Ingredients

• 1 cup butter
• 1 cup granulated sugar
• 2 egg yolks
• 1 1/2 cups flour
• 1/8 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 teaspoon baking powder
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 3/4 cup quick-cooking oatmeal
• 3/4 cup puffed rice cereal (such as Rice Krispies)

Directions

Preheat oven to 350° F.

In an electric mixer bowl, beat the butter, sugar, egg yolks and vanilla until creamy. In a medium mixing bowl, sift together the flour, salt, and baking powder, then gradually add to butter mixture along with the oatmeal and mix just until thoroughly blended. Remove bowl from mixer and manually stir in puffed rice cereal.

Form dough into 1-inch balls, then place 2 inches apart on an ungreased cookie sheet. Flatten (using a fork, spatula, the bottom of a glass (if flat) or hands). If dough sticks to flattening tool, simply gently separate cookie from tool and manually reshape if necessary.

Bake for 10 minutes or until cookies begin to turn golden brown around the edges. Allow to sit for about 1 minute, then transfer to a cooling rack.