1952 city school flying saucers (ranger cookies)

Seattle, WA
Updated on Mar 7, 2016

Recipe from Los Angeles Unified School District. Served in school cafeterias. After making these the first time, I think some dried cranberries would be good in them.

prep time 20 Min
cook time 10 Min
method Bake
yield 22 large cookies or 6 dozen small cookies

Ingredients

  • 1 cup butter, room temperature
  • 1 cup granulated sugar
  • 1 cup brown sugar, firmly packed
  • 2 - eggs, well beaten
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 2 cups all purpose flour, sifted
  • 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
  • 2 cups rolled oats
  • 2 cups cornflakes
  • 1/2 cup coconut
  • 1/2 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
  • 1/2 cup chopped walnuts

How To Make 1952 city school flying saucers (ranger cookies)

  • Step 1
    Preheat oven to 350F (for larger cookies) or 375F (for smaller cookies)
  • Step 2
    Cream butter with granulated sugar and brown sugar until light and fluffy.
  • Step 3
    Beat in eggs, 1 at a time. Stir in vanilla extract.
  • Step 4
    Sift flour with baking powder, salt and baking soda. Stir into butter mixture.
  • Step 5
    Add oats, cornflakes, coconut, chocolate chips and nuts and stir until blended.
  • Step 6
    Drop by tablespoons onto ungreased baking sheet. Flatten to 4-inch diameter. (Use square of wax paper to keep dough from sticking to fingers or whatever you're using to flatten dough.) For small cookies, drop by rounded teaspoon. Do not flatten.
  • Step 7
    Bake larger cookies at 350 degrees F for 10 to 12 minutes. Cookies should be slightly soft when removed from oven. Bake smaller cookies at 375 degrees F for 8 to 10 minutes.

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Category: Cookies
Method: Bake
Culture: American
Ingredient: Sugar

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