Cowboy Cookies

3.84 from 6 votes

Classic Cowboy Cookies are made even better when they start with cold butter. These hearty cookies are full of flavor with oats, pecans, coconut, peanut butter chips and chocolate chips.

Prep Time15

Cook Time25

Total Time40

Course: Dessert

Cuisine: American

Servings: cookies

Calories: 557kcal

Author: June Albertson-Dick

Ingredients

1 cup butter {cold and cut into cubes}
1 cup dark brown sugar {packed}
½ cup granulated sugar
2 large eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 ½ cups all purpose flour
1 cup old fashioned oats
1 teaspoon cornstarch
¾ teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon salt
1 cup pecans {roughly chopped, plus a few for the top}
¼ cup sweetened coconut
¾ cup peanut butter chips {plus a few for the top}
¾ cup semi-sweet chocolate chips {plus a few for the top}

Instructions

Preheat the oven to 410°.
In a large bowl from your mixer, combine the cold cubed butter and both sugars. Fitted with the paddle attachment, mix ingredients on a medium speed for about 4 minutes or until creamy.
Add eggs and vanilla extract, continue to mix until combined.
In a separate bowl combine flour, oats, cornstarch, baking soda and salt. Whisk ingredients together and then add to the butter and sugar mixture all at once. Mix until just combined. You do not want to over mix {this will heat up your butter}.
Add pecans, coconut, peanut butter chips and semi sweet chocolate chips and mix until evenly distributed.
Use a ⅓ measuring cup to measure out cookies. Shape each mound of dough into a thick and round mound. Place 6 onto a silicone mat {or parchment} lined baking sheet.
Bake for 10-12 minutes {mine took 12 minutes} or until the cookies begin to turn golden brown and are set. Let the cookies cool completely on the cookie sheet. Store in an airtight container at room temperature for up to 4 days or freeze for up to 3 months.

Notes

Cut the butter into cubes to be sure that it mixes into the sugars easily.
Change up the add-in ingredients according to what you love.
Add additional pecans and chocolate chips to the top of the cookie after it is baked for a great finished look.

Store- Store the Cowboy Cookies in an airtight container at room temperature for up to 4 days.

Freeze- Cowboy cookies can be frozen for up to 3 months. It is important that the cookies are covered tightly with plastic wrap or in an airtight container.

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