International Christmas Cookie Party - Week 2

I'm joining Johanna for her International Christmas Cookie Party over at Silber & Rosen


This is another family recipe for cookies, nothing fancy this week.
These make great cookies for breakfast, to take on a walk in the woods or on a long plane trip.


Ranger Cookies

This is not anything unique, just a family favorite and better than any power bar I've ever found! There are a bazillion recipes for "Ranger Cookies", but many of them have corn flakes in them. I find the recipe I use to be far superior. (And it's the coconut that you never want to tell the kiddies about ...... my oldest granddaughter still tells the story about how I "tricked" her into eating the cookies with the "eeewwwww coconut" in them. By the way they are her favorite cookie.)

1/2 C Butter & 1/2 C Margarine (I use all butter)
1 C Sugar
1 C Brown Sugar
2 Eggs beaten
2 1/4 C flour
1 t vanilla
1 t salt
1 t baking soda
1 t baking powder
1 1/2 C rolled oats
1 1/2 C Rice Krispies
1 C coconut

Cream shortening and sugar, add flour, salt, eggs, vanilla, soda and baking powder.

Add oats, Rice Krispies and coconut one at a time only until blended. Don't crunch the Rice Krispies to powder by over mixing, I add those last. Drop by spoonful onto greased baking sheet, flatten slightly. 12-15min 350F.

In our family there are those (like me) that like these flat and crispy, on the almost overdone side. Then there are those who like them slightly underdone, which makes them softer and chewy. The one imperative is that you have a glass of cold milk handy! These are a lot like potato chips, in that you can't just eat one.