Ranger Cookies

I will often go to restaurants and taste something I really love and then try to replicate it at home experimenting with the perfect recipe. Or, I will take several recipes I find in magazines or cookbooks and tweak them to my liking to make them “my own.”

When I first stumbled across this ranger cookie recipe, I know I had found the Best Chocolate Chip Cookie Recipe ever. I find it absolutely PERFECT  {and that doesn’t happen often}. Nothing has been changed from the original.

I have been using this recipe since I found it back in 2000… so lots of years of baking this Ranger Cookie! {THAT tells you something!} I love the chewy from the coconut and the crunch that the Special K cereal brings to the recipe.

Few kitchen tools I love to use when I make Ranger Cookies {yes, I am addicted to Pampered Chef items}:

• Pampered Chef Stone Bar Pan
• Pampered Chef Measure-All Cup
• Pampered Chef Cooling Rack

A few kitchen tips:

• Check out my article on how to soften brown sugar as I had a bit of a snafu today with a large chunk of brown sugar that was harder than a boulder.

You know me… I love to save money when I shop and here is how was I able to make this recipe cheaper than an everyday shopping trip. {And you can too!}

• Almost all my ingredients were purchased during the holiday baking sale and used coupons
• The chocolate morsels were bought at Walgreen’s during their sale and I used coupons and register rewards to get them for free
• C&H sugar will go on sale often for $1.99 and I can normally find a $.50 coupon to bring my out of the pocket price for a 4-pound bag, only $1.49
• I must admit that I bought the Special K cereal full price {and with a coupon —- shhh… don’t let too many people I did that but I didn’t have any in my stockpile}
• The coconut I bought generic since I didn’t have a coupon or sale {note: I forgot to check WinCo Foods to see how much it was there bulk as they have some great prices on baking ingredients.}

Now that I told you how to save on this recipe… are you ready to bake it?!

Ranger Cookies Recipe

Ranger Cookies

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This cookie is the right amount of chewy and crispy rolled into one perfect cookie.

Cook Time 15 minutes

Total Time 15 minutes

Ingredients

• 1 cup vegetable shortening
• 1 cup granulated sugar
• 1 cup packed light brown sugar
• 3 large eggs
• 1 1/2 teaspoon vanilla2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 2 cups quick-cooking rolled oats
• 2 cups Special K cereal
• 12 ounce bag semi sweet chocolate chips
• 1 cup sweetened flaked coconut

Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 350°F.
2. Beat together shortening, sugars, eggs, and vanilla with an electric mixer until light and fluffy.
3. Sift together flour, baking soda and powder, and salt.
4. Beat in flour mixture on low speed until just combined.
5. Stir in oats, cereal, chips, and coconut.
6. Drop rounded tablespoons of batter 2 inches apart on a baking stone or parchment-lined cookie sheet.
7. Bake cookies, 1 sheet at a time, in the middle of the oven until golden brown, 15 to 18 minutes.
8. Cool cookies on sheets for 1 minute, then transfer to a rack to cool completely.

Notes

Original version found on Epicurious at Ranger Cookies

Ranger Cookies