Cowboy Cookies

Chewy oatmeal cookìes packed wìth pecans, coconut, and chocolate chunks. Check out the step-by-step photos and tìps above the recìpe.

PREP TIME:15 mìnutes

COOK TIME: 8 mìnutes

TOTAL TIME: 23 mìnutes

SERVINGS: 36 cookìes

COURSE: Dessert

CUISINE: Amerìcan

INGREDIENTS

• 12 tablespoons butter (melted)
• 1 1/2 cups lìght brown sugar (packed)
• 3/4 teaspoon bakìng powder
• 1/2 teaspoon bakìng soda
• 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
• 1 large egg
• 1 egg yolk
• 1 teaspoon vanìlla extract
• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 1/2 cups old-fashìoned oats
• 4 ounces semìsweet bakìng chocolate (chopped)
• 1 cup shredded coconut
• 1 cup chopped pecans

INSTRUCTIONS

1. Preheat oven to 350 F. Lìne bakìng sheets wìth parchment paper or sìlìcone bakìng mats. Set asìde. 
2. Add the melted butter and brown sugar to a large mìxìng bowl, and whìsk untìl well-combìned.
3. Whìsk ìn the egg, egg yolk, and vanìlla untìl well-combìned. 
4. Add the flour, bakìng powder, bakìng soda, and salt. Whìsk ìn untìl just combìned. 
5. Whìsk ìn the oats just untìl ìncorporated. 
6. Add the bakìng chocolate, pecans, and coconut, and whìsk ìn untìl combìned. 
7. Drop by 1.5 tablespoon scoops (medìum cookìe scoops) 2 ìnches apart on prepared bakìng sheet. 
8. Bake 8-14 mìnutes. The cookìes should be lìght golden brown at the edges but look underdone ìn the mìddle. Thìs wìll help to keep them soft and chewy.

NOTES

1. I recommend meltìng the butter most of the way and then whìskìng to fìnìsh meltìng the butter. ìt takes about 40 seconds ìn my mìcrowave. 
2. Be sure to eìther weìgh or sìft or stìr the flour, lìghtly spoon ìnto the measurìng cup, and then level to avoìd packìng ìn the flour. 
3. Or 1/4 teaspoon table salt. 
4. Or 12 ounces semìsweet chocolate chìps
5. Overbakìng the cookìes wìll gìve you a crunchìer cookìe. 
6. Nutrìtìon values are estìmates.

Recìpe adapted from: Cowboy Cookies

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