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Best Cowboy Cookies

Kara
It only takes a few simple tricks to make the very best cowboy cookies ever! Loaded with oats, coconut, pecans, and chocolate chips, these cookies fly off the plate!
4.88 from 8 votes
Prep Time 25 minutes
Cook Time 10 minutes
Chill Time 40 minutes
Total Time 10 minutes
Course Dessert: Cookies
Cuisine American
Servings 30 large cookies
Calories 260 kcal

Ingredients
  

  • 1 cup salted butter
  • 1 cup brown sugar
  • 1 cup granulated sugar
  • 2 large eggs
  • 2 tsp vanilla extract
  • 1 ¾ cup all purpose flour
  • ½ tsp baking powder
  • 1 tsp baking soda
  • ½ tsp ground cinnamon
  • 1 ¾ cups regular oats
  • 1 cup coconut toasted & cooled
  • 1 cup chopped pecans toasted & cooled
  • 1 cup milk chocolate chips
  • 1 cups semi sweet chocolate chips

Instructions
 

  • Toast your pecans and coconut. Preheat your oven to 375 degrees. Bake cold pecans for 10-12 minutes or until lightly browned. If they are room temperature, you’ll only need 7-8 minutes. Coconut will only take 5-7 minutes.
  • Place your butter in a saucepan with a light colored bottom and cook until it foams, then turns golden brown. It can quickly burn, so watch it closely at the end! Place the pan in the refrigerator for about 30-40 minutes or until it starts to solidify. While butter is cooling, preheat your oven to 350°.
  • Scrape the cooled butter into a large mixing bowl. Add the white and brown sugars and beat till very creamy. Add eggs and vanilla and beat till smooth.
  • Add the flour to the wet ingredients. Make a well in the top and add the baking powder, soda, salt, and cinnamon. Stir them into the flour.
  • Add the oats, coconut, pecans, and chocolate chips. Stir dough just until combined. Roll the dough into large balls. Mine were 1.8 ounces each, and about 1 3/4″ across.
  • Place on lightly greased or silicone lined baking sheets. Press down slightly.
  • Bake at 350 degrees for about 10 minutes, or until just golden brown around the edges. Let cookies sit on the pan for 3-4 minutes, then remove to wire racks to cool completely.

Notes

You can make 4 dozen smaller cookies, they will only need to bake for about 8 minutes.

Nutrition

Serving: 1gCalories: 260kcalCarbohydrates: 32gProtein: 3gFat: 14gSaturated Fat: 7gPolyunsaturated Fat: 1gMonounsaturated Fat: 4gTrans Fat: 0.3gCholesterol: 28mgSodium: 108mgPotassium: 118mgFiber: 2gSugar: 21gVitamin A: 210IUVitamin C: 0.04mgCalcium: 28mgIron: 1mg
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