7+ Inventive Ways to Use Your Breakfast Cereal, including Lucky Charms Cookies
7+ inventive ways to use your breakfast cereal, including these chewy and nostalgic Lucky Charms Cookies.
Equipment
- Food Processor * or *
Ingredients
- ¾ cup Lucky Charms marshmallows
- ¾ cup ground up cereal, without the marshmallows about 1½ cup of cereal before blending
- ½ cup softened unsalted butter ½ cup butter = 1 stick
- ¾ cup granulated sugar
- 1 large egg
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- ¾ cup all-purpose flour
- ½ teaspoon baking powder
- ½ teaspoon salt
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350°F and line 2 large baking sheets with parchment paper or reusable baking mats.
- Separate the marshmallows from the cereal. Collect ¾ cups of the marshmallows and about 1 ½ cups of the cereal without marshmallows. Set the marshmallows aside and use a food processor or high-powered blender to grind the cereal up into a fine dust. You will need ¾ cup of the ground cereal.¾ cup Lucky Charms marshmallows, ¾ cup ground up cereal, without the marshmallows
- To a large mixing bowl, add softened butter and sugar. Use a hand mixer on high to cream together until light and smooth (about 2-3 minutes).½ cup softened unsalted butter, ¾ cup granulated sugar
- Add the egg and vanilla extract and use your hand mixer on low to combine.1 large egg, 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- Add the ground up cereal, flour, salt, and baking soda and mix to combine, careful not to overbeat. Use a spatula to scrape any flour off the sides of the bowl and integrate it into your dough.¾ cup all-purpose flour, ½ teaspoon baking powder, ½ teaspoon salt
- Set aside a handful of marshmallows and use a rubber spatula to fold the rest into the dough to combine.
- Use a large cookie scoop or 2 heaping tablespoons of dough to form your cookies, adding them to the prepped baking sheets. Leave at least an inch of space in between each cookie for minor spreading.
- Bake for 13-16 minutes on the top rack. Remove from the oven and while they are still hot, push the extra marshmallows into the top. Allow to cool and enjoy!
Notes
- Make sure you measure the cereal dust after it's ground up. Usually, you will get ¾ cup ground-up cereal from 1 ½ cup of whole cereal, but the amount tends to vary slightly.
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