Back-To-School Cookies

Categories: Coconut, Cookies, Dessert, Oatmeal, Peanut Butter, Rice Krispies

Ingredients

• 1 cup butter-flavored shortening
• 1 cup creamy peanut butter
• 2 cups packed brown sugar
• 4 egg whites
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
• 2 cups crisp rice cereal
• 1-1/2 cups chopped nuts
• 1 cup flaked coconut
• 1 cup quick-cooking oats

Directions

1. In a large mixing bowl, cream the shortening, peanut butter and brown sugar until light and

2. fluffy. Beat in egg whites and vanilla. Combine the flour, baking soda and baking powder;

3. gradually add to creamed mixture and mix well. Stir in the cereal, nuts, coconut and oats.

4. Drop by rounded tablespoonfuls 2 in. apart onto ungreased baking

5. sheets. Flatten with a fork, forming a crisscross pattern. Bake at 375° for 7-8

6. minutes. Remove to wire racks.

7. Yield: 12 dozen.

8. Recipe source: Taste of Home Magazine, submitted by Frances Pierce Waddington, New York

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