Pantry-Shelf Cookies

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High Tea anyone?


I've been told they look grey in pic - cookie/cakes are actually a mauve colour!

My Cereal Cookie/Cake Recipe - takayanagi's Cornflake Cookies appeared as mine were baking, looking very moist and tasty;
these are pretty much the same idea, though a denser texture due to the using oats...

Yummy cereal cookies, made using whatever nice things can be found on the pantry shelf, so never the same twice ^____^
Chewy and as sweet as you like, suprisingly moreish.

Basic Recipe
100g Butter
1/2 cup Sugar
1 cup S.R. Flour
1 Large Egg
1 Tbsp Vanilla Essence
2 Tbsp Milk

Cereal
Great for using the crumbs at the bottom of the box up!
About two cups of Special K (any variety)/Cornflakes, nice with a fruited muesli...
This version I used a cup of oats and a few crushed weetabix

The cereal used varies the texture, flakes will give you a nice cookie.
Using oats makes them denser and more of a rock-cake - which is very nice served warm with a scrape of butter and a slither of cheese,
This batch turned out almost scone like, it really depends on what cereal you add

Depending what you use you may need to vary the mix, so add a tad more butter/milk... until the texture looks right.

Fruit
A handful of any dried fruit; I like mine with dried Apricots or Dates or Cranberries.
A little fresh fruit also works; Banana or Apple (with a sprinkle of cinnamon)
This version I threw in my spare Blackberries, hence the purpley hue to them

Other options
No reason you can't add a little coconut, cocoa or chopped nuts - though I've not tried that yet :)

Method
- Pre-heat oven 180c
- Cream butter and sugar adding the Vanilla
- Add beaten egg, then sift in flour
- Add Milk, choice of cereal and fruit and stir mix.
- Spoon onto greaseproof paper/cookie sheet and bake for 15/20mins
- Cool on a rack

- Enjoy ^__^


camera is still effecting the colour of them :(