Cereal Flake "Hello" Cookies

                                                 (Photo by me, Doris)

Good taste, with a bit of crunchy goodness as a bonus!

The cookies in the picture were rolled in corn flake crumbs.

I made these cookies a lot during the time we lived on the 'chicken' farm and they were a favorite then, and still are.  This recipe makes a rather small batch, so I almost always doubled it.

MIX:

1/3 cup butter, softened 
½ cup granulated sugar

1  large egg

STIR IN:

1 tablespoon milk

1 tsp. vanilla

MEASURE, BLEND, and STIR IN:

1 and 1/2 cup flour

¼ tsp. baking soda

1/2 tsp. baking powder

¼ tsp. salt

STIR IN:

½ cup raisins OR chopped dates, OR craisins, OR dried cherries
½ c. nuts, chopped coarsely

Drop Walnut-sized dough ball into:
1 and ½ cups finely crushed crunchy kind of cereal crushed.  I've used bran flakes, cornflakes, etc. 

Coat cookie balls with these crumbs.
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Place 2” apart on greased (or parchment paper-lined) baking sheet/.  Press ½ of a maraschino cherry into center of each ball of dough and bake for 12-13 minutes in a 375-degree oven.  Bake only until cookie is set and lightly browned-- it will finish baking as it sits on the hot baking sheet until cooled.

                                                                                                                                    (Photo by me, Doris)