Ingredients:

  Amount  Measure       Ingredient -- Preparation Method
--------  ------------  --------------------------------
  1                cup  granulated sugar
  1                cup  packed brown sugar
  1                cup  shortening
  1           teaspoon  vanilla
  2                     eggs
  2               cups  gold medal® all-purpose -- unbleached or whole
                        wheat flour
  1           teaspoon  baking soda
     1/2      teaspoon  baking powder
     1/2      teaspoon  salt
  2               cups  wheaties® cereal
  1            package  semisweet chocolate chips -- (1 cup), (6 ounces)
  1                cup  chopped nuts -- if desired

Preparation:

Heat oven to 375ø. Stir together sugars, shortening, vanilla and eggs in large bowl until blended. Stir in remaining ingredients (dough will be stiff). Shape dough by rounded teaspoonfuls into balls. Place about 2 inches apart on ungreased cookie sheet. Bake 8 to 10 minutes or until set but not hard. Cool 3 minutes before removing from cookie sheet. About 6 dozen cookies. Coconut-Cereal Cookies: Use 1 cup flaked coconut instead of the chocolate chips. Raisin-Cereal Cookies: Use 1 cup raisins instead of the chocolate chips.

Nutritional Information:

5239 Calories (kcal); 344g Total Fat; (56% calories from fat); 42g Protein; 554g Carbohydrate; 374mg Cholesterol; 2801mg Sodium