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WW Recipe of the Day: Old-Fashioned Crunchy Jumble Cookies
Nana’s crunchy jumbles are one of my favorite cookies from childhood that have stood the test of time. I love these crunchy jumbles now as much as I did back then.
Did you know October 1 is Homemade Cookies Day or that October is National Cookie Month?
On a more serious note, October is also National Breast Cancer Awareness Month.
The Skinny on Crunchy Jumble Cookies
So in honor of my 91-year-old grandmother, a breast cancer survivor, I made a batch of her crunchy jumble cookies today. They are a simple old-fashioned cookie made chewy, crunchy and sweet with rice crispies and raisins.
She got the recipe from her sister-in-law, My Great Aunt Esther, decades ago and makes them a few times a year.
Can you imagine still baking in your 90s? I hope to be! There is something so sweet and satisfying about baking and sharing cookies, I hope I never have to quit.
How Many Calories and WW Points in these Old-Fashioned Cookies?
You should get about 48 crunchy jumbles from a batch. Each 2-cookie serving has 120 calories and:
6 *SmartPoints (Green plan)
6 *SmartPoints (Blue plan)
6 *SmartPoints (Purple plan)
3 *PointsPlus (Old plan)
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Nana's Crunchy Jumble Cookies Recipe
Ingredients
- 1-1/4 cups flour
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 cup butter, softened
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 egg
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2 cups rice crispies
- 1 cup raisins
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350F. Lightly grease cookie sheets or line them with parchment. (My cookies turn out better since I switched to parchment years ago.)
- In a small bowl (affiliate link) combine the flour, baking soda, and salt.
- In a large bowl beat the butter and sugar with an electric mixer (affiliate link) until creamy. Add the egg and vanilla and mix well.
- Blend in the flour mixture.
- Stir in the rice crispies and raisins.
- Drop by teaspoons onto the prepared pans.
- Bake for 10-12 minutes. Let cool on the cookie sheet for 1-2 minutes and then transfer them with a spatula to a rack to cool completely. (Or enjoy warm)
Notes
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
A note about WW Points
If you're following Weight Watchers, all the recipes here on Simple Nourished Living have been updated for the new WW program, with points displayed in the recipe card. The Check the WW Points link in the recipe card takes you to the Weight Watchers App where you can edit it using the WW recipe builder or add it to your day.
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This recipe was on the back of a 6 ounce bag of Nestle’s semisweet chocolate chips in the 1950’s. It was one of my favorites and ironically I found a bag with the recipe on it when cleaning out my mother’s hutch. Rice Krispies now has it on their website.
HELLO MARTHA,
IT’S SUNDAY, WE’VE JUST GOTTEN IN FROM CHURCH. PETE INSTRUCTED ME LAST NIGHT ON HOW TO ACTUALLY BE ABLE TO ‘FIND’ THINGS ON THE WEB; SO TODAY, WE HAVE DONE SO! JUST ENJOYED A SLIDESHOW OF 20+ PICS OF HIS NEW PALM SPRNGS RETREAT — IT’S BEAUTIFUL!! THEN, WE MOVED RIGHT ON TO YOUR WEBSITE AND FOUND AUNT ESTHER’S COOKIES! WE READ THE WHOLE THING; AND WE’RE PROUD OF YOU FOR ALL YOU DO!
HAVE DINNER IN THE OVER; AND HOPE TO TALK TO YOU LATER.
LOVE YA,
MOM & NANA