Colorado Ranch Cookies Junior League Of Denver Recipes

COLORADO COWBOY COOKIES

Steps:

• Position two oven racks to divide the oven into thirds; preheat oven to 350°; line cookie sheets with foil.
• Sift together the flour, baking soda, baking powder, and salt; set aside.
• In a big bowl of an electric mixer cream the butter.
• Add in vanilla and both sugars; beat well.
• Add in egg; beat well.
• On low speed, gradually add the dry ingredients and beat, scraping the bowl with a rubber spatula, until incorporated.
• Remove bowl from mixer; stir in oats and then chocolate morsels and nuts (dough will be rather stiff).
• Use a well-rounded teaspoonful of the dough to make each cookie; place the mounds 2 inches apart on the foil.
• Bake for about 18 minutes until the cookies are golden-colored and completely dry.
• During baking reverse the sheets top to bottom and front to back to insure even browning.
• Transfer cookies to racks to cool.

HIGH ALTITUDE HOMEMADE OATMEAL RAISIN COOKIES

Steps:

• In a bowl, add eggs and with a whisk or fork, beat the eggs well. Stir in raisins and vanilla and let stand for one hour, in the refrigerator covered with plastic wrap.
• Cream together butter and sugars. Add flour, salt, cinnamon and soda to sugar mixture. Mix well. Blend in egg-raisin mixture, oatmeal, and chopped nuts. I used my stand mixer for this step.
• Dough will be stiff.
• Drop by heaping teaspoons onto uncreased cookie sheet or roll into small balls and flatten slightly on cookie sheet.
• Bake 350 degrees for 10 - 12 minutes or until lightly browned.

COLORADO COWBOY COOKIES

Steps:

• 1. Heat oven to 350F
• 2. Mix flour, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon and salt in bowl.
• 3. Beat butter with an electric mixer at medium speed until smooth and creamy. Gradually beat in sugars and combine thoroughly. ( I use my kitchen aid mixer).
• 4. Add eggs one at a time, beating after each. Beat in vanilla.
• 5. Stir in flour mixture until just combined. Stir in chocolate chips, oats, and pecans. (If you want to add the coconut, add it now.)
• 6. For each cookie drop an ice cream scoop of dough and slightly flatten it, spacing it about 3" apart.
• 7. Bake for 15 to 17 minutes till edges are lightly browned. Cool on pan for one minute then remove from pan to cool on racks or I use a few sheets of newspaper to lay them on until cool.
• 8. When cool store in plastic zip locks or I sometimes put them in shoe boxes lined with wax paper and put them in the freezer.