Howdy. Have a cookie.
You’ll need it to sustain you through the following paragraphs of immensely dorky cowboy references.
Yee haw.
These cookies are pretty much my favorite of all time – the confectionery equivalent of a supreme or trashcan pizza.
There’s something for everyone in these chunky gems, but they are still soft and chewy on the inside.
Even a city slicker would approve.
Whoa, Nellie!
These are beaters for begging for a licking.
The base dough, before you fold in all the goodies, is rich and creamy, sweetened with brown and white sugars.
I use shortening whenever I make these cookies, which lends a lovely texture to the finished product.
Dang – can you believe that?
I actually set my rubber scraper aside and folded all of the additives in with my hands.
We’re talking some serious vittles here.
Make some extra room in your saddlebag – these cookies are not small. Because I’m a straight shooter, I’ll tell you that I simply made room in my tummy and bypassed the saddlebag all together. Ride ‘em, cowboy.
Cowboy Cookies
1 c. shortening
1 c. white sugar, granulated
1 c. dark brown sugar, tightly packed
2 large eggs
2 c. all-purpose flour
1 tsp. cinnamon, ground
1/2 tsp. ancho chile, ground
1 tsp. baking soda
1/2 tsp. baking powder
1/2 tsp. salt
1 c. steel cut oats
1 c. coconut, shredded, sweetened
3/4 c. pecans
3/4 c. milk chocolate chips
3/4 c. butterscotch chips
1/4 c. wheat germ
Preheat oven to 350°.
In a large bowl, cream sugars and shortening together. Add eggs and beat until just incorporated.
Beat in flour, cinnamon, ancho, baking soda, baking powder and salt until dough is uniform and smooth.
Fold in oats, coconut, pecans, chips and wheat germ.
Pull off a tablespoon-sized chunk of dough and roll it between your palms into a ball approximately 1 1/2″ around. Place dough ball on a parchment-lined baking sheet and repeat until tray is full. These cookies spread quite a bit while baking so you will not want to crowd your baking sheet – I only baked 8 cookies at a time on my standard size baking sheets.
Bake for approximately 12 minutes or until the edges of the cookies are just beginning to turn a light golden brown.
YIELD: approximately 26 cookies
These look so delish! Definitely going to bake these this weekend!
I am wondering if I have the right kind of steel cut oats? The one I use take 30 minutes to cook. Are these the same as the ones you used? I really want to try these…they look amazing!
Yes, that’s the kind of steel cut oats that I used in these cookies – they soften slightly, but they remain mostly crunchy, which is a nice addition to the texture of these cookies.
Can I use flax meal instead of wheatgerm? I’m not sure what purpose it serves. Thank you…. I’m so looking forward to making your cookies.
Sure, Shelly, swapping flax meal for wheat germ in this recipe would be fine. I added the wheat germ to just slightly enhance the texture of the cookies.
Thank you so much! Going to make these for Fat Tuesday….YAY!!
These are amazing! The ancho powder lends an earthy spice that complements the cinammon nicely.
I was worried that the dough seemed too dry after all ingredients were added, but the cookies shaped up so nicely in the oven. Thank you!
You’re so very welcome! The dough does become quite dry and ‘full’ when all of the add-ins have been folded in, but, as you said, they bake up pretty well.
Can you buy ground ancho chilies?
Yes! I’ve even seen it offered by McCormick brand, which I think is pretty widely available. I would look for it in the McCormick display in the spice aisle of your local grocery. Hope this helps!
I made these cookies and wrote about them here. They are sooo good. Is it horrible that I can’t help eating them for breakfast???
You rock, Mrs. Blocko! So glad that you like them! I’ll go back and look at the yield count thanks to your testing note.
I love all of your cowboy references throughout this post. And those cookies look so chewy and tasty.
Yeee Haw! These looks fabulously yummy!
I love cowboy cookies, and yours look simply delicious. I want to dive into that picture of the dough. I wonder how you restrained yourself until it was all cooked.
those look so good (butterscotch!!) giddyup!
The cookies look wonderful.
For the steel cut oats – is this raw or cooked? Thank you!
Christine and Kristina,
I use uncooked steel cut oats in these cookies – leaving the oats raw lends a nutty consistency and flavor that I think works pretty well in these cookies. Meagan
Woahhhh! These look amazing! I am assuming the steel cut oats are uncooked?
These look AWESOME! I love the mix of ingredients! I’m going to try baking them this weekend!
great recipe! yeehaw indeed. : j
Well Howdy! Cowboy cookies seem ideal for Texas so I think these will be made in the near future
Are they the same as Ranger cookies?
These cookies seem to lend themselves to a variety of names – I’ve seen them as Cowboys, Rangers, Cowgirls…
and then there’s my other name for them: Ridiculously Delicious Silly Good Amazing Cookies
I hope you have the chance to make some for yourself soon!
Yeeeeee Haaawwww!! Giddy up little lady, these look amazing! I can hear the spurs jangling as the cowboys hurry up to get these beauts!!
That truly is one amazing cookie! Love everything about it… even the calories! Great great recipe…thank you for sharing!
Yummy looking and I had fun reading your post! Thanks for the smile
These look so good. They have all of my favorite ingredients. Yum!
Cowboy indeed! When I need a good cookied recipe I am going to be back.
Jason
I haven’t had cowboy cookies in a long time. These have everything, but the kitchen sink. I’ll have to make these again, maybe for the Online Bake Sale, Monday May 2nd to benefit the American Cancer Society!
Wow these cookies look amazing! Love the ancho chili in there too!
These are my ideal cookie!!! Coconut AND oatmeal…how fabulous!
Ooooo….ancho chili in the mix….nice touch. Beautiful cookies.
These look just great. I haven’t made cookies for a long time – but I feel a batch of these may be coming up!
I had a similar cookie to this many times growing up but forgot how good they are until I saw this photo. Now I have one serious cookie craving.
Hot diggity dog! These are some mighty fine cookies, lil’ lady! That’s me using my cowboy slang, by the way.
WOW! That’s a whole lotta everything in those cookies. YUM!!!
Oh my word I LOVE cowboy cookies!! Yours look incredible and I seriously want to eat the dough and the cookies.
These cookies look awesome! All of my favorite things (butterscotch, chocolate and coconut) all wrapped into one cookie..can’t wait to give them a try!
Oh I am so making these! I’m pinning them to my Pinterest board just so I won’t lose them!! Mmm! ♥- Katrina
They look so nice… And, obviously, on Monday I am convincing myself to start dieting
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