Lunch: Betty's Nutritious Ranger Cookies

Betty demonstrates how to make a nutritious cookie for packing in lunchboxes—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 still excellent and very healthy (as cookies go)! Nutritious Ranger Cookies ½ cup butter or margarine, softened to room temperature ½ cup white sugar ½ cup light brown sugar 1 egg, well beaten ½ 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, Special K, or Raisin Bran) ½ cup chopped pecans (You may substitute ½ cup of any one of the following: raisins, flaked coconut, or chocolate chips) cooking oil spray In a medium-sized bowl, use a fork to mix ½ cup butter or margarine, ½ cup sugar, and ½ cup brown sugar until well blended. Set aside. In a large mixing bowl, beat 1 egg. Add the butter/sugar mixture and ½ teaspoon vanilla to the beaten egg. Blend well. Now, add 1 cup quick oats, 1 cup Wheaties, ½ 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 teaspoonfuls of dough into 1 ½-inch circles, and place them on your prepared baking pan. Bake for 10 minutes. Using an appropriate 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!!! Please subscribe: http://www.youtube.com/bettyskitchen ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ NEW Cookbook:  "Betty's Kitchen Cookbook:  2013 Recipes" (c) 2014 Also available:  "The Betty's Kitchen Collection:  Second Edition" (c) 2013 *Both can be ordered from http://www.amazon.com or http://www.createspace.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Betty's Website:  http://www.bettyskitchen.us ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Other places to watch Betty's Kitchen: Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/pages/bettyskitchen/166973502092 Pinterest:  http://www.pinterest.com/bettyskitchen/bettyskitchen/ Twitter:  https://twitter.com/Myshine Google :  https://plus.google.com/108882445101872897307/posts ifood.tv:  http://www.ifood.tv/bettyskitchen Roku:  http://www.rokuguide.com/channels/betty's-kitchen​

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