Prison Cookies

These cookies from Marth Stewarrt joined the island the year she had a wee bit of trouble, so instead of Oatmeal Shortbread, they are ever after Prison cookies!

Ingredients

3 + 1/2 cups	rolled oats
2/3 cup	packed brown sugar
1/4 cup	all-purpose flour
1/2 tsp	salt
12 tbsp	unsalted butter, room temperature
1 tsp	vanilla extract

Instructions

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F and generously butter a 9-inch square baking pan.
In a large bowl, combine all the dry ingredients. Add the butter and vanilla and work them into the flour with a wooden spoon or your fingers until the mixture is crumbly.
Press the dough into the prepared pan and bake for 15 minutes until golden
Cut them when they are still hot, otherwise you wil swear profusely while trying to cut those %^#$^%$*&^%$&%$&^%$ things as they shatter into a million pieces. *&%*&^%*&^^%*&^%!%$!#$%!#@%!!!!.

Source: The Martha Steward Cookbook, pg 545.