Wasatch Mountain Ranger Cookies
Source of Recipe
Letha Mae Knerr Boggs
Recipe Introduction
From �A Pinch of Salt Lake�, the Junior League of Salt Lake City, Utah
List of Ingredients
1cup butter/margarine, softened
2 cups oven-toasted rice cereal, corn flakes, or 3/4 cup shreds of wheat bran cereal
1cup sugar
1 cup packed brown sugar
1 cup chopped pecans, walnuts, or unsalted peanuts
2 eggs
2 cups all-purpose flour
1 (6 oz) package chocolate, peanut butter, or butterscotch chips
� teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 cup flaked coconut (optional)
1/8 teaspoon salt
� cup raisins (optional)
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 cups uncooked regular oats
Recipe
Cream butter. Gradually add sugars, beating well.
Add eggs and mix well.
Stir in flour and next 4 ingredients.
Fold in oats, cereal, nuts, chips, and, if desired, coconut and raisins.
Drop by tablespoonfuls 2 inches apart onto ungreased cookie sheets.
Bake at 350 degree oven for 10 minutes or until browned. Cool on wire racks.
Yield: 5 dozen
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