Jumbo Breakfast Cookies

Jumbo Breakfast Cookies

Originally published on: April 13, 2006
Yield: 24 Cookies

Ingredients:

• 2 cups white sugar
• 1 cup peanut butter
• 1 cup butter or margarine
• 1/2 cup water
• 2 Tbsp. vanilla extract
• 2 eggs
• 2 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 tsp. baking soda
• 1/2 tsp. salt
• 1 1/2 cups rolled oats
• 1 1/2 cups raisins
• 6 cups toasted oat cereal rings

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 375°F.
2. In very large bowl, mix together sugar, peanut butter, butter, water, vanilla and eggs until smooth.
3. Combine flour, baking soda and salt; stir into the batter. Mix in oats and raisins, then carefully stir in cereal.
4. Drop 1/2 cupful of dough onto ungreased cookie sheets, spacing cookies about 4 inches apart. Flatten cookies to 1-inch thick. Bake 12 minutes in preheated oven, until cookies are lightly browned at edges. Let stand on cookie sheet 5 minutes before removing to wire racks to cool completely. Store at room temperature.