From breakfast to dessert: A Giant Raisin Bran cookies recipe from 1998, plus a bonus version from 1976

Name: Giant Raisin Bran cookies (1998)
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 14 min
Total time: 44 min
Yield: 16
Ingredients: 2 cups Kellogg's Raisin Bran cereal, crushed to 1-1/2 cups; 1 cup whole wheat flour; 1 cup all-purpose flour; 1 teaspoon baking soda; 3/4 cup margarine, softened; 2/3 cup granulated sugar; 1/2 cup brown sugar, packed firm; 2 eggs

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Giant Kellogg’s Raisin Bran cookies recipe

Giant Raisin Bran cookies (1998)

Yield: 16 cookies. 1.6 grams of fiber each

Prep Time: 15 minutes

Cook Time: 14 minutes

Additional Time: 15 minutes

Total Time: 44 minutes

Ingredients

2 cups Kellogg's Raisin Bran cereal, crushed to 1-1/2 cups
1 cup whole wheat flour
1 cup all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
3/4 cup margarine, softened
2/3 cup granulated sugar
1/2 cup brown sugar, packed firm
2 eggs

Instructions

Stir together Kellogg's Raisin Bran cereal, flours, and soda. Set aside.
In large mixing bowl, beat margarine, sugar and brown sugar until light and fluffy. Add eggs. Beat well.
Add flour mixture. Mix thoroughly.
Drop by level 1/4 cup measure onto ungreased cookie sheet.
Bake at 325 F for 12 to 14 minutes or until lightly browned.

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Nutrition Information:

Yield: 16 Serving Size: 1
Amount Per Serving: Calories: 224Total Fat: 10gSaturated Fat: 2gTrans Fat: 2gUnsaturated Fat: 7gCholesterol: 23mgSodium: 125mgCarbohydrates: 32gFiber: 1.6gSugar: 16gProtein: 3g

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Copycat cooking: [Raisin] Bran cookies

Here’s a recipe that came out more than 20 years before for a very similar kind of cookie. It was syndicated nationwide, but we got the recipe via the Washington C.H. Record-Herald (Washington Court House, Ohio), published on August 24, 1976.

By CECILY BROWNSTONE – Associated Press Food Editor

DEAR CECILY: My family likes the raisin bran cookies I buy in small packages. They are made without preservatives. I am wondering whether you have a recipe from which I could make cookies similar to these. I wouldn’t always have time to bake them, but should like to do so sometimes. — WORKING MOTHER.

DEAR WORKING MOTHER: I agree with your family that the new packaged raisin bran cookies are delicious. We’ve used the ingredients listed on the package and worked out a recipe using cereal that produces a reasonable facsimile of them. The homemade cookies, of course, cost far less than the bought ones. — C.B.

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Raisin Bran cookies (1976)

Yield: 4-1/2 to 5 dozen cookies

Prep Time: 15 minutes

Cook Time: 10 minutes

Additional Time: 15 minutes

Total Time: 40 minutes

Ingredients

1 cup unbleached white flour, stir to aerate before measuring
1/4 cup stoneground whole wheat flour (coarser than the white flour)
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 cup all-bran cereal
1/2 cup milk
1/2 cup solid white shortening
1 cup sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla
2 large eggs
1 cup raisins

Instructions

On wax paper, stir together the flours, soda and salt.
In a small mixing bowl, stir together the bran and milk; let stand until milk is absorbed — a minute or two.
In a large mixing bowl cream shortening, sugar and vanilla; beat in eggs: gradually stir in the flour mixture until smooth, stir in bran mixture and raisins.
Drop by level tablespoons, well apart, onto well-greased cookie sheets.
Bake in a preheated 375-degree oven until edges are browned — about 10 minutes.
With a wide spatula, loosen all cookies on the pan, then remove to cool on wire racks.

Nutrition Information:

Yield: 60 Serving Size: 1
Amount Per Serving: Calories: 52Total Fat: 2gSaturated Fat: 1gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 1gCholesterol: 7mgSodium: 35mgCarbohydrates: 8gFiber: 1gSugar: 5gProtein: 1g

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