Fruit 'n' Cereal Cookies

Fruit 'n' Cereal Cookies

Dried fruit, orange juice, and Rice Krispies® and All Bran® cereals make these cookies seem grown up. They're pretty great dunked in milk, though.

PREP TIME (MIN)

15

TOTAL TIME (MIN)

25

SERVINGS

30

Ingredients

  • 1 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
  • 2 teaspoonsbaking powder
  • 1/2 teaspoonbaking soda
  • 1/2 cupbutter or margarine, softened
  • 1/2 cupshortening
  • 1 cupfirmly packed brown sugar
  • 1/2 cupgranulated sugar
  • 2eggs
  • 1/4 cuporange juice
  • 1 teaspoonvanilla
  • 2 cupsKellogg's® All-Bran® Complete® Wheat Flakes cereal
  • 1 1/2 cups Kellogg's® Rice Krispies® cereal
  • 1 1/2 cupsdried cherries or chopped dried apricots
  • 1 cupflaked coconut

Directions

1. In small bowl stir together flour, baking powder and soda. Set aside. 2. In large mixing bowl beat butter, shortening, brown sugar and granulated sugar on medium speed of electric mixer until combined. Add eggs, orange juice and vanilla. Beat well. Add flour mixture. Beat until combined. Stir in KELLOGG'S® ALL-BRAN® COMPLETE® WHEAT FLAKES cereal, KELLOGG'S® RICE KRISPIES® cereal, cherries and coconut. Drop by level tablespoons onto baking sheets. 3. Bake at 375°F about 9 minutes or until light brown. Transfer to wire racks. Cool completely.