Sunday, June 13, 2010
Snickerdoodle Cheerio Cookies- 2 Ways
I bought a huge box of Honey Nut Cheerios and wasn’t able to eat them all before they went stale. I couldn’t bring my self to throw them all away and decided that I might be able to revive the sad chewy Cheerios by turning them into cookies.
Snickerdoodles are one of my favorite cookies mainly because they have cinnamon and I LOVE cinnamon! So, naturally, I decided to make snickerdoodle Cheerio cookies—one batch chewy and another crispy. For the chewy cookies I mixed the cereal into the cookie dough, much like you would chocolate chips. For the crispy cookies, I ground the cereal up in a food processor and used the ground cereal in place of flour. Both types of cookies were rolled in cinnamon sugar before baking, just like snickerdoodles. The result? Highly addictive cookies! The chewy cookies had crisp edges with chewy centers while the cripsy cookies were slightly crumbly and great for dipping in coffee or tea.
So next time, don’t throw away your stale cereal, make them into cookies!
Snickerdoodle Cheerio Cookies-Chewy
Makes 24 cookies
For cookies:
8 tablespoons butter, at room temperature
1/2 cup sugar
1/2 cup brown sugar, packed
1 egg
1/2 teaspoon vanilla
1 cup flour
1/2 cup oats
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon cinnamon
1 3/4 cups Honey Nut Cheerios
For cinnamon sugar:
1/4 cup sugar
1 tsp cinnamon
Preheat oven to 375.
Mix together flour, oats, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon and salt. Set aside.
Beat the butter and both sugars together on medium speed for about 2 minutes. Add in the egg and beat for an additional minute. Turn the mixer to low and slowly add in the dry ingredients until well blended. Mix in the Cheerios.
Chill the dough for 2 hours, as dough will be too soft to roll in sugar without chilling. Once chilled, roll dough into balls and roll in cinnamon sugar mixture. Bake for 10-12 minutes. Cool on baking sheet for 5 minutes before moving cookies to a cooling rack.
Snickerdoodle Cheerio Cookies-Crispy
Makes 24 cookies
For cookies:
8 tablespoons butter, at room temperature
1/2 cup sugar
1/2 cup brown sugar, packed
1 egg
1/2 teaspoon vanilla
1 cup ground Honey Nut Cheerios (about 2 cups whole)
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
2 cups rice krispies
1/2 cup flour
1 tablespoon milk
For cinnamon sugar:
1/4 cup sugar
1 tsp cinnamon
Mix together Cheerios, flour, rice krispies, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon and salt. Set aside.
Beat the butter and both sugars together on medium speed for about 2 minutes. Add in the egg and milk; beat for an additional minute. Turn the mixer to low and slowly add in the dry ingredients until well blended.
Roll dough into balls and roll in cinnamon sugar mixture. The dough may be a little hard to roll into balls as they may want to fall apart. Add more milk, a teaspoon at time, until the dough sticks together more easily. Bake for 10-12 minutes. Cool on baking sheet for 5 minutes before moving cookies to a cooling rack.
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Jessica @ How Sweet — June 13, 2010 @ 7:18 pm
I love a good chewy cookie! Yum!
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roxan — June 13, 2010 @ 8:08 pm
GREAT idea on using cheerios in cookies. It's a heart healthy cookie, ha ha! And I bet delicious after a dunk in milk.
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Chef Dennis — June 13, 2010 @ 8:39 pm
what a great idea, using ground cereal as the flour is a stroke of genius!! I wonder how they would be with captain crunch!
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Cookie Sleuth — June 13, 2010 @ 8:56 pm
Great idea for the Cheerios and Rice Krispies!
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Jenné @ Sweet Potato Soul — June 14, 2010 @ 10:09 am
I think this is an ingenious idea! Thanks for sharing!
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ajcabuang04 — June 14, 2010 @ 4:32 pm
I never thought about putting cereal in a cookie. Cheerios are really tasty and mixed into a cookie?! Must be even better!!
Would you mind checking out my blog?
http://ajscookingsecrets.blogspot.com/
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Jane — June 14, 2010 @ 11:04 pm
A while ago I planned to do the same thing with Lucky Charms that were less than fresh. But I never got around to it, moved, etc. I'd still like to give it a try sometime. Maybe with a chocolate or peanut butter cereal even.
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Lauren — June 15, 2010 @ 3:11 am
Ah! Interesting!
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Joanne — June 15, 2010 @ 7:53 am
Awesome idea! I might have to buy cheerios just to make these!
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Susan — June 15, 2010 @ 9:26 am
When I was in high school, one of the ladies who lived down the street made cookies with cereal in them all the time–she called them breakfast cookies and her children ate them, you guessed it, for breakfast with milk!
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Sophia — June 15, 2010 @ 10:04 am
This is a really great idea of what to do with leftover stale cereal. I'm going to have to try this soon. I think I have some leftover Special K so I'm going to try this Special K Loaf. What do you think?
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steph — June 15, 2010 @ 11:11 am
cute idea – they look great.
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Carol — June 15, 2010 @ 12:19 pm
WOW! I hate throwing stale cereal away too…..what a great idea-and thanks so much for sharing both recipes too……crispy or chewy-both sound wonderful.
So glad I found you on Dessert Stalking!
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Adriana from Bittersweet Baker — June 15, 2010 @ 2:31 pm
Using cereal in cookies sounds like a great idea!
I love snickerdoodles, I love chewy cookies, and I would love to try snickerdoodles with a twist.
By the way, I have something for you on my blog towards the end of my latest post.
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Leslie "The Dainty Vegetarian" — June 15, 2010 @ 3:15 pm
What a fantastic idea! I love it! So creative!
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Pacheco Patty — June 15, 2010 @ 8:46 pm
Yummy recipe for cookies, thanks for sharing, they look great!
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Mackenzie — June 15, 2010 @ 9:04 pm
@Sophia-that Special K recipe looks interesting, let me know how it turns out if you decide to make it! I see it calls for "George Washington seasoning"–I've never heard of that before, what's in it?
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Mansi — June 16, 2010 @ 3:09 pm
what a brilliant recipe! I'm sure these taste great! I'd love to try these with some icing instead of the cinnamon sugar:)
btw, I'm hosting a Magic Bullet giveaway on my blog and it'd be great if you could participate! these cookies are perfect:)
hope to see you around:)
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