Categories: Cookies, Shaped 
      Yield: 36 cookies 
  
      1 c  Butter or margarine; soft 
    3/4 c  Sugar 
      1    Egg 
      1 ts Vanilla 
  1 1/2 c  Sifted all-purpose flour 
      1 ts Soda 
    1/4 ts Salt 
  1 1/2 c  Quaker Oats, uncooked 
           -- (quick or old-fashioned) 
  
  Beat butter until creamy.  Gradually add sugar, beating until fluffy. 
  Blend in egg and vanilla.  Sift together flour, soda and salt.  Add to 
  creamed mixture; blend well.  Stir in oats.  For ease in handling, chill 
  dough about 1 hour. 
   
  Shape to form 1-inch balls.  Place on ungreased cooky sheets.  Flatten 
  slightly with bottom of glass dipped in sugar.  Insert flat wooden stick 
  or wooden skewer into each.  Bake in preheated moderate oven (375 F.) 10 to 
  12 minutes; cool. 
   
  Frost cookies with confectioners' sugar frosting.  Attach chocolate shot 
  for hair and gumdrop pieces for eyes, nose and mouth.  For girl cookies, 
  pipe a bow onto hair with thick frosting.  Tie a ribbon bow onto stick for 
  boy's bow tie. 
   
  When frosting is set, insert sticks into large gumdrops so that cookies 
  stand up. 
   
  Source: Our Favorites for family and friends 
  Reprinted with permission from The Quaker Oats Company 
  Electronic format courtesy of Karen Mintzias