Ranger Cookies

shared by Patty H.  (I was asked to make cookies for the church Christmas program and I remembered this recipe that John's mother used to bake all the time.  If you like a crisp, crunchy cookie like I do, this is the perfect recipe for that.  Enjoy.)

Ingredients:

1 cup shortening (I used real butter)

1 cup brown sugar
1 cup white sugar
2 eggs
2 tsp. vanilla
2 cups flour
1 tsp. baking soda
1/2 tsp. salt
2 cups quick cooking oatmeal, uncooked
2 cups crispy rice cereal
1 cup flaked coconut
* chocolate chips (original recipe didn’t call for these but you can’t go wrong by adding them)

Directions:

1. Cream shortening; add sugars and beat well.
2. Add eggs and vanilla.
3. Sift flour with soda and salt. Add to creamed mixture.
4. Add cereal, coconut and oatmeal and mix well.
5. Drop batter from a spoon onto a greased cookie sheet. ( I used one of those nifty little food serving scoops and they all came out pretty and uniform.)
6. Bake at 375 degrees for 12 minutes.

Makes 6 dozen.