Grandma Jane's Old Fashioned Gumdrop Cookies ~ (Family) A Favorite For Generations❣

These cookies are a delicious & 
fruity treat that kids & adults
both enjoy❣

 Ingredients:

1 3/4 cups Dots gumdrops**

1/2 cup (1 stick) unsalted butter, at room temperature

1/2 cup shortening (I use butter flavored)

1 cup dark brown sugar, packed

1/4 cup granulated sugar

1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract

2 eggs

1 1/2 cups flour

1 teaspoon baking powder

1/2 teaspoon baking soda

1/2 teaspoon salt

1 1/2 cups quick oats

Method:

Cut the gumdrops in half and set aside.

Add the butter and sugars to a large bowl. Cream together for 2 to 3 minutes with an electric mixer on low speed. Mix in the vanilla. Add the eggs, one at a time, mixing after each addition. Sift together the flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt. Combine with the creamed ingredients with the mixer on low speed.

Stir in the oats and gumdrops. Cover and refrigerate the dough for 1 hour or longer.

Preheat oven to 350*. Line baking sheets with parchment paper. Use a 1 inch cookie scoop or a teaspoon to place portions of dough onto the prepared baking sheets.*** 

Bake for 10 minutes. Allow to rest on the baking sheets for 5 minutes before moving to rack to finish cooling. Makes 55 small to medium sized cookies. Store in an airtight container. (I prefer to store them in the refrigerator, because my husband and I like them best, chilled.)

**I purchase 4 or 5 boxes of Dots at the Dollar Tree Store and separate the gumdrops by color. I use the pink and yellow (and sometimes a few green) to make Easter Nougat & Gumdrop Cookies. I use the red & green to make Christmas Nougat & cookies. I used the leftover orange gumdrops to make these sunny cookies. (If you purchase a different brand of gumdrops, do not use purple or black gumdrops, unless you are baking for someone who really loves black licorice.)

***If you want larger cookies, make bigger mounds of dough. Makes 36 large cookies.

Notes: 

These Tasty cookies have a light texture and the gumdrops and a fruity flavor. Auntie Iris Marie has fond memories of her mother, Jane, making these cookies and appreciates that I make them, too❣

The oldest reference I could find for Gumdrop Cookies goes back to WWII, when a mother made them to ship overseas to her son. (These cookies ship well.) 

I discovered this recipe in 1982 and thought it would be fun to make for my oldest son and the other children I cared for. Since then, I have made (and shipped) them to family and friends who are surprised at how good they are. 😀