Name: Nonna D’s Oatmeal Lace
Ingredients: ¾ cup (165 g) packed dark brown sugar; ½ cup (60 g) skim milk powder; 3 eggs; 1 teaspoon salt; 2⅔ cups (530 g) organic cane sugar; Butter for the baking sheet; 1 teaspoon vanilla extract; 1⅔ cups (400 ml) whole milk; 1 tablespoon + 1 teaspoon vanilla extract; 1⅔ cups (400 ml) heavy cream; 3 egg yolks; 1 tablespoon + 1 teaspoon all-purpose flour; 2⅔ cups (270 g) old-fashioned rolled oats; 1¼ teaspoons ground cinnamon; 1¼ cups (300 g) unsalted butter, melted

Preparation info

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Ample Hills Creamery

By Brian Smith and Jackie Cuscuna

Published 2014

About

Nonna D is Jackie’s mom. (The D is for Dolores.) The oatmeal cookies we use in this recipe were her specialty. She baked them every Christmas, and the smell of the toasted oats and butter would fill the apartment with warmth and anticipation. She made them as drop cookies, spreading the batter in very thin circles. They were crisp and lacelike, and you could never eat just one. We miss her, and we hope that she would be excited to know her oatmeal cookies live on in this ice cream.</