Pioneer Woman Ranger Cookies Recipes

RANGER COOKIES

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350°F. In large bowl, mix brown sugar, butter, vanilla and eggs with spoon. Stir in flour, oats, baking powder and baking soda. Stir in cereal and peanuts.
• Shape dough by rounded teaspoonfuls into balls. On ungreased cookie sheets, place balls about 2 inches apart. Flatten slightly with greased bottom of glass dipped in sugar.
• Bake 10 to 12 minutes or until set. Cool 1 minute; remove from cookie sheets to cooling racks.

MONSTER COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F.
• Cream the butter with both sugars in a mixing bowl until fluffy. Add the eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition. Add the vanilla and beat.
• Combine the flour, salt, baking powder and baking soda. Add to the mixing bowl and mix until combined. After that, add in the oats, chocolate candies, chocolate chips and pecans in whatever quantity you prefer. Add the cereal at the very end, mixing until just combined. Do not over mix!
• Use a cookie scoop to scoop balls of dough onto a cookie sheet. Bake until golden brown, about 20 to 25 minutes, and then allow to cool on a rack.
• Serve with glasses of cold milk.

RANGER COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°. In a large bowl, cream shortening and sugars until light and fluffy, 5-7 minutes. Beat in eggs and vanilla. Combine flour, baking soda, baking powder and salt; gradually add to creamed mixture and mix well. Stir in oats, cereal and coconut., Drop by rounded tablespoonfuls 2 in. apart onto ungreased baking sheets. Bake until golden brown, 7-9 minutes. Remove from pans to wire racks to cool.

RANGER COOKIES II

Steps:

• Cream shortening with sugars. Beat in egg and vanilla.
• Mix together dry ingredients and stir into wet mix. Place by heaping spoonfuls on an ungreased baking sheet.
• Bake at 375 degrees F (190 degrees C) for 10 minutes. Remove immediately to cool.

MOM'S RANGER COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C).
• Beat butter, brown sugar, and white sugar together in a bowl until creamy.
• Beat in eggs and vanilla extract until smooth.
• In a separate bowl, whisk together both amounts of flour, salt, baking soda, and baking powder. Mix flour mixture into the liquid ingredients.
• Gently mix rolled oats, corn flakes, and coconut into the dough until thoroughly combined.
• Drop the dough by tablespoons onto baking sheets.
• Bake in the preheated oven until the cookies are light golden brown, 10 to 12 minutes.
• Cool in the pans for 10 minutes before removing to cool completely on a wire rack.

MONSTER COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees.Cream butter with sugars until fluffy. Add eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition. Add vanilla and beat. Combine flour, baking soda, baking powder, and kosher salt. Add to mixing bowl and mix till combined. After that, add in remaining ingredients in whatever quantity you prefer. Add more nuts if you'd like, or more M & M's, more peanut butter chips or chocolate chips. Add Rice Crispies at the very end, mixing until just combined. Do not overmix!Use a cookie scoop to scoop balls of dough onto a cookie sheet. Bake until golden brown, then allow to cool on a rack. Serve with glasses of cold milk.

RANGER COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375°F.
• In a small bowl, combine flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt; set aside.
• In a large bowl, combine butter, brown sugar, sugar, and vanilla extract; beat until creamy.
• Beat in eggs.
• Gradually add flour mixture; mix well.
• Stir in oatmeal, coconut, and Rice Krispie cereal; mix well.
• Roll into small balls and flatten with hand.
• Bake on ungreased cookie sheets for 10-12 minutes or till light brown.

COWBOY COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Spread pecans in a single layer on a rimmed baking sheet. Toast in oven, tossing occasionally, until darkened and fragrant, 10 to 13 minutes. Let cool, then coarsely chop. Into a bowl, sift together flour, baking soda, salt, and baking powder.
• With an electric mixer on medium-high speed, cream butter and both sugars until pale and fluffy. Reduce speed to medium. Addeggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Beat in vanilla.
• With mixer on low speed, gradually add flour mixture, beating until just incorporated. Beat in oats, chocolate, pecans, and coconut until just combined. (Dough can be covered with plastic and refrigerated up to 3 days.)
• Coat baking sheets with cooking spray; line with parchment, and spray parchment. Using a 1 1/2-inch ice-cream scoop or a tablespoon, drop dough onto prepared sheets, about 3 inches apart.
• Bake, rotating sheets halfway through, until edges of cookies begin to brown, 16 to 18 minutes. Transfer sheets to wire racks to cool 5 minutes. Transfer cookies to racks to cool completely. Cookies can be stored up to 3 days at room temperature in airtight containers

