Cherry Date Crunchies
 
 
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Recipe type: Dessert
Serves: 28 cookies
Ingredients
  • 1¾ cups Wheaties cereal, crushed
  • ⅓ cup butter
  • ½ cup sugar
  • 1 egg
  • 1 tablespoon plus 1½ teaspoons milk
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla
  • 1 cup flour
  • ¼ teaspoon baking soda
  • ½ teaspoon baking powder
  • ¼ teaspoon salt
  • ½ cup chopped dates
  • ½ cup chopped pecans
  • candied cherries
Instructions
  1. Pre-heat oven to 375 degrees.
  2. Mix butter and sugar until fluffy.
  3. Beat in egg. Stir in milk and vanilla. Add salt, baking soda, and baking powder and blend. Slowly add in flour and mix just until incorporated.
  4. Stir in dates and pecans.
  5. Using a small cookie scoop, drop dough by teaspoonfuls into crushed cereal.
  6. Roll balls until completely coated.
  7. Place cookies about 2″ apart on a parchment lined baking sheet.
  8. Top each cookie with half of a candied cherry. Bake 10-12 minutes.
  9. Let cool on baking sheet for 5 minutes.
  10. Remove cookies and place on wire rack; let cool completely.
Recipe by Sweet Dash of Sass at http://sweetdashofsass.com/2013/12/cherry-date-crunchies/