Breakfast Cookie Recipe - Wheaties and Oatmeal in a Cookie!


	Breakfast Cookie Recipe "Get your Wheaties!" 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. Thanks for stopping by - Lisa Italian dessert recipes Website Owner and Developer 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! Back to the top of this Breakfast Cookie Recipe Other Italian Cookie Recipes Almond Butter Cookies Amaretto Cookies Almond Cookie Recipe Anisette Cookies Apricot Bars Bourbon Ball Recipe Breakfast Cookie Recipe Brown Sugar Cookie Recipe Butterscotch Bars Cappuccino Cookies Caramel Cookie Recipe Cherry Chocolate Bars Chocolate Cookie Bars Chewy Ginger Cookies Chocolate Raisin Cookies Chocolate Macaroons Chocolate Mint Cookies Coconut Macaroon Cookies Coffee Brownies Cornflake Cookies Date Cookies Date Bars Eggnog Cookie Recipe Florentine Cookies Gingerbread Cookies Recipe Homemade Granola Recipe Italian Fig Cookies Italian Wedding Cookie Recipe Kourabiedes Lemon Cookie Recipe Lemon Shortbread Recipe Meringue Cookie Recipe Mint Brownie Recipe Best Oatmeal Raisin Cookies Orange Cookies Pizzelle Recipe Pumpkin Bars Ricotta Cheese Cookies Rum Ball Recipe Sesame Seed Cookies Sour Cream Cookies Superbowl Sunday is coming up! The best Italian Dessert Recipes for a party like this are ones that are: FAST Finger Foodish (not big hunky sticky globs of gooey-ness that get on your furniture) And freeze-aheads A couple of my favs for this are Cappucino Cookies (lots like choc chips but with a twist) Anisette Cookies (Always on the top 5) Rum Balls (Gingersnaps and Rum) Let's not for get the drinks to go with the beer that will be present! Check out my Italian drinks section for that. Lisa Would you like to share this page? You know how to do it! Thanks for sharing the sugar love! Contact Me Privacy Policy About

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