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Crushed cereal adds crispness to these drop cookies studded with chocolate chips. The cookies are sweetened with Equal for 26% less calories. It's hard to eat just one!

Special Crunchy Cookies

1/2 cup stick butter, softened
1 cup Equal® Spoonful*
1 large egg
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
4 cups Kellogg's® Special K® cereal, crushed to 1 1/2 cups, divided use
1 cup all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup mini semi-sweet chocolate chips

1. Beat butter and Equal® on medium speed of electric mixer until light and fluffy. Beat in egg and vanilla until well combined.
2. Stir in combined 1 cup crushed cereal, flour, baking powder and salt until well blended. Stir in chocolate chips. Shape dough into balls using rounded measuring teaspoons. Roll in remaining 1/2 cup crushed cereal. Place on ungreased baking sheet.
3. Bake in preheated 375°F oven 8 to 10 minutes. Remove from baking sheet and cool completely on wire rack.
4. Store in airtight containers at room temperature.

Makes about 4 dozen.

* May substitute 12 packets Equal sweetener

Nutrition Information Per Serving:
calories 46, protein 1 g, carbohydrate 5 g, fat 3 g, cholesterol 9 mg, sodium 43 mg.

Food Exchanges: 1/2 starch, 1/2 fat.

Recipe provided courtesy of Merisant Corporation ® and the NutraSweet Company, makers of Equal®.

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