Cookies for Breakfast

I've been trying several new recipes for breakfast lately in an attempt to break away from cereal.  We LOVE cereal at our house but it is a highly processed food, even the "healthy" kind, and we are trying to limit those as much as possible.  (Couldn't tell it by the Butterfinger Bliss recipe I posted last week, right?  *Smile*)

Laura, at Heavenly Homemakers, has a lot of great recipes, many of which we are trying.  Her Giant Breakfast Cookie recipe looked great.....and I can attest that they taste great, too! 

While the cookies were baking, Luke kept saying, "But we don't eat cookies for breakfast.  They are for snacks!"  After he saw I was seriously giving them cookies for breakfast, he went running to tell Chloe and Jacob the great news! 

Here is my modified recipe:

Breakfast Cookies
1/2 cup butter, melted
1/2 cup applesauce
3/4 cup honey
2 eggs
1 t. salt
1 t. baking soda
1 t. cinnamon
1/2 cup buttermilk
1 1/2 cups whole wheat flour
1/2 cup wheat germ
1/2 cup raisins
1/2 cup chocolate chips  (Any excuse to get in some chocolate!)

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.  Mix butter, applesauce, honey, eggs, salt, soda, cinnamon, and buttermilk.  Stir in flour, wheat germ, and oats.  Fold in raisins and chocolate chips.  Spoon heaping tablespoons of dough onto cookie sheet.  Bake for 15-20 minutes.

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Butterfinger Delight

Because one can never have too many recipes for delicious desserts, I'm going to share this yummy-scrumptiously-chocolatey recipe with you!  It's SUPER easy and oh-so good!

Here's what you need: 

 

Brownie mix, chocolate pudding, large container of cool whip, and Butterfinger candy.  My mouth is watering already. 

 

First, prepare the brownies and pudding according to the directions on the package.  Crush up the candy into tiny pieces.

Optional, but highly recommended: To make sure the brownies aren't poisonous, help yourself to a small portion, as seen in the picture above.  You certainly wouldn't want to make your family or guests sick! 

 

Then, place chunks of brownie to cover the bottom of your dish and spoon half of the pudding over top.

 

Next, spread whipped cream over the pudding and  sprinkle candy pieces over top.  Repeat the layers again:  brownie, pudding, whipped cream and candy!  

 

The finished product!  Your friends and family will love this!