Comments on: Quaker Breakfast Cookies

By: Cora Oehmke

Cora Oehmke — Thu, 08 Mar 2007 01:45:38 +0000

The cookies in our area, right now at the Super Wal-Mart, are $2.66 a box (not on sale), that makes a high fiber snack, easy to pack around and cheaper than a non nutritional snack such as a candy bar.
I started eating them for the fiber and due to the need of soft nutrition during a series of dental works.
I continue to eat them and have turned many friends onto them. Besides, with two jobs, plus… who has time to bake?

By: TG

TG — Sun, 27 Aug 2006 18:56:37 +0000

you beat us to the punch, baby. (shoulda known they’d be sending these to you, too. next time we’ll go for a – what’s the expression – “hat trick”? yeah!)

By: Anna

Anna — Wed, 23 Aug 2006 03:59:26 +0000

Here’s the recipe I use.

Pecan Cranberry Breakfast Cookies

Makes 12 cookies

2 cups whole wheat pastry flour
1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1 cup brown sugar
2 tablespoons canola oil
1 egg
1 egg white
1/3 cup prune puree (baby food) or applesauce
1 1/3 cups rolled oats
1/2 cup pecans — coarsely chopped and toasted
1/2 cup Craisins

Preheat oven to 325 degrees F. Stir together flour, baking soda, baking powder, salt and cinnamon. Set aside.

In a large mixing bowl, beat together sugar, canola oil, egg, egg white and prune puree. By hand stir in flour mixture followed by oats, pecans and raisins.

Drop by 1/4 cup measuring cup or large ice cream scoop on a baking sheet, about 2 inches apart.

Dampen back of a spoon or measuring cup and flatten to about ½ inch (cookie do not spread much during baking. Bake 8 minutes for chewy cookies or 10 minutes for dry.

Bake 8 or 9 minutes or until cookie has set. Let cookies cool completely….they will be soft.

By: Noah

Noah — Fri, 18 Aug 2006 22:05:19 +0000

Could you do a recipe to mimmic thos product? $0.55 is a little bit much for a cookie. I can’t imagine it’d be that hard to clone, although doing so would be in bad taste if Quaker provided you with the cookies, kind of back stabbing.

By: Karen

Karen — Sat, 12 Aug 2006 20:04:57 +0000

You can make breakfast cookies. I saw a recipe over at ClubMom blogs (the Cooking With Whine blog, check the archives). I made them and the recipe, woo boy, made a TON. Much cheaper than the Quaker kind, I’m sure. They were tasty, filling and fairly cheap. Basically they were oatmeal cookies, but made with applesauce instead of butter, and egg whites instead of eggs. Lots of oats, dried fruit, and yum.

By: Toni

Toni — Fri, 11 Aug 2006 16:38:01 +0000

I buy these for our Monday morning staff meetings if they’re on sale. I get Apple Cinnamon. I like that they are much less sweet than the Breakfast Bars and most granola bars.

By: notricecakesandjelly

notricecakesandjelly — Fri, 11 Aug 2006 12:09:50 +0000

^^Bagels run around 250 cals for a normal, not super-sized roll, and tend to be more filling, especially if they’re whole wheat or have raisins. They’re also bigger than the cookie. And most oatmeal raisin cookies, depending on the size are probably less than 220 calories.

Oats are one of the healthiest grains–but for maximum cheapness, health, and caloric control, an envelope of generic brand oatmeal with raisins and cinnamon would be even better.

These cookies just look like circular cereal bars marketed as treats.