Ranger Cookies

My great-aunt gave me this recipe for Chocolate-Chip Oatmeal Cookies. She calls them Ranger Cookies and adapted a standard wheat flour recipe to make this one GF. I whipped up a batch this weekend and it turned out just like the ones I sampled at her house. I believe they can be frozen with no ill consequences. If you don't eat oatmeal, perhaps you could substitute quinoa flakes.

Ranger Cookies

Ingredients:
1 C shortening (I used half butter, half shortening)
3/4 C white sugar
3/4 C brown sugar
2 eggs
1 t vanilla
1+1/2 C rice flour
1/2 C cornstarch
1/2 t salt
1/2 t baking powder
1 t baking soda
3/4 t xantham gum
2 C GF oats
3/4 C chocolate chips
1/2 C chopped nuts
1/2 C dried fruit (if desired)

Instructions:
1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees (F). In a large bowl, cream together shortening and sugars.

2. Beat in eggs and vanilla.
3. Combine dry ingredients and mix into sugar and shortening mixture.
4. Stir in oats, chip and nuts.
5. Drop spoonfuls of dough on greased baking sheet and bake for about 15 minutes until light golden.Cookies are crunchy and very tasty. Just right for my lunch box.