Cookies and Cream Cereal

Cookie cereal?? Yes! Cookie cereal. Just a fun and different way to enjoy a cookie, that kids love! Remember Cookie Crisp? This is similar, and you can make cookie cereal with basically any cookie recipe, this is our take on cookies and cream cereal. Not as messy as dipping cookies into milk!

For a fun checklist printable for the kids, save and print the recipe below!

You can also follow along with Brooklyn and Bennett in the Youtube video below, pause when you need, and make the recipe together!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kop-4_1YJEA&t=70s

We have a little series with the kids called "Brooklyn and Bennett's Baking Show". Our kids love being in the kitchen, and they just have a blast making videos. We have this little series on Youtube for other kiddos to follow along with, learn how to bake and cook, and just have fun and laugh (because they are extra silly in the kitchen!).

TIPS:

You want these cookies very crisp. They will last longer sitting in milk if you overcook them a bit. So bake for 15 minutes, but if you let them go a bit more, it wouldn't hurt.

Let's talk about why you should cook and bake with your kiddos!

1. It creates interest in food and cooking. Children who are involved in the creation of their meals are more likely to eat their meals.

2. Cooking helps to build important math skills. Almost every recipe requires accurate measuring and counting.

3. Improves comprehension and reading skills. Reading a recipe, understanding step-by-step instructions, and comprehending exactly what whisking, blending, or folding means, are not only an important part of the finished product but it also promotes literacy and listening.

4. Builds confidence and self-esteem. Giving children the opportunity to be involved in the completion of a meal helps to provide them with a sense of accomplishment. If they successfully boiled and mashed potatoes, created a personal pizza, or helped make a special dessert, let them know what they did was important and that it helped. Child development and the feeling of success go hand in hand.

5. You’re able to spend quality time together as a family. With school, work, and extracurricular activities, it’s difficult finding time where the whole family can be in the same room at one time.

Father's Day is coming up! Here's a fun questionnaire for kids to fill out for the dads!

Cookies and Cream Cereal

1 package cream cheese

3/4 cup sugar

1 stick butter

1 cup flour

15 oreos

1.Preheat oven to 350° and line a cookie sheet with parchment paper.

2.In a bowl, mix cream cheese, sugar and butter until fluffy. Add in flour.

3.Add oreos to a food processor, mix until they're small crumbs.

4.Mix oreo crumbs into flour and cream cheese mixture.

5.Roll out the mix onto the cookie sheet until its 1/2 inch thick.

6.Freeze for 10 minutes.

7.Place cookie dough onto clean surface, cut out tiny circles and place them on the sheet.

8.Bake for 10-15 minutes, or until very crisp.

9.Let them cool for 30 minutes, pour into a bowl, add milk and enjoy!

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