Ranger Cookies (Cowboy Cookies) are upgraded chocolate chip cookies with oats, and cornflakes added. It's perfectly chewy with an addicting texture and flavor!

Five Ranger Cookies arranged on a wooden board with parchment paper, ready to share.

Ranger Cookies are highly underrated.

Anytime I make Ranger Cookies (aka Cowboy Cookies) it seems it's the first time people have tried them or heard of them–which is a shame, because these deserve some time in the spotlight! They're a fun and delicious twist on chocolate chip cookies, with a unique texture and delicious flavor and chewiness from the addition of cornflakes and oats. You have to try them! We also sometimes add coconut or nuts.

Don't miss my other unique cookie recipes, like Biscoff Cookies, Smore's Cookies or Oatmeal Creme Pies.

How to make Ranger Cookies:

Cookie Dough: Mix butter and sugars with a hand mixer or stand mixer until creamed together. Mix in eggs and vanilla. Add flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, and oats and stir. Fold in corn flakes and chocolate chips.

Two images showing oats and cornflakes added to a cookie dough then after the chocolate chips are folded in for the best cowboy cookie recipe.

Bake: Scoop tablespoon size rounds of cookie dough with a cookie scoop and arrange on a parchment lined baking sheet. Bake at 350°F (180°C) for about 12 minutes. Allow cowboy cookies to cool on the pan for a couple minutes then transfer to wire cooling rack.

Make Ahead Instructions: Store cowboy cookie dough in the fridge up to 1 day in advance, before baking

To Freeze Cookie Dough: arrange cookie dough balls on a parchment lined baking sheet and “flash freeze” for 30 minutes before transferring to a freezer safe bag or container from up to 3 months. Bake from frozen, adding a few minutes to the bake time. 

Freeze Baked Cookies in freezer safe bag or container for up to 3 months.

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Recipe

Five Ranger Cookies arranged on a wooden board with parchment paper, ready to share.
Prep 10 minutes
Cook 10 minutes
Total 20 minutes
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Ingredients
  

Instructions
 

  • Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (180 degrees C). Line two baking sheets with parchment paper.
  • In a large bowl or in the bowl of a stand mixer, cream the butter and sugars together. Add eggs and vanilla then mix until incorporated. 
  • Add flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, and oats then stir well to combine. Stir in corn flakes and chocolate chips.
  • Scoop cookie dough into 24 balls (about 3-Tablespoons-size/55 grams)and place on prepared cookie sheets. 
  • Bake at 350 degrees F (180 degrees C) for 10-15 minutes or until set on the top.

Notes

Yield: 24 cookies. Serving Size: 1 cookie.
Cornflakes: you could substitute rice krispies or corn or rice chex cereal, lightly crushed.
Coconut: Add ¾ cup dried coconut flakes (sweetened or unsweetened).
Nuts: Add ½ cup chopped pecans or walnuts.
Make Ahead Instructions: Store cowboy cookie dough in the fridge up to 1 day in advance, before baking
To Freeze Cookie Dough: arrange cookie dough balls on a parchment lined baking sheet and “flash freeze” for 30 minutes before transferring to a freezer safe bag or container from up to 3 months. Bake from frozen, adding a few minutes to the bake time. 
Freeze Baked Cookies in freezer safe bag or container for up to 3 months.
 

Nutrition

Calories: 249kcalCarbohydrates: 36gProtein: 3gFat: 11gSaturated Fat: 6gPolyunsaturated Fat: 1gMonounsaturated Fat: 2gTrans Fat: 0.3gCholesterol: 36mgSodium: 141mgPotassium: 80mgFiber: 1gSugar: 22gVitamin A: 301IUVitamin C: 0.5mgCalcium: 27mgIron: 2mg

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I originally shared this recipe August 2014. Updated September 2020 and March 2025.

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Lauren Allen

Welcome! I’m Lauren, a mom of four and lover of good food. Here you’ll find easy recipes and weeknight meal ideas made with real ingredients, with step-by-step photos and videos.

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Tina
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I made this recipe to bring to a crafting get together. Everybody loved them!

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