Homemade Cheerios?
Through checking my stat counter I found a referral link that was a google search on “homemade cheerios.” I am sorry that I am #1 on that particular search, and that I was using the fact that anyone would make homemade cheerios as a sarcastic poke at perfectionism. I hope you find your recipe, and that you don’t hate me now. Just in case anyone else happens upon this blog through that search… I want to offer you my impromptu recipe for homemade cheerios!
1 cookie sheet
1 naive and trusting family
Notes:
Do not use the off brand they just don’t taste right! I don’t care what anyone says I can taste a generic Cheerio before by back teeth have a chance to crunch!
Ok, this is the hardest part… you have to put the cheerios in a single layer on a cookie sheet — use your old fashioned one with actual sides on it. Cheerios stink when they are on the bottom of the stove getting burned.
Pre-heat oven to 200 degrees. Tell your family that it takes 2-3 hours to make these things. Now, hang sheets up temporarily over the doorways to your kitchen. Warn everyone that all movement in the kitchen is detrimental as it could cause the Cheerios to fall — or worse morph into ovals.
Put cookie sheet in oven. Turn oven off now… you don’t want the kitchen to be hot because this is where you are going to give yourself that much needed homemade pedicure, read that book you have been wanting to either start or finish, take that quick little nap, and this is where you will pull your laptop out and blog in peace.
…. Oops, gotta go! The timer went off! Nothing says “I love you, but I need s serious break” like homemade Cheerios. Enjoy!
I love this idea. I myself have done the same thing. My Dad thinks that there is only one type of milk and that is whole. I use to trick him by pouring 2% into the whole milk container, and he could always tell the difference.
I know that the time is getting near for you all to head to graduation. Hope you have a safe trip and enjoy your time.
I will have to take a mental note on the milk trick! I love it!
Thanks for the well wishes. I am so excited and ready for him to be home. That won’t be for quite a while yet, but getting to see him will really help! I will definitely post some pictures!
Can I change the time to, oh I don’t know, about 3 hours? Have fun this weekend. :)
I just found your blog through milblogging.com ~ I always check to see if any new mil-parents have shown up. I’m glad I did!
I started blogging when my daughter left for Basic - kept me sane! Well, as sane as I can ever be…
I’d like to add you to my blogroll.
Love the homemade Cheerios!!
I have Rosie on my blog too!
Thanks NGW! Also, you can make those Cheerios bake for however long you need to! I think that the apple cinnamon variety have been known to take, oh gosh… 6 hours or so! haha!
Hi Yankeemom and welcome! I am glad you found me too, and feel free to add me, and I will be more than happy to reciprocate the link. I was at milbloggers a while back, but I haven’t had time to look around. I look forward to stopping by and saying hi when I get a moment! I always tell everyone “Rosie riveted, and Claire bakes cookies!” :)
This time next month I will use this wonderful recipe so Hubby will leave me alone and hang with the Kiddos. I am sure he will see right though it but I am at the point of not caring anymore. :)
NGW: I can only imagine your backlog order for time alone and getting to do things sans children. I don’t blame you at all for needing a little down and alone time, and I hope dh understands too.
His homecoming is getting close! I am so happy for you to get him back. I should send you a huge carton of boxes of cheerios (and stuff some of the boxes with spoil yourself stuff like pedicure sets!)
You are to sweet. I am down 2 Kiddos for a month and one day soon this week I will be sans Kiddos. I am enrolling in school that day and sleeping. I so can’t wait. :)