These nutty cookies get a crunchy boost from a surprise ingredient—breakfast cereal!
Salted Peanut Cookies
- Prep Time 1 hr 25 min
- Total 1 hr 45 min
- Servings 5
- Ingredients 10
Ingredients
- 2 cups packed brown sugar
- 1 cup shortening
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 2 eggs
- 2 cups Gold Medal™ all-purpose flour
- 2 cups quick-cooking or old-fashioned oats
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 cup Wheaties™ cereal
- 1 cup salted peanuts
Make With
Gold Medal Flour
Instructions
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Step1Heat oven to 350°F. Mix brown sugar, shortening, vanilla and eggs in large bowl. Stir in flour, oats, baking powder and baking soda. Stir in cereal and peanuts.
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Step2Shape dough by rounded teaspoonfuls into balls. Place about 2 inches apart on ungreased cookie sheet. Flatten slightly with greased bottom of glass dipped in sugar.
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Step3Bake 10 to 12 minutes or until set. Cool 1 minute; remove from cookie sheet to wire rack.
Nutrition
100
Calories
5 g
Total Fat
2 g
Protein
13 g
Total Carbohydrate
Nutrition Facts
Serving Size: 1 Serving
- Calories
- 100
- Calories from Fat
- 45
- Total Fat
- 5 g
- Saturated Fat
- 1 g
- Cholesterol
- 5 mg
- Sodium
- 50 mg
- Potassium
- 60 mg
- Total Carbohydrate
- 13 g
- Dietary Fiber
- 1 g
- Protein
- 2 g
% Daily Value*:
- Vitamin A
- 0%
- 0%
- Vitamin C
- 0%
- 0%
- Calcium
- 2%
- 2%
- Iron
- 4%
- 4%
Exchanges:
1 Starch; 1/2 Fat;Tips from the Betty Crocker Kitchens
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