(Gluten Free) Brownie Mix + Cereal = Fun Cookies

The other day, I was browsing the Betty Crocker website and I found this cookie recipe that sounded fun to make.  They are brownie cookies with Cinnamon Chex in them, and the combination of chocolate and cinnamon flavor is surprisingly delicious.  I was hoping the cereal would add a nice crisp crunch to the cookies, but it added more of a chewy crunch which wasn't my absolute favorite, but I would definitely still make these again.  Plus my boyfriend, the recipient of most of this batch, liked them so perhaps yours will too...

Cookie Ingredients:

• 1 box Betty Crocker gluten free brownie mix
• 3 cups Cinnamon Chex cereal
• 1/3 cup water
• 1 egg, slightly beaten
• 2 teaspoons gluten-free vanilla
• 1/4 cup miniature semi-sweet chocolate chip

Glaze Ingredients:

• 3/4 cup powdered sugar
• 1/8 to 1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon (I did 1/4 because I love cinnamon)
• 3 teaspoons milk

Cookie Directions:

• Heat oven to 350°F.  Grease cookie sheets.
• In large bowl, mix cookie ingredients with spoon until blended.
• Drop dough onto cookie sheets by rounded tablespoonfuls about 2 inches apart.
• Bake 10 to 12 minutes or until set.
• Cool 2 minutes then remove from cookie sheet.  Cool 10 minutes before glazing.

Glaze Directions:

• In small bowl, mix powdered sugar and cinnamon.
• Stir in milk until smooth.  If necessary, add additional milk 1 teaspoon at a time, until glaze reaches drizzling consistency.
• Drizzle cookies with glaze.

I enjoy these cookies because the glaze makes them look a little bit fancy while the ingredients are fun and unusual.  Could these cookies be a metaphor for my life?  Yes, yes they could.

Happy baking!
xoxo
Laura