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Animal Crackers

  • 1/2 cup Instant oatmeal, ground up fine
  • 3/4 cup Flour
  • 2 teaspoons Honey
  • 1/4 teaspoon Salt
  • 1/4 cup Butter
  • 1/4 teaspoon Baking soda
  • 4 tablespoons Buttermilk

    • You can use a mortar and pestle or a blender to grind up the oatmeal. Put the oatmeal in a large bowl. Add the honey, salt, flour and baking soda. Mix well. Cut in the butter with 2 butter knives. Add the buttermilk. Mix this together witha wooden spoon. Separate into 2 pieces.Get a rolling pin and roll the dough out till is is very thin. Cut out the shapes with animal shaped cookie cutters. Place on a baking sheet and bake at 375 degrees F for 10-12 minutes.

    This recipe courtesy of the From My Kitchen Cookbook. 

    Contributed by June Gothberg of Battle Creek, MI. 

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