Mom's Peanut Butter Crunch Cookies

Harley Seashell Princess's Note:

My mom first made these cookies for me back in 1979 when I was just in kindergarden. These unique peanut butter cookies feature the addition of Shredded Wheat cereal which adds a delicious and tasty "crunch" in every bite!

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

Ingredients:

Yield: 60 cookies

• 20 frosted mini-wheats cereal
• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 2 teaspoons baking soda
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 cup butter, soft
• 1 cup peanut butter
• 3/4 cup white sugar
• 3/4 cup brown sugar
• 2 eggs
• 1 teaspoon vanilla

Directions:

1. Oven@ 350 Crush cereal into shreds.
2. Set aside.
3. Mix flour, soda and salt; set aside.
4. Mix rest of ingredients.
5. Beat until light and fluffy.
6. Fold in dry ingredients; mix well.
7. Drop by tablespoons full onto ungreased cookie sheat.
8. Criss-cross flatten with a fork.
9. Bake for 14 minutes.

Reviews

[flower7]

These were very nice! Not much different flavor-wise than any other peanut butter cookies, but the cereal added a different, kinda chewy texture. I used my cookie scoop to dish these out and they were probably larger than intended since I only got 42 fairly big cookies (about 3" across). Even though they were large, they were baked perfectly in 12 minutes. A great way to use cereal that I don't like much by itself! LOL Thanks for the recipe!

[ladypit]

We really like these! I used applesauce in place of the butter, thinking that the peanut butter and egg would give it enough oil. I also used white wheat flour. While these were quite flat (due to the applesauce I think) they were a lovely easy cookie! A great way to use up my extra cereal. Thanks!

[elliebelle]

My kids love these!! They ate half of what i had made without me noticing they were eating them!! i will definitely make these again!! The cereal does give it a little different flavor than the usual peanut butter cookie - Thanks so much for the recipe!