Name: Bonnie Donaldson's Ranger Cookies
Cook time: 1 hr
Total time: 1 1/2 hr
Yield: Makes about 5 dozen 3-inch cookies
Ingredients: 2 cups all-purpose flour; 1 teaspoon baking soda; 1/2 teaspoon baking powder; 1/2 teaspoon salt; 1 cup vegetable shortening; 1 cup granulated sugar; 1 cup packed light brown sugar; 3 large eggs; 1 teaspoon vanilla; 2 cups quick-cooking rolled oats; 2 cups Special K cereal; 12 ounce bag milk-chocolate chips; 1 cup sweetened flaked coconut

"Imagine my surprise when, while waiting at a beauty salon, I opened an October 1994 issue of gourmet and noticed 'Gwen Bradford’s Ranger Cookies," begins Bonnie Donalson of San Diego, California.

"'Impostor!' I cried. With all due respect to Ms. Bradford, as I am sure her cookies are delicious, it's hardly worth the trouble of baking cookies if you leave out the chocolate chips. I have a friend who literally fights with her husband over my ranger cookies. Others start hinting in October for their traditional bag of Christmas rangers."

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