Ranger Cookies Refreshed and Revitalized
Growing up in a family of excellent cooks was fun and there was always some party or family gathering which required menu planning and food preparation. I often times volunteered to be in charge of the baking because I had learned how to bake at a young age and it was something I could do on my own.
Ranger Cookies were one of my favorite cookies to bake. 
Ingredients
1 cup coconut oil (original recipe calls for 1 cup shortening)
1 cup brown sugar
1 cup sugar
2 eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla
2 cups flour
½ teaspoon baking soda
½ teaspoon baking powder
½ teaspoon salt
2 cups oats
2 cups crushed Kashi sprouted Grains cereal (original recipe calls for Wheaties)
1 cup coconut
Cream coconut oil and sugars, in kitchenaide or with hand mixer.
Add eggs one at a time and mix thoroughly.
Add vanilla and stir well.
Sift dry ingredients and add to creamed mixture. Add oats, crushed Kashi cereal and coconut and mix well.
Drop by spoonfuls (2 inch cookie scoop) onto greased cookie sheet.
Press down with hand or with glass dipped in sugar.
Bake in 350 degree oven for 12-15 minutes.
These cookies freeze well. Makes 40 cookies
These Ranger Cookies pack a delicious crispy goodness with a satisfying coconut surprise crunch. The cookies freeze well and stay fresh for days in an airtight container. They travel well and are a perfect cookie to send in a care package. Today I refreshed the old favorite by substituting coconut oil for shortening and Kashi Sprouted Grains Cereal for the Wheaties in the original recipe.
Since the original recipe is one of our extended family’s all time favorites it was featured in the original Baby Bear Stew Family Heritage Cookbook. (featured in our December Passion Perspective week and available for purchase in our Growing Weisser Shopify store.)
Check out our new recipe printable…..
- 1 cup coconut oil (original recipe called for 1 cup shortening)
- 1 cup brown sugar
- 1 cup sugar
- 2 eggs
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 2 cups flour
- ½ teaspoon baking soda
- ½ teaspoon baking powder
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 2 cups oats
- 2 cups Kashi Sprouted Grains cereal (original recipe used 2 cups wheaties)
- 1 cup coconut
- Cream coconut oil and sugars, in kitchenaide or with hand mixer.
- Add eggs one at a time and mix thoroughly.
- Add vanilla and stir well.
- Sift dry ingredients and add to creamed mixture. Add oats, Kashi and coconut and mix well.
- Drop by spoonfuls (2 inch cookie scoop) onto greased cookie sheet.
- Press down with hand or with glass dipped in sugar.
- Bake in 350 degree oven for 12-15 minutes.
- These cookies freeze well. Makes 40 cookies
You will be delighted to have a batch of these cookies ready to serve for your next gathering. They will be gobbled up in minutes! Enjoy?
What are your favorite cookies to have on hand when friends come over?
