Choco-Cran-Cream Cheese Cereal Cookies

I just created this recipe out of some ingredients I had on hand. They turned out really good...nice and soft (almost cakelike), and actually not all that bad for you because of the absence of butter or oil. My husband, 2 friends, and I ate almost the whole batch in one evening.

• Ready In: 20 mins
• Serves: 8
• Yields: 18 cookies

Ingredients

• 1 (17 1/2ounce) bag  betty crocker  chocolate chip cookie mix (1lb. 1.5oz. bag)
• 1⁄2 cup dried cranberries
• 1 1⁄2 cups  crushed  Life Chocolate Oat Crunch cereal (just the cereal part, all of the chocolate oat clusters had been eaten out of our box!)
• 1⁄2 cup light cream cheese (tub-style)
• 1⁄4-1⁄3 cup applesauce (eyeball it)
• 1⁄4 cup egg substitute
• 1 1⁄2 teaspoons vanilla

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 375.
2. In a large bowl, beat the cream cheese, egg substitute, applesauce, and vanilla until creamy.
3. Add in cookie mix, cereal, and dried cranberries.
4. Drop by 2 Tbs onto lightly greased cookie sheets.
5. Cookies will not flatten during baking, so form them how you like before baking.
6. Bake 8-10 minutes or until just lightly browning on top and centers are set.
7. Yum!