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In just one holiday cheery blink, these cookies can disappear. Double the recipe for the hungry holidays.

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(22 Ratings)

22 Ratings

5 spoons 41%

4 spoons 41%

3 spoons 14%

2 spoons

1 spoons

Member Reviews (6)

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PREP TIME
40 Min
TOTAL TIME
40 Min
SERVINGS
36

1 3/4: cups Wheaties® cereal

1/2: cup sugar

1/3: cup shortening

1: tablespoon plus 1 1/2 teaspoons milk

1: teaspoon vanilla

1: egg

1: cup Gold Medal® all-purpose flour

1/2: teaspoon baking powder

1/4: teaspoon baking soda

1/4: teaspoon salt

1/2: cup raisins

1/2: cup chopped nuts

: About 36 candied or maraschino cherries

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1 Heat oven to 375ºF. Crush cereal; set aside. In large bowl, mix sugar, shortening, milk, vanilla and egg. Stir in flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt. Stir in raisins and nuts.
2 Drop dough by teaspoonfuls into crushed cereal; roll gently until completely coated. Place cookies about 2 inches apart on ungreased cookie sheet. Press cherry into each cookie.
3 Bake 10 to 12 minutes or just until set. Immediately remove from cookie sheet to wire rack.

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Cookie dough can be covered and refrigerated up to 24 hours before baking. If it's too firm, let stand at room temperature 30 minutes.

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Nutrition Information:

1 Serving (1 Cookie)

Calories 70

(Calories from Fat 25),

Total Fat 3g

(Saturated Fat 1g,
Trans Fat ncg),

Cholesterol 5mg;
Sodium 50mg;
Total Carbohydrate 10g

(Dietary Fiber 0g,
Sugars ncg),

Protein 1g;

Percent Daily Value*:

Vitamin A 2.00%;
Vitamin C 2.00%;
Calcium 2.00%;
Iron 8.00%;

Exchanges:

1/2 Starch;
0 Fruit;
0 Other Carbohydrate;
0 Skim Milk;
0 Low-Fat Milk;
0 Milk;
0 Vegetable;
0 Very Lean Meat;
0 Lean Meat;
0 High-Fat Meat;
1/2 Fat;

Carbohydrate Choices:

*Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.

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Posted 11/26/2011 9:06:06 AM REPORT ABUSE gramsue10 said:

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I was pleased to find this recipe as it is one that my Mom used to make years ago but the recipe had been lost. There were two differences that you may want to consider though. Instead of Wheaties and raisins, we used just plain Corn Flakes and chopped dates. They were excellent!

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Posted 1/9/2011 8:09:22 AM REPORT ABUSE spotts001 said:

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These cookies were a big hit on my cookie platter. They really complimented the other cookies on the tray. Alot of people thought they had coconut in them and were very surprised to know it was Wheaties. I will continue to make these during the holidays and other special occasions. One way to avoid the rolling mess is to use two teaspoons and use a latex or cooking glove (disposable of course) to keep things a little less messy.

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