These cookies are not just a sweet treat to go with your coffee. These cookies take you all the way to Escanaba, MI after a 6 hour drive. They greet you in a cookie jar shaped like an old-fashioned oven. They signal that for the next several days you will be surrounded by loving grandparents and fresh foresty air. They give that extra boost of energy for the trips to the beach, park, downtown, and Shopko. Take a bite and for a second you are a little kid with messy hair, puffy eyes, and stiff legs from just getting out of the car.
Ranger Cookies
Ingredients
1/2 cup butter
1/2 cup granulated sugar
1/2 cup packed brown sugar
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1/4 teaspoon baking soda
1 egg
1 teaspoon vanilla
1-1/4 cups all-purpose flour
1 cup rolled oats
1 cup coconut (I used sweetened because that's all I had, but unsweetened is probably better)
Directions
1. In a medium mixing bowl beat butter with an electric mixer for 30 seconds. Add granulated sugar, brown sugar, baking powder, and baking soda; beat until combined. Beat in the egg and vanilla. Beat in as much of the flour as you can with the mixer. Using a wooden spoon, stir in any remaining flour. Stir in oats and coconut.
2. Drop dough by rounded teaspoons 2 inches apart onto an ungreased cookie sheet. I line the sheet in parchment paper, easy clean-up and no sticking!
3. Bake in a 375 degree F oven about 8 minutes or until edges are golden brown. (I did 15 minutes, so just check on them) Cool on cookie sheet for 1 minute. Transfer to a wire rack; cool. Makes about 54 cookies. (Mine must've been big, because i got 30!)
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