Description
Hearty cowboy cookies deliver a rustic Texas-style treat packed with chocolate chips, oats, and pecans. Crisp edges and chewy centers make these cookies a delightful snack you’ll want to share with friends and family.
Ingredients
Scale
- 2 large eggs
- 1 cup (230 g / 8 oz) unsalted butter, softened
- 2 cups (250 g / 8.8 oz) all-purpose flour
- 2 cups (180 g / 6.3 oz) old-fashioned oats
- 1 cup (200 g / 7 oz) granulated sugar
- 1 cup (220 g / 7.7 oz) brown sugar, packed
- 1 cup (170 g / 6 oz) semisweet chocolate chips
- ¾ cup (75 g / 2.6 oz) shredded sweetened coconut
- ¾ cup (90 g / 3.2 oz) chopped pecans or walnuts
- 2 tsps vanilla extract
- 1 tsp baking soda
- ½ tsp baking powder
- ½ tsp ground cinnamon
- ½ tsp salt
Instructions
- Mix Base: Cream butter and sugars until fluffy and pale, blending eggs and vanilla extract into the mixture with smooth, consistent motions to develop rich flavor complexity.
- Combine Dry Elements: Thoroughly integrate flour, baking soda, cinnamon, and salt, ensuring even distribution of dry ingredients to create a harmonious foundational mixture.
- Merge Ingredients: Delicately fold dry components into butter mixture, incorporating rolled oats, chocolate chips, coconut, and nuts with gentle strokes to maintain dough’s airy texture and prevent dense compaction.
- Shape Cookies: Form uniform tablespoon-sized dough balls, positioning them on parchment-lined baking sheets with ample spacing to accommodate natural spreading during baking.
- Bake and Cool: Roast cookies in a 350F oven for 10-12 minutes until edges turn golden brown, allowing them to rest briefly on baking sheet before transferring to a wire rack for complete cooling and texture setting.
Notes
- Butter Softening Technique: Ensure butter is at room temperature but not melting to achieve the perfect creamy base for your cookies.
- Mixing Mastery: Avoid overmixing the dough after adding dry ingredients to prevent tough, dense cookies with a rubbery texture.
- Ingredient Distribution: Gently fold mix-ins like chocolate chips and nuts to prevent them from sinking to the bottom of the cookie.
- Spacing Strategy: Leave ample room between cookie dough balls on the baking sheet to allow for natural spreading and prevent cookies from merging.
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 12 minutes
- Category: Snacks, Desserts
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 23
- Calories: 250
- Sugar: 17 g
- Sodium: 150 mg
- Fat: 12 g
- Saturated Fat: 7 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 4 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 34 g
- Fiber: 2 g
- Protein: 3 g
- Cholesterol: 30 mg