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[Anne Elk]

Originally posted by Fugee
These are a big hit when I bring them to my morning Bible study. They have an interesting combination of sweet and savory taste.

Mary Ellen’s Breakfast Cookies
(from “Wake Up & Smell the Coffee, Southwest edition” by Laura Zahn)

Ingredients:

2/3 cup butter, softened
2/3 cup sugar
1 egg
1 tsp. vanilla extract
¾ cup flour
½ tsp. baking soda
½ tsp. salt*
1-¼ cup uncooked oatmeal (I used regular rolled oats, not the quick ones)
1 cup (4 oz.) finely shredded Cheddar cheese
½ cup wheat germ
6 slices of bacon, fried crisp and crumbled**

Instructions:

Preheat oven to 350°.

In a small bowl, whisk together the flour, baking soda and salt.

In a large mixing bowl, cream the butter and sugar on medium speed for about 3 minutes. Add the egg and vanilla and mix for another minute on medium.

On low speed, beat in the flour mixture, just until combined. By hand, stir in the oatmeal, cheese, wheat germ and bacon.
Drop cookies by a tablespoon onto greased cookie sheets. If you use parchment paper or a Silpat, you don’t need to grease the cookie sheets.

Bake for 12 to 14 minutes. Makes about 30 cookies.

*I usually leave the salt out because the bacon and cheese are salty enough for me.

**I use packaged real bacon bits and use a heaping tablespoon for each bacon strip.

I can't have oats - would whole wheat flour or corn meal be an adequate substitute?