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Breakfast Cookie Recipe

"Get your Wheaties!"




breakfast cookie recipe

These breakfast cookie recipe came is from my Italian grandma's 1932 cookie recipe tin. It's one of her old-fashioned Italian cookie recipes. It came from my Auntie Olga. And it's also been called "Ranger cookies". This is one of those drop cookie recipes that uses a lot of ingredients!

And one that kinda threw me for a loop was - Wheaties. My grandma's recipe said "Pep" could be substituted for the Wheaties. Only my mom and those in her generation could tell me what "Pep" was.

This breakfast cookie has lot of ingredients, but not tricky to find stuff. My original plan was to serve them to my company at breakfast in two days. So, I put them into a Tupperware. BUT wouldn't ya know it - EVERYONE ate them for dessert and pickins throughout the day! So now they can have the remainder of Wheaties for their breakfast instead.

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Lisa
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Breakfast Cookie Recipe

Get your Wheaties!


YIELD: 4 Dozen

Ingredients

1 Cup shortening (see substitutions ideas below - if this doesn't suit you)

1 Cup of brown sugar

2 Cups of flour

1 tsp of soda

1 tsp vanilla

2 Cups of Wheaties

1 Cup of white sugar

2 well beaten eggs

1/2 tsp of baking powder

1/2 tsp of salt

2 Cups of Oatmeal (not INSTANT or FAST COOKING)

1 Cup of coconut



Procedure

 * Preheat oven to 375 degrees.

* Cream sugar and shortening

* Add 2 well beaten eggs

* Sift dry ingredients and add to cream mixture

* Add remaining ingredients

* Pretty simple, huh?


Can I use butter instead of shortening?

YUP! And I'm a big shortening hater. However, out of respect to my grandma ( God rest her soul) I followed the recipe and used shortening (UGH). And I did add a bit of butter flavoring.

TIP: If you use butter refrigerate the dough for a bit after mixing. Drop the cold dough on the cookie sheet before baking. This keeps them from turning into frisbees.

What else can I substitute for the Wheaties?

Probably any bran type flake that is large. You don't want a mealie bran. And, I'd be wary of sugar coated brans.

Why old fashioned slow cooking oatmeal?

Since my grandma had this in her 1932 recipe tin, I'm thinking they didn't even know instant or fast cooking oatmeal would come down the pike. And I'm not gonna try to experiment. These came out WONDERFUL as is with the recipe above.

Where are the raisins or nuts?

You can add 'em. I don't see why not. AND if you want to get a little out of the breakfast cookie realm. Soak the raisins in rum or bourbon and then add 'em. YUM!

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Lisa Gianotti

Memorial Day and Warmer Weather Treats!



It's finally warming up! In my neck of the woods we had SNOW on May 2nd. Now were on to the warm weather sweet treats!

I started celebrating by having a Sangria last night. Sangria is so easy to make - and the trick to making it spectacular is - following the super easy procedure. IF you need a brush up see:

How to Make Sangria

As for Memorial Day Goodies - I bake the LESS sticky stuff if I have to travel. And something that the kids can grab with their fingers as they cruise by the dessert table and run off to their next game. Cookies and brownies work the best for this!

The past month, these are my top five most viewed cookie recipes:

#1 Anisette Cookies

#2 Italian Wedding Cookie Recipe

#3 Pizzelle Recipe

#4 Ricotta Cheese Cookies

#5 Meringue Cookie Recipe

Have a fun filled Memorial Day!



Lisa


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