Best Best Ranger Cookies Recipes

BEST RANGER COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375*.Grease several baking sheets or use nonstick spray.
• In a medium bowl, thorougly stir flour, baking powder,baking soda, and salt; set aside.
• In a large bowl, with an electric mixer on medium speed, beat together the butter and shortening until lightened. Add the brown sugar and sugar and beat until fluffy and smooth. Add the eggs and vanilla and beat until evenly incorporated. Beat or stir in flour mixture until evenly incorporated. Stir in the oats, corn flakes, pecans and coconut until evenly incorporated.
• Let the dough stand for 5-10 minutes or until firmed up again.
• Shape portions of dough into generous golf ball sized with lightly greased hands. Place on baking sheets, spacing about 3" apart. Using your hand, pat down the balls until about 1/3" thick.
• Bake the cookies, one sheet at a time, in the upper third of the oven for 8-11 minutes or until tinged with brown and just beginning to firm up in the centers, be careful not to overbake.
• Transfer the sheet to a wire rack and let stand until the cookies firm up slightly, about 3 minutes.
• Using a spatula, transfer the cookies to wire rack and cool completely -- Store in an airtight container for up to 1 week or freeze for up to 1 month.

MOM'S RANGER COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C).
• Beat butter, brown sugar, and white sugar together in a bowl until creamy.
• Beat in eggs and vanilla extract until smooth.
• In a separate bowl, whisk together both amounts of flour, salt, baking soda, and baking powder. Mix flour mixture into the liquid ingredients.
• Gently mix rolled oats, corn flakes, and coconut into the dough until thoroughly combined.
• Drop the dough by tablespoons onto baking sheets.
• Bake in the preheated oven until the cookies are light golden brown, 10 to 12 minutes.
• Cool in the pans for 10 minutes before removing to cool completely on a wire rack.

MONTANA RANGER COOKIES

Steps:

• Cream butter and Crisco, add sugars gradually, then milk and eggs and vanilla.
• Cream well.
• Add flour, soda, baking powder, cinnamon and salt.
• Cream Together.
• Stir in rest of ingredients.
• Drop by teaspoon on ungreased cookie sheet.
• Bake at 375 degrees for about 10 minutes. Do not overbake.

RANGER COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375°F.
• In a small bowl, combine flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt; set aside.
• In a large bowl, combine butter, brown sugar, sugar, and vanilla extract; beat until creamy.
• Beat in eggs.
• Gradually add flour mixture; mix well.
• Stir in oatmeal, coconut, and Rice Krispie cereal; mix well.
• Roll into small balls and flatten with hand.
• Bake on ungreased cookie sheets for 10-12 minutes or till light brown.

SWEET RANGER COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°.
• Cream butter and sugar together.
• Mix in eggs.
• Add soda, baking powder, salt, vanilla, and coconut; mix well.
• Add flour and oatmeal and mix well.
• Stir in Rice Krispies.
• Drop by spoonfuls on to ungreased cookie sheets.
• Bake 12 to 15 minutes.
• These cookies have a tendency to become tough and chewy if you overbake them. If that happens, place then inside a sealed container with a slice of bread. By the next day the cookies will be nice and soft.

DELICIOUS RANGER COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• Cream together butter and sugars.
• Add eggs and vanilla.
• Sift together flour, baking powder and salt.
• Add flour mixture to sugar mixture.
• Stir in oats, cornflakes, chocolate chips, coconut and nuts.
• Drop teaspoonfuls onto greased cookie sheets.
• Bake 10-12 minutes or until lightly browned.

RANGER COOKIES (RECIPE DATED 1931)

Steps:

• 1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Cream shortening, add sugar and brown sugar gradually. Add eggs and vanilla; beat until light and fluffy. Sift flour, baking soda, salt, and baking powder together and mix with the first mixture. Add oatmeal, rice cereal, and coconut. Mix well. Drop by tablespoons on slightly greased cookie sheet and bake for 12 minutes.
• 2. NOTE: Sometimes Mom would add raisins or chocolate chips. Use up to 1 cup of either of these.