Cream Of Wheat Cookies

Ingredients

125 ml (½ cup) butter, margarine or oil

125 ml (½ cup) sugar or fruit purée (e.g., apple, date, banana)

10 ml (2 tsp.) vanilla

1 egg, beaten

150 ml (2/3 cup) white or whole wheat flour

150 ml (2/3 cup) iron-enriched baby cereal

5 ml (1 tsp.) baking powder

1 pinch of salt

30 ml (2 tbsp.) cocoa powder (optional)

Directions

Preheat oven to 190°C (375°F). Grease two cookie sheets.

Cream butter with sugar or fruit purée. Gradually add vanilla and beaten egg. In another bowl, mix remaining ingredients. Carefully add the dry ingredients to the liquid ingredients. Shape into 24 balls and place

on cookie sheets. Flatten with a fork.

Bake for 10 minutes.