This is another childhood recipe we made when we needed a change from chocolate chip cookies - or wanted cookies in addition to chocolate chip cookies. Ranger Cookies (I have no idea where the name came from) have a great texture since they have a bunch of textured ingredients in them, like the corn flakes (which we used instead of Wheaties) and coconut. As the recipe says in its intro, these cookies are chewy on the inside and crisp on the outside. Until the other day, I hadn't had these in years, and again, tasting them gave me a feeling of nostalgia.
Ranger Cookies, from page 135 of Betty Crocker's Cookbook, 1969 version
1/2 cup shortening (I used butter)
1/2 cup granulated sugar
1/2 cup packed brown sugar
1 egg
1/2 tsp vanilla
1 cup flour
1/2 tsp baking soda
1/4 tsp baking powder
1/4 tsp salt
1 cup quick cooking oats
1 cup Wheaties or Total (like I said, I used corn flakes)
1/2 cup shredded coconut
375F oven. Cream, combine, scoop. Bake about 10 minutes or until golden. Yield is about 3 dozen. I got about 2 dozen since I wanted a bit larger a cookie.
Awesome! Good old corn flakes!
