Nutritious Ranger Cookies

Here is how to make a nutritious cookie for packing in lunch boxes?her delectable Ranger Cookie. This is the full recipe (with a minor substitution), but you may reduce the amount of sugar for a cookie that is not as sweet, but is still excellent and very healthy (as cookies go)!

Category: Desserts

Cuisine: American

1 review 
Ready in 1 hour
by ladybugplus

Ingredients

1/2 cup butter or margarine softened to room temperature

1/2 cup Sugar

1/2 cup Light brown sugar

1 egg well-beaten

1/2 teaspoon Vanilla extract

1 cup self-rising flour

1 cup Quick Oats

1 cup Wheaties cereal crushed a little (You may use any flaked cereal, like Total, Sp

1/2 cup chopped pecans (You may substitute 1/2 cup of any one of the following: raisins

cooking oil spray


Directions

In a medium-sized bowl, use a fork to mix ? cup butter or margarine, ? cup sugar, and ? cup brown sugar until well blended. Set aside. In a large mixing bowl, beat 1 egg. Add the butter/sugar mixture and ? teaspoon vanilla to the beaten egg. Blend well. Now, add 1 cup quick oats, 1 cup Wheaties, ? cup chopped pecans, and 1 cup self-rising flour. Mix together. The dough will be chunky when mixed. You may drop dough by rounded teaspoonfuls 2-inches apart on a baking pan or cookie sheet that has been sprayed with cooking oil spray. Or, you may form the rounded teaspoonsfuls of dough into 1 ?-inch circles, and place them on your prepared baking pan. Bake for 10 minutes. Using an appropritate utensil, Immediately remove cookies from baking sheet to an attractive serving dish. Serve immediately, while warm, or let them cool and store them in a closed container for packing in lunches (wrapped individually). These are a favorite cookie around my house. They please everyone, regardless of age! Plus, even though they do contain fat and sugar, they are more than just a sugar cookie?they are packed with lots of ingredients that you might otherwise have a hard time getting your child to eat! We love them!!!

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