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      Title: Ranger Joe Cookies
 Categories: Cookies
      Yield: 96 Cookies
 
      2 c  Shortening
      2 c  White sugar
      2 c  Brown sugar
      4    Eggs
      2 ts Vanilla
  1 1/2 c  Chocolate chips
      2 ts Baking soda
      1 ts Baking powder
      4 c  Flour
      4 c  Rice krispies
      3 c  Rolled oats
      2 c  Coconut
      1 ts Salt
      1 c  Chopped pecans
 
  Cream shortening, brown sugar, white sugar, 4 beaten eggs, and
  vanilla together. In a separate bowl, combine flour, baking powder,
  baking soda, and salt. Mix dry ingedients to blend. Add, rice
  krispies, rolled oats, coconut, pecans and chocolate chips.
  
  Begin adding dry ingredients to creamed shortening mixture, this
  mixture will get stiff, and unless you have dough hooks, it will
  become necessary to mix by hand. If needed, add 1 tb water to
  moisten just a bit. After you have added all ingredients and they
  are well blended. roll dough into small to medium balls and place 
  on cookie sheet. Flatten dough with fork, and bake at 325 F for
  8 to 10 minutes.
  
  Note:

  I have made the recipe and refrigerated dough during the holidays.
  Great for those of us who like hot cookies and milk. I also have
  cut recipe in half and that works well for me. This recipe is quite
  old and given to me by an aunt of 76 years old. When she said by
  hand after working in some of the dry ingredients she means BY
  HAND, said get right in there and toss the dough around blending it
  well.
  
  Recipe by Leona Davis

  Submitted by Marina #1434, Phoenix, AZ
 
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