Cereal Nut Crispies

Old handwritten recipe from Viola Reeves Killion, Meadow Grove Nebraska; uses puffed rice.

• Ready In: 27 mins
• Yields: 4 dozen

Ingredients

• 1  cup shortening
• 1  cup brown sugar, packed
• 1  cup sugar
• 2  eggs
• 2  cups flour
• 1  teaspoon baking soda
• 1  teaspoon salt
• 2  cups oatmeal, quick
• 1  cup coconut
• 1  cup  nuts, chopped
• 2  cups  rice puffs  cereal

Directions

1. Cream shortening and sugars together.
2. Add eggs; beat until fluffy.
3. Sift flour, baking soda, and salt together; add to creamed mixture.
4. Stir in oatmeal, coconut, and nuts.
5. Carefully fold in rice puffs cereal.
6. Shape into balls 1-1/2 inches in diameter.
7. Cookies will flatten while baking.
8. Place 2 inches apart on greased baking sheet.
9. Bake in moderate 350 degree Fahrenheit oven for 12 minutes until lightly browned.
10. Remove at once from baking sheet to a cooling rack.
11. Don't store cookies until completely cool.