RANGER COOKIES (RECIPE DATED 1931)

Steps:

• 1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Cream shortening, add sugar and brown sugar gradually. Add eggs and vanilla; beat until light and fluffy. Sift flour, baking soda, salt, and baking powder together and mix with the first mixture. Add oatmeal, rice cereal, and coconut. Mix well. Drop by tablespoons on slightly greased cookie sheet and bake for 12 minutes.
• 2. NOTE: Sometimes Mom would add raisins or chocolate chips. Use up to 1 cup of either of these.

RANGER COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375°F. In a large bowl beat butter with an electric mixer on medium to high speed for 30 seconds. Add granulated sugar, brown sugar, baking powder, and baking soda. Beat until combined, scraping side of bowl occasionally. Beat in egg and vanilla until combined. Beat in as much of the flour as you can with the mixer. Using a wooden spoon, stir in any remaining flour, the oats, coconut, and dried fruit.
• Drop dough by rounded teaspoons 2 inches apart onto an ungreased cookie sheet. Bake for 8 to 10 minutes or until edges are golden and centers are set. Let stand for 1 minute on cookie sheet. Transfer cookies to a wire rack; let cool.

TEXAS RANGER COOKIES WITH CRANBERRIES

Steps:

• Melt butter and allow to cool to room temperature
• In the bowl of an electric mixer, combine butter and sugars. Mix until combined. Add eggs one at a time and mix until they are incorporated. Stir in vanilla extract.
• Combine flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt in a small bowl.
• Slowly add the flour mixture to the egg and sugar mixture
• Stir in coconut, chocolate chips, dried cranberries, and cereal by hand until evenly distributed.
• At this point, you can either scoop into balls and place on a baking sheet. The baking sheet needs to fit in the refrigerator. OR, you can refrigerate the dough in the bowl and scoop out after the dough is chilled.
• After the dough is chilled, bake cookies at 350 degrees F for 10 to 12 minutes or until the desired level of doneness. I like crispy edges with soft centers. For 1.5 tablespoons of dough, I cook for 12 minutes.

CEREAL RANGER COOKIES

Steps:

• Cream shortening.
• Add sugar and eggs.
• Sift flour, salt, soda and baking powder together.
• Combine ingredients.
• Drop by spoonfuls on greased cookie sheet.
• Bake in moderate oven (350 degrees) until done.

LAURA BUSH'S COWBOY COOKIES

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350°F.
• Mix flour, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon and salt in bowl.
• In 8-quart bowl, beat butter on medium speed until smooth and creamy, 1 minute. Gradually beat in sugars to combine, 2 minutes. Add eggs, one at a time, beating after each. Beat in vanilla.
• Stir in flour mixture until just combined. Add chocolate chips, oats, coconut and pecans.
• For each cookie, drop 1/4 cup dough onto ungreased baking sheets, spacing 3 inches apart.
• Bake in 350°F oven 17 to 20 minutes, until edges are lightly browned; rotate sheets halfway through. Remove cookies to rack to cool.

COWBOY COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Line baking sheets with parchment paper or line with a silicone baking mat.
• In a medium bowl, whisk together the flour, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon and salt; set aside.
• In a large mixing bowl, beat the butter on medium speed until smooth and creamy, about 2 minutes. Gradually beat in the sugars and continue to beat until light and fluffy, scraping the bowl as necessary, about 3 minutes. Add the eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition. Beat in the vanilla extract. Reduce the mixer speed to low and gradually add the flour mixture, mixing until just combined. With a wooden spoon or large rubber spatula stir in the chocolate chips, oats, coconut and pecans.
• For each cookie, drop ¼ cup dough (this scoop is perfect!) onto the baking sheets, spacing them about 3 inches apart. Bake until the edges are set but the middles still look light and puffy, about 12-15 minutes, rotating the sheets halfway through. Cool cookies on the baking sheets.