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Crunchy Chewy Ranger Cookies

Crunchy chewy cookie chocked full of chocolate chips, pecans, walnuts, coconut, and Rice Krispies for a little extra crunch. Made with regular sugar and brown sugar, and browned butter for that little extra taste. This is a big batch recipe!
Prep Time30 minutes
Cook Time12 minutes
Total Time42 minutes
Course: Dessert
Cuisine: American
Keyword: cowboy cookies, kitchen sink cookies, neiman marcus cookies, ranger cookies
Servings: 72 cookies
Calories: 155kcal

Ingredients

Instructions

  • Preheat oven to 325-350° Line cookie sheet with parchment paper.
    Brown butter in a saucepan. Melt and cook until golden brown color. Careful not to burn. Stir frequently, this will only take 5-7 minutes. Set aside to cool.
    Mix flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, and cinnamon together and set aside.
    Cream sugars, Crisco shortening, and vanilla. Add eggs one at a time.
    Add the browned butter to the sugar mixture and add the flour mixture a little at a time.
    Stir in by hand the nuts, chocolate chips, and coconut. Stir the Rice Krispies in last.
    Form balls the size of small walnuts and place on cookie sheet about 2" apart.
    Option: Sprinkle a tiny bit of sea salt on balls.
    Bake until lightly browned. Cool in pan for a few mintues before transferring to a cooling rack.
    Cool completely before storing in an air-tight container.
    stack of ranger or cowboy cookies ready to eat

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Notes

Nutritional calculations are just rough estimates.

Nutrition

Serving: 1g | Calories: 155kcal | Carbohydrates: 18g | Protein: 2g | Fat: 9g | Saturated Fat: 4g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 3g | Trans Fat: 0.3g | Cholesterol: 14mg | Sodium: 127mg | Potassium: 63mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 10g | Vitamin A: 169IU | Vitamin C: 1mg | Calcium: 22mg | Iron: 1mg