – needs to be at room temperature
• 1 egg
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla
• 1 1/2 cup old fashioned oats
• Hershey’s(R) chocolate bars
• pecan halves

Preparation method

Prep: 2 hours 30 mins | Cook: 8 mins

1. Mix flour, soda, and salt together in one large bowl.
2. Cream sugars, margarine, egg, and vanilla together in another bowl.
3. Mix these two bowls together and then mix in the oats. Add more oats if the mixture seems too wet.
4. Spoon batter onto waxed paper and roll it up so it makes a roll that is 2 inches in diameter.
5. Chill in refrigerator for at least two hours or more.
6. When ready to make, preheat oven to 375 degrees F.
7. Cut cookies from roll at about ¼ to ½ thick.
8. Place cookies on cookie sheet about 2 inches apart.
9. Bake in oven for 10 to 12 minutes.
10. After removing them from the oven place square of chocolate in the center and press it down with a piece of pecan.
11. Let cool before eating.