Happy Valentine's Day: Oatmeal Lace Cookies

This is my favorite Valentine's Day gift from my husband from a few years' back. He tracked this volume of the Southern Heritage Southern Living series down. That wasn't easy - this seems to be the most popular volume of a popular series. In it are many cookie recipes I've done easily and successfully.

This is from the "Good - And Good For You" chapter. I don't know about that, but I love Oatmeal Cookies.

Oatmeal Lace Cookies (because they end up looking kind of lacy).

Oatmeal Lace Cookies

1/2 cup sugar

1 egg, beaten

1 1/2 teaspoons butter or margarine, melted

1 1/2 cups regular oats, uncooked

1 1/4 tsp. baking powder

1/4 tsp. salt

1/2 tsp. ground nutmeg

1/2 tsp. vanilla extract

Gradually add sugar to egg in a medium mixing bowl, beating well.  Add melted butter, mixing well.  Combine oats, baking powder, salt, and nutmeg:  add to egg mixture, beating well.  Stir in vanilla.

Drop dough by teaspoonfuls 2 inches apart onto lightly greased cookie sheets.  Bake at 350F for 6 minutes or until lightly browned.  Remove from cookie sheets, and cool on wire racks.  Yield:  about 4 dozen.