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This is my mother in law, Linda. I first met her when I was 17 years old. My first glimpse of her was mowing the lawn with one of those riding mowers. It was the day I met the best person in my life, my husband.
She made this guy, making her one of my favorite people ever! My husband and I have now been together 15 years but I still remember hanging out in her house when we were just kids. She always had a pantry jam packed of snacks and cereals. It was a teenagers dream.
Cereals have always been one of my favorite snacks. I particularly like them in place of dessert. They give you that sweet something you are craving with less calories. These days my boys eat cereal practically every day after school as a snack. They never seem to get tired of it and they have been eating Cheerios™ since they started solid foods as babies. It was one of those things I always packed a baggie of in the diaper bag as a quick go to when they got cranky.
When I saw Cheerios™ was doing a “Buy a Box. Give a Free Box” offer at Walmart, I knew I just had to send it to my mother in law. We now live thousands of miles away but this little something will let her know we are always thinking of her.
You can join in on the fun and get your own specially marked boxes of Cheerios™ at your local Walmart – it’s the ONLY place with this offer. Once you have bought one of these boxes at Walmart, enter the code online, and fill out an E-card for someone you love. They will receive a coupon for a free box of Cheerios to use at their local Walmart. Spread the love!
My mother in law’s birthday is in May and I wanted to make her something special with Cheerios™. We live in Texas and she lives in Kentucky now so baking her something was out of the question. Then I remembered those cute cookies in a jar ideas that are always floating around Pinterest.
Her favorite kind of cookie is oatmeal raisin so I decided to make her a twist on that including Cheerios™ to make them breakfast cookies. I call them Birthday Breakfast Cookies. Now she can make them herself but think of us with every bite.
I hope she enjoys them and knows we miss her dearly! “Share a Box” with someone you love today.
Birthday Breakfast Cookies
Ingredients
Jar Ingredients
- 1/3 cup brown sugar packed
- 1/4 tsp cinnamon
- 1/8 tsp salt
- 1/4 tsp baking powder
- 1/8 tsp baking soda
- 1/3 cup + tbsp all purpose flour
- 1/2 cup quick oats
- 1/2 cup raisins
- 1/2 cup Cheerios™ crushed
Ingredients Needed Not in Jar
- 1/4 cup butter softened
- 1 egg
- 1/2 tsp vanilla
Instructions
Jar Instructions
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Layer jar ingredients in pint size mason jar. Make sure to include tag and baking instructions if you are gifting it.
Baking Instructions
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Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Pour all ingredients from jar into large bowl and beat in butter, egg, and vanilla. Place tablespoon sized, rounded dough balls on baking sheet. Bake 8-10 minutes. Enjoy!
Krystle Cook – the creator of Home Jobs by MOM – put her psychology degree on a shelf and dived into a pile of diapers and dishes instead. She is a wife and mother to two rambunctious boys, sweating it out in her Texas hometown. She loves cooking, DIY home projects, and family fun activities.
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Love Cheerios – its that one cereal that always makes you feel good! Love the story you have behind the cereal and how cool to make this breakfast recipe using them! Looks really yummy!
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I still love Cherrios. They taste taste so good to me.
What a great idea! I love gifts like this, but I never really see them for birthdays. Perfect!
Shannon
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What a great gift idea! I love the “baking in a jar” concept, I think it’s something that everyone will use and it’s so cute. Especially if you take the time to make it yourself, it just makes it all the more special!
That has got to be one of the best gift ideas, putting all the ingredients you need in a jar and that’s it. It’s simple and it makes great treats, anyone who receives a jar or two will totally appreciate it.
Cheerios will always be a staple cereal! Especially the honey version but i love the birthday cookies this is innovative!
Just like you, I also love cereals as a snack or a dessert. Sometimes I have them with green tea for breakfast as I like to have something crunchy.
Sweet of you to think of your mother in law and send her a cute gift! Very creative adding cheerios to the cookies!
yes!!! This is a great idea! Can’t wait to try the recipe 🙂
My family loves Cheerios. I really like that they’re healthy for us too. Those cookies look so good! I’ll have to try them out soon.
Cookies for breakfast, what a great idea. My little would love this.
The breakfast cookies in a jar is a wonderful idea. I love to create gifts in a jar but I never thought about giving it for birthdays.
Cereals have always been a favorite snack in our home too. My boys like to fill a cup of cereal and munch on it while watching television. Cheerios is a staple in our home.
I never would have thought to make cookies with Cheerios! But they seem like they would add just the right amount of crunch.
I’ve never made cookies with cheerios before. They look really good! The jar would be such a great gift for someone special 🙂
I would not have thought of using cheerios in baking. What a fun breakfast cookie.
Thanks for linkingup at #everythingkids
The children are adorable. Great post and lovely photos.
What a cute gift idea! I bet it would be well received by a lot of different people!
I love cheerios and so does my nephew, this is such a lovely idea for a present
This is such a nice gesture and a very sweet gift idea. Thank you for the recipe!
Cheerios actually tasted really good in these cookies. I was pleasantly surprised