Cheerios Jumbo Breakfast Cookies

hellokitty's Note:

From the Cheerios website. Sounds yummy!

• Total Time: 24 mins
• Prep Time: 10 mins
• Cook Time: 14 mins

Ingredients:

Serves: 12

Yield: 12.0 cookies

• 1 ¼ cups sugar
• ½ cup butter or ½ cup margarine
• ½ cup peanut butter
• ¼ cup water
• 1 tablespoon vanilla
• 1 egg
• 1 ½ cups whole wheat flour or 1 ½ cups all-purpose flour
• 1 cup old fashioned oats or 1 cup quick-cooking oat
• 1 cup raisins
• ½ teaspoon salt
• ½ teaspoon baking soda
• 4 cups Cheerios toasted oat cereal

Directions:

1. Heat oven to 375°. Stir together sugar, butter, peanut butter, water, vanilla and egg in large bowl. Stir in remaining ingredients except cereal. Gently stir in cereal.
2. Drop dough by rounded 1/3 cupfuls 4 inches apart onto ungreased large cookie sheet. Flatten dough to about 1 inch thick.
3. Bake 13 to 15 minutes or until golden brown. Let stand 5 minutes before removing from cookie sheet. Store loosely covered.
4. *If using spread, use only stick that has more than 65% vegetable oil.
5. High Altitude (3500-6500 ft): Increase bake time to 14-16 minute.
6. (The recipe doesn't say how many servings it comes up with, but I went with 12 cookies, but of course, if you want Jumbo ones then they will be bigger and you will get less cookies).

Reviews

[bakerinthemakin]

I like this recipe. I used chocolate chips instead of raisins. I think this cookie would be way better just omitting the cherrios all together.

[KeeperAtHome]

I've been making these for a few years now and just realized I haven't ever rated it. I reduce the amount of sugar to 3/4 cup and they still taste plenty sweet to our family. I also use only about 1/4-1/2 cup of raisins and the rest chocolate chips. The batter is more difficult to mix because of the amount of cheerios but I have never had problem using the entire 4 cups of cereal. Thanks for sharing the recipe! My husband and 4 kids love them!

[drinkmore]

These were good and easy to make. Thanks for a different cookie!