These are hands down, the best cookies I have ever had
- Carbohydrate 22.3997958335479 g
- Cholesterol 7.755 mg
- Fat 5.85079000047185 g
- Fiber 0.698804169914207 g
- Protein 1.35415875004692 g
- Saturated Fat 1.82016041708509 g
- Serving Size 1 1 Serving (34g)
- Sodium 72.5426458336151 mg
- Sugar 21.7009916636337 g
- Trans Fat 3.81325775002819 g
- Calories 146 calories
Step-by-step
- Heat oven to 350.
- Cream shortening with both sugars. Add eggs and vanilla and mix well. Add flour with soda, salt, and baking powder. Add to shortening mixture. Add oatmeal, rice krispies and coconut. Mix all together by hand, and drop onto baking sheet (ungreased).
- Bake 10 minutes, until lightly browned.
Swapping standard butter entirely for vegetable shortening alters the structural integrity of these cookies, yielding a distinctly crisp edge and a tender center because shortening lacks water content that creates excessive steam. Ranger cookies emerged in the American West during the mid-twentieth century as a pantry-raid confection designed to utilize whatever dry cereals and coconut flakes populated the baking cupboard. Achieving the correct chew requires managing the creaming stage thoroughly, beating the shortening and dual sugars until the mixture turns pale and increases in visible volume, which incorporates tiny air pockets essential for proper leavening. Overmixing the flour addition develops unwanted gluten strands that toughen the crumb, so fold the dry components gently just until streaks disappear before stirring in the heavy add-ins by hand.
Baking these drops at 350 degrees Fahrenheit for precisely ten minutes ensures the edges achieve a light golden brown while the centers remain soft enough to set properly on the pan. Once removed from the oven, let the baked batches rest on the hot baking sheet for two minutes to finish setting structurally before transferring them carefully to a wire cooling rack. Pairing these robust, cereal-packed sweets with a tart beverage like unsweetened iced tea provides a necessary acidic contrast to balance the high sugar content.
