Cowboy Cookies
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Cowboy Cookies
Description
The Cowboy Cookies recipe calls for creaming softened butter with white and brown sugars until light, then mixing in eggs and vanilla. Dry ingredients including flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, rolled oats, semisweet chocolate chips, shredded coconut, and pecans are combined and folded into the batter. Cookies are portioned into 2-tablespoon-sized scoops and baked at 350°F for 12 to 13 minutes until set and lightly golden on the edges, then cooled on the baking sheets before cleanup.
The resulting cookies have a soft, chewy crumb with a balance of textures from the oats and pecans, along with chocolate melting pockets and a hint of coconut flavor. They are an all-in-one cookie with varied ingredients providing complex but balanced flavors and textures. The use of both white and brown sugar contributes to moisture and slight caramel notes.
Ingredients
- 1 cup butter softened, unsalted
- 3/4 cup sugar
- 3/4 cup brown sugar , packed
- 2 large egg
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 2 cups flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 2 cups rolled oats
- 3/4 cup semisweet chocolate chips
- 1/2 cup coconut shredded
- 1/2 cup pecans , chopped
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees and to your stand mixer add the butter, sugar and brown sugar on medium speed until light and fluffy, about 1-2 minutes.
- Add in the eggs and vanilla until fully combined then sift the flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt together and add it into the stand mixer on low speed until just combined.
- Add in the oats, chocolate chips, coconut and pecans until just combined.
- Add 2 tablespoon sized scoops of dough to your baking sheets and bake for 12-13 minutes, letting them cool before removing from the baking sheets.
Nutrition Information
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Serving: 18servings
Amount Per Serving
Calories 327 kcal
% Daily Value*
| Calories | 327kcal | 16% |
| Carbohydrates | 39g | 13% |
| Protein | 4g | 8% |
| Fat | 17g | 26% |
| Saturated Fat | 9g | 45% |
| Cholesterol | 45mg | 15% |
| Sodium | 144mg | 6% |
| Potassium | 155mg | 3% |
| Fiber | 2g | 8% |
| Sugar | 21g | 42% |
| Vitamin A | 345IU | 7% |
| Calcium | 37mg | 4% |
| Iron | 1.8mg | 10% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.