Carter Family Recipes
  • 3 cups Kellogg’s Special K Cereal
  • 2 cups all-purpose flour; sifted
  • 1 teaspoon baking powder
  • ½ teaspoon baking soda
  • ½ teaspoon sea salt
  • ¾ cups unsalted butter; softened
  • 2 cups brown sugar; firmly packed
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 cup pecan pieces
  1. Preheat oven to 350ºF.
  2. Measure Special K Cereal; crush to 1½ cups. Set aside.
  3. Sift together flour, baking powder, soda and salt. Set aside.
  4. Place margarine and sugar in large mixer bowl; beat until light and fluffy. Add eggs; beat well. Add sifted dry ingredients; mix until thoroughly combined.
  5. Stir in Special K and pecans.
  6. Drop by level measuring-tablespoons onto lightly greased baking sheets.
  7. Bake in a preheated oven for about 15 minutes or until lightly browned.
  8. Remove immediately from baking sheets; cool on wire racks.

Yield: about 5 dozen pecan chews, 2½-inch in diameter

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