Ingredients
Original recipe (1X) yields 24 servings
- 2 cups white sugar (see note)
- 1 cup peanut butter
- 1 cup butter
- ½ cup water
- 2 tablespoons vanilla extract or to taste
- 2 large eggs
- 2 ¼ cups all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- ½ teaspoon salt or to taste
- 1 ½ cups rolled oats
- 1 ½ cups raisins or chopped dried apricots
- 6 cups toasted whole grain oat cereal rings (such as Cheerios)
Directions
- Gather the ingredients. Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).
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- Mix sugar, peanut butter, butter, water, vanilla, and eggs together in a very large bowl until smooth.
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- Combine flour, baking soda, and salt; stir into cookie batter. Mix in oats and raisins, then carefully stir in cereal.
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- Drop 1/2 cupfuls of dough onto ungreased cookie sheets, spacing cookies about 4 inches apart. Flatten cookies to 1 inch thick.
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- Bake in the preheated oven until cookies are lightly browned at the edges, about 10 to 12 minutes. Let stand on the cookie sheets for 5 minutes before removing to wire racks to cool completely.
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- Enjoy!