Resourceful Recipes - Part 6, Stale Cold Cereal

Ideas for Using Up Stale Cold Cereal:
1) Use corn flake crumbs in dessert, crumb crusts, or as a topping on casseroles.
2) Use flakes to make "Ranger Cookies". (recipes follows)
3) Use Cheerios to make "Chocolate-O Bars". (recipe follows). Click here for more recipes using Cheerios. You'll be surprised at what you can make!!
4) Use Chex to make chex mix or any of the wide varieties of recipes they have on their website.

Recipe for Ranger Cookies:
1 cup shortening
1 cup sugar
1 cup brown sugar
2 beaten eggs
2 cups flour
1/2 tsp. baking powder
1/2 tsp. salt
1 tsp. baking soda
1 tsp. vanilla
2 cups oats
2 cups wheat flakes
1 cup coconut

Cream shortening and sugars. Add eggs. In separate bowl, combine baking powder, salt, baking soda and mix well. Then add to shortening mixture. Stir in vanilla, oats, flakes and coconut. Drop by spoonfuls onto ungreased cookie sheet, or roll into walnut-sized balls. Flatten slightly with a glass and bake them at 350 degrees F for about 10 minutes. Makes about 4 dozen.

Recipe for Chocolate-O Bars:
1/2 cup light corn syrup
1 (6 oz) package of chocolate chips
1 tsp. vanilla
4 cups of Cheerios

In saucepan, heat corn syrup to boiling. Remove from heat and add chocolate chips and vanilla. Stir until chips are melted. Add Cheerios and stir until well coated. Pour into a greased 9x9" pan. Allow to cool for 1 hour. Cut into bars.