Cowboy Cookies. Loved the cookies and so did the rest of the family. I used walnuts because that is the nut I had. I also added chopped dried cherries to the batter when I added the nuts and coconut. All you need is a cold glass of milk. Cowboy Cookies are like a kitchen sink Chocolate Chip Cookie meets Oatmeal Cookie with lots of mix-ins or like a Monster Cookie without the peanut butter and m&ms.

They have added coconut which adds a delicious chewy texture (the brown sugar in this recipe also adds a delicious brown sugar quality to the cookies too). In a large bowl, with an electric mixer, cream the shortening, granulated sugar, and brown sugar. Add eggs and the vanilla and beat until well blended. You can cook Cowboy Cookies using 12 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you achieve it.

Ingredients of Cowboy Cookies

It's 1 1/2 cup of flour.
You need 1 cup of quick oats.
Prepare 1/2 cup of brown sugar.
Prepare 1/2 cup of sugar.
Prepare 1 tablespoon of vanilla powder (optional).
You need 1 cup of chopped pecans.
You need 1/2 cup of choc chips or Skor chips or both if you feel wild.
It's 1 teaspoon of baking powder.
Prepare 1 teaspoon of baking soda (why baking soda? Who knows).
It's 1/2 cup of melted butter.
You need 1 of egg.
It's of Vanilla extract to your liking.

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Cowboy Cookies step by step

Mix dry ingredients.
In separate bowl, mix butter, egg, vanilla.
Add wet mix to dry mix, stir it up.
Make 1 inch balls, flatten with a fork.
Bake at 350 for 10 minutes.
Enjoy.

This is a popular recipe in Texas that my sister, who lives there, texted to me a while back. Cowboy cookies are still a delicious treat. This recipe takes a bakery style cookie dough and adds in chocolate chips, oats, chopped pecans, and coconut flakes. Just be careful, these cookies are dangerously addicting and it's hard to eat just one. Cowboy Cookies — These cowboy cookies are packed with oats, chocolate chips, Cornflakes, and shredded coconut.