COOK'S CORNER : COOKIES LIKE THEY MADE AT SCHOOL.Byline: Marge Powers Dione Camblin of Woodland Hills requested a recipe for Flying Saucer flying saucer: see unidentified flying objects. Cookies. These cookies were popular during the late '50s and early '60s at Los Angeles-area schools. The cookies were also called Ranger Cookies. The recipe has appeared in local newspapers on and off for the past 40 years. Fifteen readers sent in recipes that were similar or like the two recipes that follow. If you want to refresh your school-days memories, bake up a batch of these cookies. CITY SCHOOL FLYING SAUCERS 1 package (6 ounces) semisweet sem·i·sweet adj. Having a small amount of sweetening: semisweet chocolate. Adj. 1. semisweet - having a taste that is a mixture of bitterness and sweetness bittersweet chocolate pieces 1 1/2 cups sifted flour 1 teaspoon salt 1/2 teaspoon baking soda baking soda: see sodium bicarbonate. 3/4 cup solid vegetable shortening 1 1/2 cups packed brown sugar 1 egg 1 teaspoon vanilla 1/4 cup milk 1/2 cup oats oats, cereal plants of the genus Avena of the family Gramineae (grass family). Most species are annuals of moist temperate regions. The early history of oats is obscure, but domestication is considered to be recent compared to that of the other 1 cup raisins 1 cup diced almonds Melt chocolate pieces in top of a double boiler double boiler n. A cooking utensil consisting of two nested pans, designed to allow slow, even cooking or heating of food in the upper pan by the action of water boiling in the lower. Noun 1. over hot water. Sift flour with salt and baking soda. In a bowl, cream shortening with brown sugar, egg and vanilla until light and fluffy. Mix in chocolate and flour mixture thoroughly. Stir in milk, oats and raisins. Chill. Shape into balls about 3/4-inch diameter and roll in almonds. Place on greased baking sheets about 3 inches apart and flatten with bottom of a glass. Bake in preheated 375-degree oven 10 minutes. Makes about 1 1/2 dozen. RANGER COOKIES (Flying Saucers) 1 cup butter 1 cup granulated sugar Noun 1. granulated sugar - sugar in the form of small grains powdered sugar - sugar granulated into a fine powder refined sugar, sugar - a white crystalline carbohydrate used as a sweetener and preservative granulated sugar 1 cup packed brown sugar 2 eggs, well beaten 2 cups sifted flour 1/2 teaspoon baking powder 1/2 teaspoon salt 1 teaspoon baking soda 1 teaspoon vanilla 2 cups oats 2 cups cornflakes cornflakes Noun, pl a breakfast cereal made from toasted maize cornflakes npl → copos mpl de maíz; cornflakes mpl 1/2 cup coconut 1/2 cup chopped walnuts In a bowl, cream butter with sugars until light and fluffy. Beat in eggs. Sift flour with baking powder, salt and soda. Blend into creamed mixture. Add vanilla, oats, cornflakes, coconut and nuts. Mix until blended. Drop dough by 2 1/2 tablespoons or by ice cream scoop (No. 24) onto an ungreased baking sheet. Flatten to 4-inch diameter. Bake in preheated 350-degree oven 10 to 12 minutes. Cookies should be slightly soft when removed from oven. Makes about 22 large cookies. NOTE: For smaller cookies, use rounded teaspoons of dough, do not flatten. Bake in preheated 375-degree oven 8 to 10 minutes. Makes about 6 dozen. Can you help? If you have recipes that can help this reader, please send them along to us at the address below to share in a future column. We used to go to a restaurant called the Magic Pan. They had the best spinach crepe crepe (krāp), thin fabric of crinkled texture, woven originally in silk but now available in all major fibers. There are two kinds of crepe. . Does anybody have the recipe or something similar? - Pat Hatch Simi Valley |
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