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Cowboy cookies start with a delicious oatmeal chocolate chip cookie base, but are loaded with pecans, chocolate chips and coconut flakes.
Why You’ll Love This Recipe
Versatile Cookie Recipes. Cowboy cookies start with a nice soft, chewy oatmeal chocolate chip cookie and then you add chopped pecans and coconut flakes but you can get creative and add in whatever you want.
Quick and Easy. These cookies require no chilling time, just mix up and bake.
Ingredients Needed
- All Purpose Flour
- Old Fashioned Oatmeal
- Sugar, granulated sugar and dark brown sugar
- Butter, salted
- Eggs
- Vanilla Extract
- Baking Powder
- Baking Soda
- Salt
- Semisweet Chocolate Chips
- Coconut Flakes
- Pecans
How To Make Cowboy Cookies
- Cream softened butter and sugars in a bowl until light and fluffy, about 3 minutes on medium speed. You can use the paddle attachment on a stand mixer or a hand electric mixer.
- Add eggs and vanilla extract and stir to mix.
- Combine flour, baking soda, baking powder and salt in a bowl.
- Add flour mixture to butter mixture and combine thoroughly.
- Mix in oats and coconut flakes until combined.
- Stir in chocolate chips and chopped pecans.
- Scoop cookie dough balls onto parchment paper covered baking sheet.
- Bake at 350 degrees F until cookies are set and just beginning to brown around the edges, about 10-12 minutes.
- Remove from oven and let them sit for a few minute son the baking sheet and then remove and allow to cool on a cooling rack.
Tips from leigh Anne
- The secret to these cookies is to NOT overbake them. You actually want them to look underbaked. The cookies should not start to turn brown around the edges, just have an all over light brown color.
- For some fun flavor variations use walnuts or almonds instead of pecans.
- Substitute milk chocolate chips, white chocolate chips or butterscotch chips for the semisweet chocolate chips. You could even add in M & M’s.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the best way to store leftover cowboy cookies?
Keep them stored in a brown paper bag at room temperature for 3-4 days to keep them soft and chewy.
Can I freeze cowboy cookies?
Yes, you can freeze the dough or freeze the baked cookies. For tips on freezing cookie dough see this post. For tips on how to freeze baked cookies, see this post.
Can I use quick oats instead of old fashioned oats?
You can, it will just effect the texture of the cookie and they won’t be as chewy.
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Cowboy Cookie Recipe
Ingredients
- 1 cup dark brown sugar
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 1 cup butter, salted softenend
- 2 eggs
- 1 tsp vanilla
- 2 cups flour
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 1/2 tsp. baking soda
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 2 cups old fashioned oatmeal
- 12 oz milk chocolate chips.
- 3/4 cup coconut flakes
- 3/4 cup pecans chopped
Instructions
- Cream together sugars and butter for 3 minutes or until light and fluffy.
- Add in eggs and vanilla. Mix.
- Add in dry ingredients except oatmeal. Mix throughly.
- Mix in oatmeal and coconut flakes until combined
- Add in chocolate chips, and chopped pecans. Mix just until incorporated.
- Scoop onto parchment covered cookie sheet.
- Bake 10-12 minutes at 350 degrees, DO NOT overbake. Cookies should just start to brown around the edges.
Tips & Notes:
- The secret to these cookies is to NOT overbake them. Â You actually want them to look underbaked. Â The cookies should not start to turn brown around the edges, just have an all over light brown color.
- For some fun flavor variations use walnuts or almonds instead of pecans.
- Substitute milk chocolate chips, white chocolate chips or butterscotch chips for the semisweet chocolate chips. You could even add in M & M’s.
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Mary Smith says
Made these yesterday. They are awesome. My husband can’t stop eating them.