Fiber One® Peanut Butter Cookies

By melanieroe

Prep Time: 1 hour 0 min
Total Time: 1 hour 0 min
Makes: About 3 dozen cookies

Nutrition Information:
1 Cookie: Calories 100 (Calories from Fat 45); Total Fat 5g (Saturated Fat 2g, Trans Fat 0g); Cholesterol 20mg; Sodium 90mg; Total Carbohydrate 12g (Dietary Fiber 1g, Sugars 6g); Protein 2g Percent Daily Value*: Vitamin A 2%; Vitamin C 0%; Calcium 0%; Iron 4% Exchanges: 1 Other Carbohydrate; 0 Vegetable; 1 Fat Carbohydrate Choices: 1
*Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.

Ingredients

• 1 1/2 cups Fiber One® original bran cereal
• 1/2 cup butter or margarine, softened
• 1/2 cup granulated sugar
• 1/2 cup packed brown sugar
• 1/2 cup creamy peanut butter
• 2 eggs
• 1 1/4 cups Gold Medal® all-purpose flour
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1 tablespoon granulated sugar

Details

Servings 3
Adapted from bettycrocker.com

Preparation

Step 1

1. Heat oven to 375°F. Place cereal in resealable food-storage plastic bag; seal bag and finely crush with rolling pin or meat mallet (or finely crush in food processor).
2. In large bowl, beat butter, 1/2 cup granulated sugar and the brown sugar and with electric mixer on medium speed until creamy. On low speed, beat in peanut butter and eggs until smooth. Beat in flour, baking soda, baking powder and salt until well blended.
3. Stir in cereal until well blended.
4. Shape dough into 1 1/4-inch balls. On ungreased cookie sheet, place balls about 3 inches apart. Flatten in crisscross pattern with fork dipped in 1 tablespoon granulated sugar.
5. Bake 10 to 11 minutes or until set and very light golden brown. Cool 1 minute; remove from cookie sheet to cooling rack.
High Altitude (3500-6500 ft): No change.

How-To
When measuring peanut butter, coat the measuring cup with a light spritz of cooking spray first to keep the peanut butter from sticking.