Cereal Nut Crispies

Name: Cereal Nut Crispies
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 12 min
Total time: 27 min
Yield: 4 dozen
Ingredients: 1 cup shortening; 1 cup brown sugar, packed; 1 cup sugar; 2 eggs; 2 cups flour; 1 teaspoon baking soda; 1 teaspoon salt; 2 cups oatmeal, quick; 1 cup coconut; 1 cup nuts, chopped; 2 cups rice puffs cereal

Submitted by Dienia B.

"Old handwritten recipe from Viola Reeves Killion, Meadow Grove Nebraska; uses puffed rice."

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Ready In:: 27mins
Ingredients:: 11
Yields:: 4 dozen

ingredients

1 cup shortening
1 cup brown sugar, packed
1 cup sugar
2 eggs
2 cups flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon salt
2 cups oatmeal, quick
1 cup coconut
1 cup nuts, chopped
2 cups rice puffs cereal

directions

Cream shortening and sugars together.
Add eggs; beat until fluffy.
Sift flour, baking soda, and salt together; add to creamed mixture.
Stir in oatmeal, coconut, and nuts.
Carefully fold in rice puffs cereal.
Shape into balls 1-1/2 inches in diameter.
Cookies will flatten while baking.
Place 2 inches apart on greased baking sheet.
Bake in moderate 350 degree Fahrenheit oven for 12 minutes until lightly browned.
Remove at once from baking sheet to a cooling rack.
Don't store cookies until completely cool.